「坂本九さん」についての英語エッセイの音声です。When Hideo Nomo pitches in the game at his home stadium,
a certain song is played. It is called "Sukiyaki". Its original name was "Ueo Muite Arukou". This song was sung by a Japanese singer, Kyu Sakamoto in 1961. A few years later, it became very popular all over the world. Kyu was given the Golden Record for the song in May, 1964.
Kyu Sakamoto's real name was Hisashi Ohshima. The Chinese character for his first name was written
"九" and he was also the ninth child in his family, so he was called "Kyu", but he did not like it when he was a boy. Some friends called him "Ichiji-ku" because his first name was written by one Chinese character, "九".
