[1][2] He opened a honky tonk in his hometown of Kumamoto called Good Time Charlie, and started the Country Gold music festival at Mount Aso in 1989.
His first studio album in 1992 Charlie Nagatani Sings Country Gold featured Emmylou Harris, Bill Monroe, the Osborne Brothers, and Porter Wagoner.
Nagatani heard his first country music concert by Hillbilly Jamboree in 1956.
[4] He and his wife Toshiko have had dinner with the President of the United States multiple times.
Including Brad Paisley and Rick Trevino.