The first time I ever heard of actor-singer Ikusaburo Yamazaki（山崎育三郎）was through the NHK morning serial drama "Yell"（エール）which was the dramatization of the life and times of kayo kyoku songwriter Yuuji Koseki（古関裕而）. Yamazaki played one of the best friends of the main character as this handsome and dashing fellow who could send women swooning into hospital with just a wink. He also gave his rendition of "Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaku"（栄冠は君に輝く ）, the anthem for the annual Koshien High School Baseball Championships in the show.
Just a little over a month ago, Yamazaki released his second full album "The Handsome" and one of the tracks was something that he performed on "Uta Con"（うたコン）a few weeks ago. "Witch GAME" is a snazzy and jazzy number with a bit of rockabilly swagger for which the singer described as a tale of a swindling romance cad. If the cad acts anything like the song sounds, then a lot of gullible women are in for a lot of trouble. Words and music were provided by Maharajan（マハラージャン）, another off-the-wall singer-songwriter who came up with the theme song for last year's anime "Tomo-chan wa Onna no Ko!"（トモちゃんは女の子！...Tomo-chan is a Girl!）, "Kurae! Telepathy"（くらえ！テレパシー）. Playwright and director Shuuko Nemoto（根本宗子）was the co-lyricist.
Yamazaki, I'm sure, is a much more grounded and amiable fellow than perhaps his personae on screen and stage, but he did steal one famous celebrity's heart. His wife is 1st-generation Morning Musume（モーニング娘。） member Natsumi Abe（安倍なつみ）.
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