Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio?), more commonly known as Akeboshi, is a Japanese pop and folk singer. He is mainly known for the song "Wind" , which was used as the ending theme to the anime Naruto for the first twenty-five episodes.

Akeboshi was born on July 1, 1978 in Yokohama. He learned to play the piano when he was thirteen years old, later learning to play the guitar. He studied music in Liverpool, and his time there has heavily influenced his music. Before his major debut, he produced two of the songs on Matsu Takako's fourth album, a piece of life.

Akeboshi's songs are mainly sung in Japanese, but there are some notable songs that are sung in English, such as "Night and day", "Money", and "Wind". Another thing of note about Akeboshi's music is that he rarely uses the basic 4/4 time signature. "Wind" and "Kamisama no Shitauchi" for example, are both written in 5/8.

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