Yasuyuki Okamura
Yasuyuki Okamura (岡村靖幸, Okamura Yasuyuki) (born 14 August 1965) is a singer-songwriter and music producer active in the Japanese music market. Alternate pen name Eitarō Isono (磯野栄太郎, Isono Eitarō). He started his professional career in 1985, and is known internationally for the City Hunter 2 ending theme "Super Girl", and the Space Dandy opening theme "Viva Namida".
Biography
Yasuyuki Okamura was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965, the oldest of two children. His father worked for Air France, and as a result, his family moved frequently throughout Japan, resulting in rotating through seven elementary and junior high schools. He attended Niigata Higashi High School and formed his first band there, but dropped out in 11th grade to pursue a musical career while working part-time at the nightclub Hacoban. After sending out numerous demo tapes and doing composing work for other artists, he was signed by Epic Sony in 1986.
He was highly successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s, first promoted as a teen idol. Okamura also claimed during this time that he was most inspired by the singers Seiko Matsuda and Prince. He starred in the film Peach: I'll Do Anything For You (Peach-どんなことをしてほしいのぼくに, Peach: Donna koto wo shite hoshii no boku ni) with Kahori Fujii and Kazuhiko Kanayama. In 1996, he retreated from the media and performing, and started to focus more on producing other artists, including Meg and Chara.
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岡村靖幸
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by Sonny James
Ask Marie
by: Sonny JamesDon't ask me, ask Marie
She's the one who wanted to be free
I don't know why she said goodbye
So if you must know
Don't ask me, ask Marie
I wish I knew what happened
I, I thought that everything between us was fine
But you know something must have gone wrong
'Cause now my Marie has changed her mind
But she didn't even give me a reason
She just told me we were through
So my friend how can I answer your question?
Well, I don't know anymore than you
Don't ask me, ask Marie
She's the one who wanted to be free
I don't know why she said goodbye
So if you must know
Don't ask me, ask Marie
Yes, it really hurts me to talk about it now
I guess it's just a little too close to my heart
I can't understand how two people so close
Could be so far apart
And I'd give anything just anything
To have her back where she belongs
But how can I make things right?
When I don't even know what went wrong
I don't know why she said goodbye
So if you must know