CNN Interviews Pop Star Ken Hirai

CNN Talk Asia interviews Japanese R&B / pop singer [and gay icon] Ken Hirai, one of the few Japanese pop stars these days who actually composes his own work:

Part 1 of 3

Part 2 of 3

Part 3 of 3 [Ken talks about being viewed as a foreigner because of his "un-Japanese" facial features]

11 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 9, 2007 at 9:32 am

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TofuUnion

When you listen to his several songs(Lyrics and Melodies), you know immediately he is a sensitive pure person. That probably makes both advantage and disadvantage for him.
ponta

Next, CNN should interview Ken Tanaka and help him to find his parents.

shazzb0t

For the love of God… no.

kaoru

XD

shazzb0t

Seriously, I can’t stand his shtick. I simply can’t find any comedic value in the fact that some gaijin has become famous by speaking broken English. Its insulting really..

shazzb0t

I love Hirai Ken. I think his sensitivity does make him both the object of people’s affection and admiration as well as a target. He is by far one of my favorite Japanese artists, if not the favorite. He’ll go down in history as one of the biggest names in Japanese popular music ever. Thanks for the article James.
the overthinker

Love the way (and this often happens) with the dubbed translation how his voice is suddenly about sixteen octaves lower….
http://nonplayercharacter.blogspot.com/ NPC

This is fascinating I never really thought much of him till now. I have a lot more respect for his music, though it’s still not my cup of tea.

shazzb0t

Guess I am a little bit surprised by this. How come you didn’t really like him before? I am not trying to get on your case or anything just curious.

Erika

Cool that he wants to sing in Japanese He does have a very nice voice.
aya

First up – Thanks to the person who uploaded it.

He comes across as so humble and professional whenever he speaks, which is lovely. Not many artists ever are like that, although maybe in Japan more of them are.

His voice is very nice. One of the best voices in the world.

CNN Interviews Pop Star Ken Hirai

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