Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - he kaitoi Hapanihi, he kaituhi whakaari, he kaituhi tuhinga, he kaituhi pukapuka tamariki, he kaiwhakamaori. He tino rongonui ia mo tana waiata,, i tuhia i te tekau ma rua tau i muri i te hinganga o Japan i te WWII
He aha? I te tau 1953, i whakauruhia e ia te pukapuka pukapuka "Kai" ("Oars"). I tiimata ia ki te ako i te reo Korea hei reo tuarua i te rima tekau o ona tau, ka haere ki te whakaputa i ana ake whakamaoritanga o nga waiata na ona hoa o Korea.