Norihiko Hashida

Norihiko Hashida (はしだのりひこ, 7 January 1945 – 2 December 2017) was a Japanese singer-songwriter.

His real name in kanji was 端田 宣彦, but he used the hiragana rendering of his name as his stage name.

[1] Hashida was a Kyoto native and attended Doshisha University.

[1] He was invited to join The Folk Crusaders in 1967 and appeared with the band in the 1968 film Three Resurrected Drunkards before the group split.

[2] Hashida died of Parkinson's disease aged 72, at a hospital in Kyoto.