Arashi no Mirai

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Feb 19th ♥ 薬丸裕英 (Yakumaru Hirohide)

In 1981, he made his acting debut on TV drama “San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei”. The following year he made his music debut as a member of “Shibugakitai”. They became one of the most popular singing trio during the early to mid-1980s in Japan with an extremely busy schedule of magazine photo shoots and TV appearances, which forced Yakumaru to drop out of his high school.

After their six-year run, Shibugakitai ended their prolific career on November 2nd, 1988. They have a total of 40 singles and albums to their credit. After going solo, Yakumaru became busy as an actor, author, and a talk show host for “Hanamaru Market”.

In 1990, he married an also popular singing idol of the 1980s, Hidemi Ishikawa. Ishikawa was rumored to be eight month pregnant when they got married. Ishikawa retired from show business after marrying Yakumaru, and for about ten years to raise children, concentrating on her role as a housewife. But, as of 2006, she has returned to show business and is now working along with her husband as advertisement personality. Yakumaru now works as a host of “Hanamaru Market” and he has, on occasion, invited his old Shibugakitai buddies to his talk show. Yakumaru now lives with his wife, three sons, and two daughters in Tokyo.

Happy 46th Birthday! お誕生日おめでとう！