Kan wrote the background music for a 1986 film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and started his major recording career the following year.
[2] It sold over 2 million copies and won the 33rd Japan Record Award, bringing the artist into prominence.
According to the Oricon, he sold over 4.6 million copies of albums and singles in his home country.
[5][6] Kan died of Meckel's diverticulum cancer on November 12, 2023, at the age of 61.
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