On September Getsuku at 1pm, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) will air a special tribute to singer Yukio Hashi, who passed away on the 4th at the age of 82 due to pneumonia. The program will commemorate Hashi with rare footage from the past.
Hashi made his debut with "Itoko Kasa" in 1960. In 1962, his duet with actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, "Itsumo Yume wo," became a big hit.
He sang over 500 songs, including "Koi no Mexican Rock" and "Kozure Okami." He retired in 2023 due to a weakened voice, but returned the following year. In May 2025, he announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.