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Mr. Song and Dance Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

David McNeill
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Inoue Daisuke taught the world to sing with the karaoke machine but never bothered to patent it, losing his chance to become one of Japan's richest men. Is he bitter?

For a man who lost out on one of music's biggest paychecks, Inoue Daisuke is in fine form: toothy smile spreading over the big, rough-hewn face of a natural comedian.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 9 , September 2005 , e11
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