Yuki Hide

Yuki Hide (ヒデ 夕樹, Hide Yūki; real name: Hideyuki Hirano (平野 英之, Hirano Hideyuki), November 5, 1940 – December 8, 1998) often credited as Hideyuki or Yuuki Hide, was a Japanese singer best known for singing theme songs to various anime and tokusatsu shows.

He died from heart failure on December 8, 1998.^{[citation needed]} His biography, Hide Yuki and the Golden Age of TV Cartoon Theme Songs (ヒデ夕樹とテレビまんが主題歌の黄金期), written by Hikaru Kenmochi, was published in 2021.^[1]

Selected discography

Anime and tokusatsu

Year	Work	Song	Ref
1970	Ashita no Joe	Toru Rikiishi's Theme – ending theme	[2]
1972	Jinzo Ningen Kikaida	Go Go Kikaida (w/The Columbia Cradle Club) – opening theme
		Fight!! Mechanical Man Kikaida (w/The Columbia Cradle Club) – ending theme
1972	Kaiketsu Lion-Maru	Oh Wind, Oh Light (w/Young Fresh) – opening theme
1972	Triton of the Sea	GO! GO! Triton – opening theme
1973	Tetsujin Taiga Sebun (Tetsujin Tiger Seven)	Iron Man Tiger Seven – opening theme
1974	Inazuman Flash	Flash! Inazuman – opening theme
1974	Ultraman Leo	"Fight! Ultraman Leo" (w/Mizuumi Youth Choir) – 2nd opening theme	[3]
1976	Blocker Gundan IV Machine Blaster	Blocker Gundan IV Machine Blaster (w/Toei Jidou Gasshoudan) – opening theme
1978	Sutâurufu (Star Wolf (TV series))	Seishun no Tabidachi – opening theme
		Sasurai no Star Wolf – ending theme
1978	Spider-Man (tokusatsu)	Run! Spider-Man – opening theme
		Ballad of an Oath – ending theme
1979	Captain Future	Yume no Funanori – Opening theme
		Oira wa Sabishii Spaceman – Insert Song

TV commercial

Year	Work	Notes	Ref
1973	Hitachi Tree (often called "Kono ki Nanno ki?")	Corporate commercial of Hitachi	[1]