Yoshifumi Ushima | |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1966 |
Birth Place: | Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan |
Other Names: | Yû Sakata |
Yoshifumi Ushima (Japanese: 鵜島仁文; 9 September 1966 - 7 August 2022) was a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, arranger and music producer.
Born in Sukumo, Ushima made his professional debut in 1995 composing and performing "Flying in the Sky", the opening song of the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam; he later wrote and performed other songs for the anime, notably "Trust You Forever", as well as songs of other anime series and films.[1] Ushima also served as composer and songwriter for other artists, notably Chihiro Yonekura, AKB48, Yusuke and Shinnosuke Furumoto.
Ushima died on 7 August 2022 due to ruptured esophageal varices caused by his chronic cirrhosis, at the age of 55.[2] A commemorative concert featuring among others MIQ and Yurika was held on 22 September 2022 in Tokyo.[3]