Yuki Hide

Yuki Hide (ヒデ 夕樹, Hide Yūki; real name: Hideyuki Hirano (平野 英之, Hirano Hideyuki), November 5, 1940 – December 8, 1998) often credited as Hideyuki or Yuuki Hide, was a Japanese singer best known for singing theme songs to various anime and tokusatsu shows.

He died from heart failure on December 8, 1998. His biography, Hide Yuki and the Golden Age of TV Cartoon Theme Songs (ヒデ夕樹とテレビまんが主題歌の黄金期), written by Hikaru Kenmochi, was published in 2021.[1]

Selected discography

Anime and tokusatsu

Year Work Song Ref
1970 Ashita no Joe Toru Rikiishi's Theme – ending theme [2]
1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Go Go Kikaida (w/The Columbia Cradle Club) – opening theme
Fight!! Mechanical Man Kikaida (w/The Columbia Cradle Club) – ending theme
1972 Kaiketsu Lion-Maru Oh Wind, Oh Light (w/Young Fresh) – opening theme
1972 Triton of the Sea GO! GO! Triton – opening theme
1973 Tetsujin Taiga Sebun (Tetsujin Tiger Seven) Iron Man Tiger Seven – opening theme
1974 Inazuman Flash Flash! Inazuman – opening theme
1974 Ultraman Leo "Fight! Ultraman Leo" (w/Mizuumi Youth Choir) – 2nd opening theme [3]
1976 Blocker Gundan IV Machine Blaster Blocker Gundan IV Machine Blaster (w/Toei Jidou Gasshoudan) – opening theme
1978 Sutâurufu (Star Wolf (TV series)) Seishun no Tabidachi – opening theme
Sasurai no Star Wolf – ending theme
1978 Spider-Man (tokusatsu) Run! Spider-Man – opening theme
Ballad of an Oath – ending theme
1979 Captain Future Yume no Funanori – Opening theme
Oira wa Sabishii Spaceman – Insert Song

TV commercial

Year Work Notes Ref
1973 Hitachi Tree (often called "Kono ki Nanno ki?") Corporate commercial of Hitachi [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Yamamoto, Kohei (November 22, 2021). "小林亜星さんの公認アニソンリサイタル 名曲を子門真人、ささきいさお、ヒデ夕樹らのものまねで披露". Daily (in Japanese). Daily Sports Co. Ltd. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Elgueta Vergara, Edson (December 27, 2020). "A 50 años de Ashita no Joe: Héroe de la clase obrera y la juventud". Laizquierda Diario (in Spanish). Chile. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "ウルトラマンレオ|特撮・キャスト・キャラクター・登場人物・最新情報一覧". animate Times (in Japanese). September 3, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.