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Chiharu Matsuyama

Japanese folk singer and songwriter (born 1955)

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Chiharu Matsuyama
Live on stage (the man in shorts), 2016
Background information
Birth name	松山千春
Born	(1955-12-16) December 16, 1955 (age 68) Ashoro, Hokkaido, Japan
Genres	Japanese folk music
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Website	Official Website^[1]

Musical artist

Chiharu Matsuyama (松山千春, born December 16, 1955) is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter.

He made his debut with the single Tabidachi in 1977, and success soon followed with the two hits Toki no Itazura and Kisetsu no Nakade.^[2]

Matsuyama has been portrayed in film by Shunsuke Daitō.^[3] Daitō played him in a 2008 film based on Matsuyama's autobiographical work Ashoro Yori, published in 1979.^[4]