Top 200 Japanese memorial song rankings of the Shōwa period. He was awarded the People's Honour Award in 1992 and died in 1993. At the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2009, "Aoi Sanmyaku" was sung by NYC Boys as a part of medley along with "NYC" and "Yūki 100%" (theme of Nintama Rantarō). Discography : 1931 : 1931 : 1931 : 1932 : 1933 : 1933 Cheerio! : 1934 : 1934 : 1935 : 1936 : 1937 : 1939 : 1939 : 1940 : 1940 : 1940 : 1940 : 1941 : 1941 : 1942 : 1943 : 1946 : 1947 : 1947 : 1949 : 1949 : 1950 : 1951 : 1952 : 1956 (as a composer) Awards Japanese Red Cross Society special Medal for Merit (1952) NHK Broadcasting Culture Award (1958) Social Education Merit Award (1959) Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon (1973) Japan Record Award Special Award (1974) Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (April 29, 1982) Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan (1992) People's Honor Award (May 28, 1992) Fourth rank in the order of precedence (August 21, 1993; posthumous) References External links 1911 births 1993 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers Japanese baritones Japanese classical composers Japanese conductors (music) Japanese male classical composers Nippon Columbia artists People from Chūō, Tokyo People's Honour Award winners Singers from Tokyo Teichiku Records artists Tokyo Music School alumni