Ichiro Mizuki

Back in July, Mizuki was diagnosed with lung cancer with lymph node and brain metastasis, following his partial paralysis of the vocal cords in April 2021. A ...

[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/Cacophanus). [follow me on](https://twitter.com/Cacophanus/) [here](http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/). [JAM Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAM_Project) back in 2000. [Super Robot Wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Robot_Wars) games and various related events over the years. [Ichiro Mizuki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichirou_Mizuki) died age 74 on [December 6 of lung cancer](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2f095c96d5a642cc54c5abfd29e8c53153bfd62a).

Image via Ichiro Mizuki's Twitter account The official Twitter account for anime song artist Ichiro Mizuki announced his passing today. Mizuki was 74.

During his career, he pushed for greater recognition of anime music in the music industry, pushing sales of his records to heights that could not be ignored. A private funeral for Mizuki will be held with close friends and family. From here, Mizuki would perform the theme songs and insert songs for classic anime series such as Mazinger Z, Genshi Shounen Ryuu, Great Mazinger and Lupin the Third Part 2, among many more. He’d make his full debut in 1968 with the single “Kimi ni Sasageru Boku no Uta,” which failed to gain traction and after poor sales saw Mizuki bow out from the music industry until 1971 when he turned his focus to anime music. Mizuki succumbed to the cancer on December 6 at 6:50 pm after being rushed to the hospital. Those tests found the cancer and that it had spread to his lymph nodes and brain.

The death cause of Japanese singer Ichiro Mizuki has been revealed as lung cancer, so HITC looks back at 15 of his greatest songs.

Mizuki scored his first anime song gig theme with Ryu, the Cave Boy’s (Genshi Shonen Ryu) opening theme: Genshi Shonen Ryu Ga Iku. - Captain Harlock (Space Pirate Captain Harlock) “There he promised to get better and sing for us again, but it wasn’t to be. Mizuki was repeatedly admitted to hospital for radiation treatment after discovering cancer had spread to his lymph nodes and brain. HITC looks back at 15 of his greatest tracks in honor of the “emperor of The cause of death was lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with in July.

Mizuki had revealed last April that he was suffering from vocal cord paralysis. He underwent lung cancer surgery in June and announced in July that he was ...

Departure” from Super Robot War Impact, “Honoo no Egao” from Gyakkou Nine, “Gatchaman No Uta” from Gatchaman ’94, and “Mazinger Z/INFINITY Version” from Mazinger Z: Infinity. Later, Mizuki sang the opening song for Astroganger as well as the opening and ending songs for 1972’s Mazinger Z anime adaptation. His first few anime songs came in the early 70s starting with “Genshi Shonen Ryu wa Iku,” the opening for the 1971 anime adaptation of Genshi Shonen Ryu.

It is with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of a true legend in the anime world and beyond. Ichiro Mizuki, known as the Emperor of Anime Songs to ...

In 2002 he went part-time with the group while he worked on other things, and his goal was to be active for life and never retire. After poor sales of the single, however, Mizuki left the music industry until his return to focus on anime music in 1971. It is with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of a true legend in the anime world and beyond.