Toru Mitsui

Japanese guitarist and music scholar. Born March 31, 1940 in Saga, Kyushu. Died Feb 19, 2023. A founder of popular music studies in Japan. He wrote about bluegrass, country, blues, and others. He published over twenty books, forty academic papers, and close to 500 articles in commercial and independent journals. He also wrote notes for 135 LP and CD albums.