Takuro Yoshida (吉田 拓郎, Yoshida Takurō?) is a Japanese male singer-songwriter. He was born on April 5, 1946 in Okuchi, Kagoshima and raised in Hiroshima. He made his debut with the single "Imeji no Uta / Mark II" on June 1, 1970. His 1972 recording of "Tabi no Yado" sold over one million copies by September that year, and was awarded a gold disc. He established record company "For Life Records" with Yosui Inoue, Shigeru Izumiya,Hitoshi Komuro in 1975. Yoshida is an influential musician, whose songs have been featured as television themes (such as "Jun", the theme to Cromartie High School), as well as being covered by popular artists like Hirakawachi 1-chome (Yoshida's "Natsu Yasumi"), KinKi Kids (Yoshida's "Zenbu Dakishimete").