, born , is a Japanese guitarist and singer best known for his association with influential rock band RC Succession

RC Succession

RC Succession was an influential Japanese rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Kiyoshiro Imawano.- History :In 1966, Kiyoshiro formed a band named the Clover with Kenchi Haren. This band broke up the following year, however, the remaining members added some new members and called it the...

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Biography

Nakaido was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Shinjuku, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...

 in 1950.

While attending high school, he formed a band named Furuido. After personnel changes, Furuido became a duo consisting of him and Yoshitaro Kanazaki. They made a record debut in 1971. Their best known number "Sanae chan" was written by Nakaido. It sings about his first love Sanae in Kindergarten. Their song "Nantoka Nare" was featured as the opening theme for the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaption of the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 Akagi

Akagi (manga)

is a mahjong centric Japanese manga, written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto and first published in 1992. It is featured in the weekly magazine Modern Mahjong, and is a prequel to the author's previous work Ten, in which Akagi's titular character also appears...

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Furuido disbanded in 1979, and Nakaido joined RC Succession the same year replacing Kenchi Haren. He was with the group till it ceased to perform in 1990. During his tenure, the group released noted songs like "Ameagari no Yozora ni" and enjoyed its peak of success.

After 1991, Nakaido went solo performing with his own Chabo Band as well as Reiran, a duo with Kohei Tsuchiya. He performed with RC Succession partner Kiyoshiro Imawano

Kiyoshiro Imawano

, born , was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was dubbed "Japan's King of Rock". He formed and led an influential rock band RC Succession....

 from time to time till his death in 2009, though the band never reunited.

Nakaido composed much of the music for the anime Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain is an anime series directed by Ryutaro Nakamura, original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe, screenplay written by Chiaki J. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda for Triangle Staff. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998...

, which was eventually released as a soundtrack.

Discography

• 1985 Nakaido Reiichi Book
• 1990 E
• 1992 Dada
• 1994 Glad All Over (with Kiyoshiro Imawano)
• 1995 Present #1
• 1996 Present #2
• 1996 Present #3
• 1997 Great Spirit
• 1997 Soul to Soul
• 1997 Present #4
• 1999 My R&R
• 2000 Works
• 2002 Time

External links

• Reichi Nakaido and Reiran official site