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阿久悠 (Aku Yū) Japanese lyricist, poet and author. Born on February 7, 1937, died August 1, 2007. By far the best-selling songwriter in Japanese popular music history with sales of almost 70 million singles. Wrote lyrics for a vast number of popular Japanese stars including Hibari Misora, Pink Lady, Aki Yashiro, Akiko Wada, Shinichi Mori, Finger 5, Kenji Sawada and many others.