Sakurai Kazutoshi

Sakurai Kazutoshi

Sakurai Kazutoshi is a Japanese pop/rock singer-songwriter-composer for the group Mr.Children. He is also part of Bank Band.

Profile

• Stage Name: Sakurai Kazutoshi (桜井和寿)
• Real Name: 櫻井和寿
• Birth Date: March 8, 1970
• Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
• Blood Type: O
• Height: 172.5cm
• Weight: 62.7kg
• Martial Status: Married to Yoshino Mika

Trivia

• Hospitalized after blockage in his cerebellum was detected in 2002. All activities were canceled but after recieving word of a good recovery they returned for a 1 night live in December that same year.
• Former employee of recording label

ap bank

Started in 2003, the AP Bank consists of three people: Sakurai, Kobayashi Takeshi, and Sakamoto Ryuichi. They loan money to various environmental preservation projects like like natural energy and energy conservation, etc. at a low interest rate. The ap bank is a non-profit financial institution. Since 2005, AP Bank has held four concerts.

2006 events

In 2006, Sakurai got together with GAKU-MC (a Japanese rapper). Sakurai and Gaku both have a love for soccer and collaborated on a single. The song titled "Te wo Dasuna!" (手を出すな！) was used for NTV's FIFA World Cup broadcasting program.

Collaborations

• [2006.03.21] GAKU-MC - Te wo Dasu na! (手を出すな!)
• [2012.03.07] Japan United with Music - "All You Need Is Love"

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• ap bank Official Website