Cool Five Singer Masaki Kobayashi Dies of Old Age at 81

Masaki Kobayashi, right, and Kiyoshi Maekawa, lead vocal of Uchiyamada Hiroshi and Cool Five, are seen last year.
10:04 JST, February 22, 2024
Masaki Kobayashi, a member of singer group Uchiyamada Hiroshi and Cool Five, died of old age at 4 a.m. on Feb. 15 at a Tokyo hospital, it was learned on Wednesday.
He was 81. The funeral has already been held with close relatives.
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