Japanese singer Nobuo Yamada has died at the age of 61, following a long battle with kidney cancer. Yamada, who also went by NoB, was the vocalist of the Japanese heavy metal band Make-Up, which performed Pegasus Fantasy – the iconic theme song of the original Saint Seiya anime series.

As a soloist, Yamada was famous for his contributions to the Super Sentai drama franchise, performing the theme songs of 2006's GoGo Sentai Boukenger and 2010's Tensou Sentai Goseiger.

On Wednesday (Aug 13), Yamada's agency, Mojost, announced that he had died on Aug 9 at a hospital where he had been admitted.

Yamada's death comes six months after his team revealed that he was diagnosed with kidney cancer seven years ago.

"He has endeavoured to carry on with his work as normally as possible, but due to he

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