Nobuyoshi Kuwano
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Nobuyoshi Kuwano is a Japan
Japan
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ese television
Television
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 performer, former member of Rats & Star
Rats & Star
, formerly called Chanels, is a male J-pop group which specializes in doo-wop-influenced music. They performed at the reputed night club Whisky a Go Go of Los Angeles for two years in a row. The group is led by Masayuki Suzuki.-Members:...

. His nickname is "Kuwa-man" (桑マン). In Rats & Star, he took charge of the trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 and vocal. After the group broke up, he shifted to a television comedian and co-starred with The Drifters Ken Shimura
Ken Shimura
, is a Japanese comedian and actor. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show "Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama"....

 and the same group fellow Masashi Tashiro
Masashi Tashiro
is a former Japanese television performer and the founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor vocalist for Rats & Star, and later on made himself a name as a TV entertainer in Japan...

. He has ever participated in a lead vocalist of Rats & Star Masayuki Suzuki's solo
Solo (music)
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 concert tour
Concert
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.

Now he appears in some Japanese television program
Television program
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s as a television performer. He feels very disappointed about Masashi Tashiro's arrest. He also said to Tashiro in public, "It's a disappointing result. Please atone for his crimes and wash away his body and soul well," following Tashiro's retirement of the entertainment world.

See also

Members of Rats & Star era
  • Masayuki Suzuki
  • Masashi Tashiro
    Masashi Tashiro
    is a former Japanese television performer and the founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor vocalist for Rats & Star, and later on made himself a name as a TV entertainer in Japan...


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