Akira Fuse

is a Japanese singer and actor. He debuted in 1965 with the single .

Early life Fuse was born in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, on December 18, 1947. He is of Korean ancestry.

Fuse had one older brother, Tsutomu Fuse, who was a Law Professor. He grew up near Yokota Air Base, and later attended Miyakofuchu High School nearby before transferring to Teshima Jitsugyo High School (now Teshima Gakuin High School).

Career His greatest hits are and . He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involved in a number of stage plays. In 2005, he enjoyed a revival when his music was used in the popular Japanese TV-series Kamen Rider Hibiki with its ending theme and later its second opening theme .

Personal life He married the actress Olivia Hussey on February 14, 1980, in Florida and later divorced in 1989 after he was unable to attain work in the United States and Olivia was unable to relocate her first-born son, Alexander Gunther Martin, to Japan. They met while she was filming a commercial for Kanebo Cosmetics. The wedding was attended by over 2,000 guests and lots of Japanese press. They had one child together, son Maximillian Fuse.

Trivia Gen Hoshino created the parody character "Akira Nise" (ニセ明, Nise Akira, literally Fake Akira) as a tribute to Akira Fuse.

Television Kamen Rider Hibiki, as senior former Oni master, who gifts Hibiki the Armed Saber (episodes 32–33). Everyone's Best Kouhaku 100th Anniversary of Broadcasting Special (NHK, 2025) (cast)

Film Kore ga seishun da! (1966) (Performed film's theme song) Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979) Be Forever Yamato (1980) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) Minna no Ie (2001) : Hirinouchi