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Ryojiro Furusawa

Japanese jazz drummer. Born: 5 September 1945 in Sendai, Japan. Died: 12 January 2011 in Tokyo. Japan (aged 65). Furusawa began his professional career aged 24 in 1969, leading his own groups as well as playing as a sideman with Yosuke Yamashita, Sadao Watanabe, Fumio Itabashi, Yuji Imamura, Shigeharu Mukai, and numerous others. Has also worked with singers including Mikami Kan and Maki Asakawa.