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Wataru Kuniyasu (国安わたる, Kuniyasu Wataru, born October 5, 1960 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a singer, composer and instrumentalist. He started his career at music during the 1980s, the same time his older brother Shuji Kuniyasu debuted as a member of the band RAIN. Other than releasing his own albums, he composed music for multiple artists at the time. Among his notable compositions are ジプシー・クイーン (Gypsy Queen) sung by Akina Nakamori and ルネッサンス情熱 (Renaissance Jounetsu). The former reached #1 on the Oricon charts, becoming the 7th bestseller of 1986. The latter was sung by Kuniyasu himself as the theme song to the popular anime Mr. Ajikko which aired from 1987-1989. After releasing his fifth studio album Piercing Eyes and a best hits album, he has relegated himself to purely composing and DJing at a community FM. As of 2007, he has put his musical activities on hiatus and is now performing at a family bar his older brother operates. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.