Kyu Sakamoto

Kyu Sakamoto(Japanese singer)

According to wikipedia,in 1985, Kyu Sakamoto was killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Before the doomed aircraft hit the ground.

*Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport to Osaka International Airport.

Sukiyaki
His most popular song, Ue o muite arukō ("I look up when I walk") was not only a hit in Japan but also in the US. Released by Capitol Records in the US as Sukiyaki (Capitol 4945), it topped the Billboard pop charts in the United States for three weeks in 1963 -- to date the first and only song sung entirely in Japanese to do so.