Featured Song: Don't You See!


I'm certain most people have heard of this already, but it truly is a tragedy.

Singer Izumi Sakai has died after sustaining head injuries in a fall from the edge of a hospital building in Tokyo, her management agency has announced. Sakai, a member of the popular group ZARD, was 40.

Sakai fell about three meters from the slope outside Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku, apparently after coming back from a walk. The slope was slippery due to rain.

A passerby found her lying on the ground at about 5:40 a.m. on Saturday. She had suffered head injuries, and was confirmed dead on Sunday.

Don't You See! was probably the first song I heard from Zard back in 1997. Perhaps you recognize it as well. They in fact became one of the first Japanese bands I ever followed, and it's incredibly unfortunate that we'll no longer be able to hear any more of Sakai's music..

Labels: Misc, Music

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