Isao Hayashi (林伊佐緒) was a Japanese popular music and military music singer and composer. He took part in the Japan's famous year-end show Kōhaku Uta Gassen eleven times. One of the well-known songs composed by him is the military song "Shussei Heishi o Okuru Uta" (出征兵士を送る歌), which propaganda vehicles of uyoku dantai have aired in Japan.

Biography

Hayashi was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. In 1931, he debuted with song "Tabi no Yado" (旅の宿). He signed with the King Records label in 1936. Hayashi also composed Hachiro Kasuga's "Nagasaki no Onna" and Michiya Mihashi's "Ringo Mura Kara". Hayashi served as the leader of the Japan Singers Association from 1989 to 1995.

Discography