* Samuragochi can hear; he listened to Niigaki's songs through recordings.
* Samuragochi has a government-issued type 1 level 2 disability card and received benefits for his hearing impairment.
* He's only a beginner on piano.
* Takashi Niigaki composed over 20 songs for Samuragochi and received \7 million in the past 18 years.
* Samuragochi received \30 million just for the royalties and broadcasting rights of "Symphony No.1 HIROSHIMA".
* "HIROSHIMA" was a rejected song that was supposed to be used for the game Onimusha.
* Samuragochi provided a song to Mikkun, the violinist with an artificial arm (composed by Niigaki). Samuragochi threatened the parents, "You lack gratitude towards me". The parents discussed the matter with Niigaki and writer Norio Kouyama. Niigaki confessed to the parents that he was the ghost writer and apologized. Kouyama (the Bunshun writer) found out about this, which led to the recent confession.
(Niigaki's presscon)
* "I kept writing songs according to his instructions, and am his accomplice. I would sincerely like to apologize to all disabled people, to the people who believed in his words and listened to his pieces, and to the musicians who have performed these magnificently."
* "I initially started writing songs for him lightheartedly, but I will admit that I felt happy at how people have accepted the songs that I created through him. But the more he became popular, the more I grew worried that people would find out about this relationship, and I didn't want to deceive the people anymore with the music that I love."
* "I told him numerous times that we should put an end to this, but he threatened me and said that he would commit suicide if I didn't write for him anymore."
* "And after finding out that figure skater Daisuke Takahashi was going to use the song 'Sonatine', which I composed for his performance at the Sochi Olympics, I thought that at this rate, Takahashi-senshu would indirectly reinforce the lies that Samuragochi and myself have created. I hesitated in announcing this when I learned that Takahashi was shocked at this fact as this might hamper his preparations. But I didn't want to stay silent, as this will cause Takahashi-senshu trouble if this came out after the Olympics. People around the world would say that 'This skater performed with a fake song!'. I want Takahashi-senshu to know the truth and head into the Olympics fair and square."
Source: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/02/06/kiji/K20140206007531270.html
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* Samuragochi has a government-issued type 1 level 2 disability card and received benefits for his hearing impairment.
* He's only a beginner on piano.
* Takashi Niigaki composed over 20 songs for Samuragochi and received \7 million in the past 18 years.
* Samuragochi received \30 million just for the royalties and broadcasting rights of "Symphony No.1 HIROSHIMA".
* "HIROSHIMA" was a rejected song that was supposed to be used for the game Onimusha.
* Samuragochi provided a song to Mikkun, the violinist with an artificial arm (composed by Niigaki). Samuragochi threatened the parents, "You lack gratitude towards me". The parents discussed the matter with Niigaki and writer Norio Kouyama. Niigaki confessed to the parents that he was the ghost writer and apologized. Kouyama (the Bunshun writer) found out about this, which led to the recent confession.
(Niigaki's presscon)
* "I kept writing songs according to his instructions, and am his accomplice. I would sincerely like to apologize to all disabled people, to the people who believed in his words and listened to his pieces, and to the musicians who have performed these magnificently."
* "I initially started writing songs for him lightheartedly, but I will admit that I felt happy at how people have accepted the songs that I created through him. But the more he became popular, the more I grew worried that people would find out about this relationship, and I didn't want to deceive the people anymore with the music that I love."
* "I told him numerous times that we should put an end to this, but he threatened me and said that he would commit suicide if I didn't write for him anymore."
* "And after finding out that figure skater Daisuke Takahashi was going to use the song 'Sonatine', which I composed for his performance at the Sochi Olympics, I thought that at this rate, Takahashi-senshu would indirectly reinforce the lies that Samuragochi and myself have created. I hesitated in announcing this when I learned that Takahashi was shocked at this fact as this might hamper his preparations. But I didn't want to stay silent, as this will cause Takahashi-senshu trouble if this came out after the Olympics. People around the world would say that 'This skater performed with a fake song!'. I want Takahashi-senshu to know the truth and head into the Olympics fair and square."
Source: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/02/06/kiji/K20140206007531270.html
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/aoba_f/imgs/5/7/5739bbb3-s.jpg
