Yosuke Inoue

Yosui Inoue was one of Japan's most popular folk-rockers of the early '70s, earning him the nickname "the Bob Dylan of Japan." Born the eldest son to a working class couple in Fukuoka prefecture, Inoue wasn't exactly a child prodigy, but he did grow up learning the popular songs of his time, Enka songs by Misora Hibari and others, and often sang them in school singing contests. Like most teenagers ...more