PH mourns death of Japanese composer of ‘Voltes V’ themes

Romar Fernando

June 27, 2021

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  The Philippine embassy in Japan has released a statement on the death of veteran Japanese composer Asei Kobayashi, June 17, Thursday.

  Kobayashi died at a hospital on May 30 due to heart failure. He was 88. He is known for creating thousands of TV commercial songs for major companies in the Japan and animation theme songs such as Voltes V.

  “Through Mr. Kobayashi’s music, particularly the opening and ending theme songs of the classic anime “Chōdenji Machine Voltes V,” he has endeared himself to generations of Filipinos who followed the series with much adoration over the years,” the embassy said in a statement.

  “We express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Kobayashi in this time of grief. On behalf of the millions of Filipino fans who grew up singing along to the much-beloved ‘Voltes V no Uta’ (The Song of Voltes V) and ‘Chichimo wo Motomete’ (In Search of My Father), we thank Kobayashi-san for his wonderful gift of music which will live on in the hearts of many for generations to come,” the embassy concluded.

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