Goodbye ZARD!
zOMG I am sad. Who cares about Odex suing people? The voice behind ZARD, Izumi Sakai, passed away from an accident on Saturday. T_T
ZARD (Izumi Sakai)
Singer Izumi Sakai has died after sustaining head injuries in a fall from the edge of a hospital building in Tokyo, her management agency has announced. Sakai, a member of the popular group ZARD, was 40.
Sakai fell about three meters from the slope outside Keio University Hospital in Tokyo’s Shinjuku-ku, apparently after coming back from a walk. The slope was slippery due to rain.
I blame this on global warming. ;_; I really, really love her song “Dakishimeteite” which was used as an insert song in Tokimeki Memorial 3 for PS2. Just listen to it for yourself:
May she rest in peace… :( Her beauty voice will live on in my WinAMP playlist. T_T
[ Source: Mainichi Daily News ]
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
An nothing of value was lost.
I never liked her music anyway. Maybe if it were Yukarin or B’z I’d be depressed and sad, but this is nothing to sweat over.
June 4th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Gasp! Although I didn’t really like her songs but I’ve never been so sad since Okazaki Ritsuko passed away a few years back….
Well maybe I’m more depressed about Ritsuko’s death…
June 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
What Okazaki Ritsuko died. Shit, I didn’t know that.
June 4th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Sigh… why do you think there’s no more Ritsuko in the theme songs for UFO Princess Valkyrie Season 3…
“On May 5, 2004, Ritsuko Okazaki died suddenly at the age of 44 from septic shock as a result of septicemia. She was unable to speak any last words, and left her work unfinished.”
I was devastated by that… Went to import her latest and last album…
June 10th, 2007 at 12:37 am
How do you die from a fall of 3 meters? That’s BAD luck.
June 16th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Just today I knew about her death. How foolish I am… ;(
Feeling so sad, but keep on encouraging me that she’s no longer suffer from the sickness and happy on Heaven.
Izumi, we will always love you. Forever.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
i remember buying my first few anime song compilations from that pirated company SONMAY… but ZARD was the first few Jpop artistes who initiated me into anime/jpop/manga genre. it makes me feel as though an era has ended. i’m gonna lose all my memories. ;__;
rest in peace, izumi-san.
August 10th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
ZARD is amazing…
She is gone but remained in my heart forever.
Anyway, Rest In Peace.
August 24th, 2008 at 2:39 am
It has already been a year since Izumi-san’s passing away.
I miss her songs, voice and heart. I will never forget her. Never.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
owwww!!!!!!!!!!
i really love ZARD/ Izumi Sakai…
i love her songs,,, especially EIEN, FOREVER YOU,and
SHOUJO NO GORO NI MODOTTA MITAI NI…