Kyū Sakamoto

Kyu Sakamoto was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō", which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. Sakamoto died, along with 519 others on board the flight, in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on 12 August 1985; the deadliest single-aircraft accident to date.