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Dance Man

(born October 12, 1963) is a Japanese musician, better known by the stage name . Dance☆Man calls himself an alien from "Mirror Ball Planet". He is always seen wearing a huge afro wig and sideburns,

(born October 12, 1963) is a Japanese musician, better known by the stage name . Dance☆Man calls himself an alien from “Mirror Ball Planet”. He is always seen wearing a huge afro wig and sideburns, matched with sunglasses. He is very secretive about his identity to the public, and does not release any personal information in his CDs or his official website. Fujisawa is currently signed to independent record label In Da Groove, distributed by Nippon Columbia. Career Fujisawa went to Dokkyou University, a private college in Saitama prefecture, majoring in economics but eventually dropped out before he could graduate. During his stay in the university, he joined a band called JADOES. The band became official in 1986, when Kadomatsu Toshiki became their record producer. The band’s drummer, Yukio Shimamura, did some roadshows with band Casiopea, inspiring Fujisawa to do some roadshows himself. He started his own career in 1998, calling himself as a space alien from “Planet Mirrorball”. He re-arranged famous American/British dance songs from the 70’s and 80’s, often replacing the lyrics with humorous lines. One of them was Carl Carlton’s song “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s St

Era
21st Century
Lived
1963–present
From
Japan
Born in
Tokyo
Known as
musician, composer, singer, music arranger, lyricist, dancer
Instruments
voice