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Mickie Yoshino is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. He is best known for his work with the Japanese rock band B'z, for which he has written and composed many of their songs. He has also written and composed songs for other artists, including Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda, and Namie Amuro.
Yoshino began his career in the late 1970s, when he joined the band B'z as a keyboardist and backing vocalist. He soon began writing and composing songs for the band, and his first single with them, "Kimi no Naka de Odoritai," was released in 1983. Since then, he has written and composed many of B'z's songs, including their hit singles "Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Bōi," "Ultra Soul," and "Juice."
In addition to his work with B'z, Yoshino has written and composed songs for other artists, including Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda, and Namie Amuro. He has also produced albums for various artists, including B'z, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Kumi Koda.
Yoshino has won numerous awards for his work, including the Japan Record Award for Best Composer in 2000 and the Japan Gold Disc Award for Best Composer in 2002. He has also been inducted into the Japan Composer's Association Hall of Fame.
As of 2021, Mickie Yoshino's net worth is estimated to be roughly $10 million.
| Popular As |
Mitsuyoshi Yoshino |
| Occupation |
Musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer |
| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
13 December, 1951 |
| Birthday |
13 December |
| Birthplace |
Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality |
Japan |
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Mickie Yoshino Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mickie Yoshino's Wife?
His wife is Sachie Ohuchi (m. 2007)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Sachie Ohuchi (m. 2007) |
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Mickie Yoshino Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Mickie Yoshino worth at the age of 72 years old? Mickie Yoshino’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. He is from Japan. We have estimated
Mickie Yoshino's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Musician |
Mickie Yoshino Social Network
Timeline
He formed a crossover musical group called EnTRANS with Takayuki Inoue, Yoshihiro Naruse (Casiopea 3rd), Nobuo Yagi (blues harp) and Shuichi Hidano (Taiko drums). Inonu retired in 2009, but the band continues to perform. Since the 2000s, Yoshino has frequently played with the jazz musicians Kenji Hino and Masa Kohama.
Yoshino reformed Godiego in 2006 with the popular members Yukihide Takekawa, Takami Asano, Steve Fox, and Tommy Snyder. They had a three-year series of concerts for Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, 2007–2009. In 2014, Yoji Yoshizawa joined the band, and they continue to tour, releasing CDs and DVDs.
In the early 2000s, Yoshino participated in the reunion of the Golden Cups and a documentary film, The Golden Cups One More Time, which was produced by Altamira Pictures. The movie showed the band's influence on many Japanese rock players, such as Kiyoshiro Imawano, Akiko Yano, Takayuki Inoue, and Ken Yokoyama.
In 1980, Godiego was the first rock group to perform in China. They also performed for 60,000 people in Katmandu, Nepal, and performed in Australia and the United States. Around 1985, Godiego broke up. In 1999/2000, they reunited for a 17-concert nationwide tour.
In the late 1980s, Yoshino helped to establish the PAN School of Music in Tokyo and Yokohama. He also released his own albums American Road and Longway from Home, and worked with many musicians including Paul Jackson, Jennifer Batten, Peter Green and Ray Parker, Jr., Kenichi Hagiwara, and Shuichi Hidano.
Godiego appeared frequently on the hit charts from 1978 through the mid-1980s and is credited with influencing the Japanese pop scene.
Yoshino was also very involved with Roland Corp. in the development of synthesizers and digital stage pianos in the 1970s and 1980s. Godiego was one of the first rock bands to use a guitar synthesizer for both recordings and live performances.
Yoshino's musical career began when he was a junior in high school, playing in night clubs and the U.S. military base in Yokohama, Japan. In 1967, at the age of 16, he became a member of The Golden Cups, a pioneering Japanese blues band that released several popular hits. After leaving the band in 1971, he studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While there, he studied piano with Charlie Banacos, Dean Earl, Ray Santisi, and Edward C.Bedner. He also performed arrangements with Gary Burton and Phil Wilson. Yoshino formed the group Flesh & Blood (a.k.a. "Dutch Baker") and played in the Boston rock scene at the same time as Aerosmith and Boston.
Yoshino has participated in diverse musical activities since the 1960s. He joined the Time is Now jazz and rock crossover concert with the Terumasa Hino Quintet, Hiroshi Kamayatsu, and Takayuki Inoue in 1969. With Godiego, Yukihide Takekawa and he composed "Suite: Peace" inspired by the theme of Edward Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance No.1 in 1977, and "In You Kanjincho" based upon Nagauta, Japanese traditional music, and Kanjincho. Yoshino arranged a rock tune with horns and traditional Japanese musical instruments such as the shamisen, shakuhachi, biwa and tsuzumi in 1981.
Mickie Yoshino (born 13 December 1951) is a Japanese keyboard player, composer, producer, and arranger. Yoshino is known for leading the rock band Godiego. In 2005, he won a Japan Academy Prize for his music. Yoshino's compositions were used in the film Swing Girls (Altamira Pictures). Yoshino still produces music with groups such as Godiego and EnTRANS.
