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つんく♂
(tsunku)
Mitsuo Terada, better known as Tsunku, is one of the most successful songwriters
and managers in the Japanese music business. With record sales exceeding 38
million units Terada is an influential figure in J-pop and manages a stable of
idols including Aya Matsuura and others who work under the umbrella name of
Hello! Project. As well as mentoring his team of idols Terada also writes and
produces most of their chart topping hits. He cites his own influences as The
Beatles and later bands such as Chic, Duran Duran and Kool and the Gang.
He first rose to prominence as the lead si...
