Hideaki Tokunaga

Tokunaga Hideaki born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese popular singer-songwriter and actor.

In 1987, his third studio album Birds reached the number-one position on the Japanese Oricon charts. In the early 1990s, Tokunaga became well-known in the Philippines when the song "Saigo no Iiwake" (from his 1989 album Realize) was covered in Tagalog as "Ikaw Pa Rin" by an unlikely singer, a non-Tagalog-speaking, fellow Japanese Ito Ted. However, his 1991 album Revolution had been his last number-one album until 2007.

Tokunaga began to release Vocalist album series, in which he covered many Japanese songs of female singers. His 2005 album Vocalist included his cover version of Nakajima Miyuki's 1975 song "Jidai". The album was certified Triple Platinum by RIAJ for shipment of 750,000 copies.

His 2006 album Vocalist 2 included his cover version of Nakashima Mika's 2003 song "Yuki no Hana". The album was certified Triple Platinum by RIAJ for shipment of 750,000 copies.

His 2007 album Vocalist 3 included his cover versions of Kobayashi Akiko's 1985 song "Koi ni Ochite: Fall in Love" and Every Little Thing's 1998 song "Time Goes By". His cover version of Amuro Namie's 1997 song "Can You Celebrate?" was the final track of the album, but there was also a limited edition which included a bonus track, his cover version of Chiaki Naomi's 1972 song "Kassai". Vocalist 3 reached the number-one position on the Oricon weekly album charts, making it his first number-one album in 15 years 10 months. The album was certified Million by RIAJ for shipment of 1,000,000 copies.

On November 1, 2007, he also covered Awaya Noriko's "Farewell Blues" (別れのブルース) at the Tokyo International Forum as a part of Hattori Ryouichi's 100th Anniversary Concert.