Composer, Arranger Hiroshi Shinkawa Dies

The official X/Twitter account for composer and arranger Hiroshi Shinkawa posted a message from his wife on Friday revealing that Shinkawa died on January 8 of ischemic heart failure. He was 69.
Shinkawa's funeral was limited to close relatives and was held on Friday.

Shinkawa was born on July 26, 1955 in Tokyo. He was the music director for the Hi Fi Set backing band and for singer and songwriter Yumi Matsutōya, and later made a career as a composer and arranger in the early 1980s.