Arashi no Mirai

je-anniversaries:

Feb 9th ♥ 畠山昌久 (Hatakeyama Masahisa)

Charlie joined the agency in 1973 (age 15). After being part of Johnny’s Jr. for a year, he was chosen among Go Hiromi’s background dancers to debut as 「JOHNNY’S ジュニア・スペシャル」(Johnny’s Junior Special), releasing their first single the year after that. They “disbanded” in 1978, only to become part of a new unit called “VIP” (this, as far as I know, is one of the two Johnny’s group that had female members). In 1979, they disbanded again, this time for good.

Charlie changed his name for the first time in 1980 to 畠真之 (Hata Masayuki) in order to pursue a career as an actor under “Watanabe Productions”. In 1984, he decided to work with “Shiki Theatrical Company” and he had to return to his original name. The same year, he reconsidered and decided to go international and changed his name yet again, this time to 畠山久 (Hatakeyama Hisashi). 

In May 31, 2003, he died due to metastatic bile duct cancer. He was 45 years old… may he rest in peace.

Happy 54th Birthday! お誕生日おめでとう！