Jerry Fujio

Jerry Fujio ジェリー藤尾
Background information
Birth name	Shigeki Fujio
Born	26 June 1940 Shanghai, RNGR China, Empire of Japan
Died	14 August 2021 (age 81)
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, tarento
Years active	1958–2021

Jerry Fujio (ジェリー藤尾, Jerī Fujio); 26 June 1940 – 14 August 2021) was a Japanese singer, actor and tarento. Born to a British mother and Japanese father in Shanghai, in Japanese-occupied China, his real name was Shigeki Fujio (藤尾 薫紀, Fujio Shigeki).

Fujio was represented with Office Kiko. He was known for one of his songs "Tōku e Ikitai". Fujio dropped out from Senshi University Keio High School. His daughters were former actresses Miki Fujio and Aki Fujio. Fujio's ex-wife was singer and tarento Tomoko Watanabe. He died in Yokohama of acute pneumonia.

Discography

Title
"Kanashiki Indian"
"Tōku e Ikitai"
"Dare ka to Darekaga"
"Yubifue no Oka"
"Papa to Waltz o Odorou"
"Grandpapa"
"Danny Boy"
"My Way"
"Kanpai"

Filmography

Films

Year	Title
1959	Dokuritsu Gurentai
1960	Minagoroshi no Uta Yori: Kenjū yo Saraba!
1961	Yojimbo
1963	Jerry no Mori no Ishimatsu
1965	Ereki no Wakadaishō
1967	Koruto wa ore no pasupoto
1970	Dodes'ka-den
1981	Nihon Philharmonic Monogatari: En no Dai go Gakushō

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1959	The Hit Parade		Fuji TV
1962	Yume de Aimashou		NHK TV
1965	Tokyo Keibi Shirei: The Guardman		TBS	Episodes 18 and 55
1968	Three Outlaw Samurai	Karakkaze no Mataji	Fuji TV	Fifth Series Episode 14
	Kiyoshi Atsumi no Naite Tamaru ka		TBS
	Key Hunter		TBS	Guest
1969	Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku: Adauchi		TBS	Episode 19
	Go-banme no Deka		TV Asahi	Episode 12
1972	Sasurai no Ōkami	Mushiri no Sairoku	TV Asahi
	All-Star Kazoku Taikō Utagassen		Fuji TV
1973	Diving Quiz		TV Asahi	Third host
1974	Yoake no Deka	Nanbara	TBS	Episode 7
1975	Waratte Waratte 60-bu		TBS
1977	Yabure Bugyō		TV Asahi
1978	The Stingiest Man in Town		TV Asahi	Voice; Lead role
	Taiyō ni Hoero!		NTV	Guest
1994	Bijin OL-goroshi		TV Asahi
	Monomane Ōzakettei-sen		Fuji TV	Judge

Direct-to-video

Year	Title
1992	Luminous / Jerry Fujio & Kaoru Hinoki
	Akutoku no Kunshō: Black Cop
2006	Miss Machiko: Tōdai o Juken Dai Sakusen
2007	Kumichō × Shasatsu: Tama o To re
	Jitsuroku Gedō no Mure: Ryūketsu no Chinkonka

Advertisements

Year	Title	Notes
1974	Toyota Corolla
	Ezaki Glico One Touch Curry
	Sanyo Shinpan

Radio

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2010	Hakamamitsuo no Hanashi no Neta	Radio Japan	Guest

Kōhaku Uta Gassen contestant history

No.	Year	Song
12th	1961	"Ishimatsu Yarō no Uta"
13th	1962	"Tōku e Ikitai"
14th	1963	"Dare ka to Darekaga"

External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Jerry Fujio at the TV Drama Database (in Japanese)
• Jerry Fujio at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Jerry Fujio at Allcinema (in Japanese)
• Jerry Fujio at Kinenote (in Japanese)
• Jerry Fujio at IMDb
• Jerry Fujio discography at Discogs