Daisuke Inoue

Daisuke Inoue (Japanese井上 大佑, Daisuke Inoue; born May 10, 1940 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese entrepreneur and is considered the inventor of the karaoke machine.

Life

Born in Osaka, he grew up in neighboring Nishinomiya. After leaving school he worked in a trading company until 1970 he set up his practice as a manager and drummer in a band. This played in a bar in Kobe for businessmen who wanted to sing on the stage itself, the appropriate musical accompaniment. As a customer Inoue's musical accompaniment wished on a business trip, he gave him a cassette with his company and developed the idea of ​​a karaoke machine. This he leased from 1971 to first bars in Kobe, Osaka and then Tokyo. For his machine, he applied for a patent, and thereafter earned money mainly with the development of pest - repellents for the machines.

For this he was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential Asians of the Century in 1999 and was awarded the 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for his merit making available " of a completely new path, as people can learn to tolerate each other ."