Daisuke Inoue

Daisuke Inoue (; 13 September 1941 - 30 May 2000), the stage name of Tadao Inoue was a Japanese singer, composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Life and career Born in Tokyo, Inoue started his musical career in 1960 as a member of the group Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets, serving as multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and often also as composer. Among other works, he penned the group's major hit "Blue Chateau" (ブルー・シャトウ, "Burū shatō"), which won a Japan Record Award and sold over one million copies. After the group disbanded, Inoue started a career as a solo singer and as a composer for other artists, notably Finger 5 and Hiromi Go. In 1981, he adopted the stage name Daisuke Inoue to mark a fresh start to his career. Among his major hits is "Ai Senshi", the theme song of the Mobile Suit Gundam film trilogy.