:smitten: news about Masa's latest gig.."Boy from Oz" I got surprised that he was covered in "Sydney Morning Herald" with quite big liners..Yay!!
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SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - 6 June 2005
The latest in a long line of boys from Oz is Masayuki Sakamoto, 33, the lead singer in Japan's hottest boy band. He had never heard of Peter Allen until last year and his only visit to Australia so far has been to play golf.
But he shakes a mean maraca and dances so well that the Tokyo version of The Boy From Oz has been slightly rewritten to showcase his footwork.
There is less than a week of rehearsal before opening night, and Sakamoto ("Masa" to his fans) has perfected his show-stopping strut on the lid of a baby grand.
"When I'm standing on top of that piano I feel like it is where I belong," he said.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/Arts/The-latest-boy-from-Oz/2005/06/05/1117910189909.html?oneclick=true