ok it az awa , ▁Tokyo ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁he ▁sang ▁the ▁theme ▁song ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁movie ▁of ▁the ▁Mobile ▁Su it ▁G und am , ▁S una ▁no ▁J ū j ika ▁and ▁it ▁sold ▁th ir teen ▁thousand ▁CD s . ▁He ▁moved ▁back ▁to ▁Os aka ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁active ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁K ans ai ▁region ▁since ▁then . ▁He ▁sang ▁many ▁songs ▁about ▁Os aka ▁such ▁as ▁Y appa ▁Su ki ▁Yan en ▁( 1 9 8 6 ), ▁Os aka ▁K oi ▁Mon og at ari ▁( 1 9 8 9 ), ▁Nam eton ka ▁( 1 9 9 0 ) ▁and ▁Tokyo ▁( 1 9 9 3 ). ▁He ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁K ans ai ▁as ▁a ▁fran k ▁television ▁present er . ▁Having ▁made ▁public ▁his ▁dis like ▁of ▁Tokyo , ▁Tak aj in ▁rarely ▁made ▁appearances ▁on ▁TV ▁stations ▁in ▁Tokyo . ▁He ▁also ▁kept ▁a ▁black list ▁of ▁people ▁he ▁wouldn ' t ▁appear ▁with . ▁His ▁tra dem ark ▁was ▁s ung lass es . ▁He ▁wore ▁them ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁taste ▁and ▁gla u com a . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁es oph age al ▁cancer , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁take ▁a ▁leave ▁and ▁concent rate ▁on ▁its ▁treatment . ▁He ▁made ▁a ▁short ▁com eb ack