Shigeichi Negishi

Shigeichi Negishi
根岸 重一
Born(1923-11-29)November 29, 1923
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJanuary 26, 2024(2024-01-26) (aged 100)
EducationHosei University
Children3

Shigeichi Negishi (November 29, 1923 – January 26, 2024) was a Japanese engineer who invented the earliest prototype of the karaoke machine. Using a speaker, a microphone, and a tape deck, he was able to simultaneously amplify his voice and play an instrumental backing track. Although Daisuke Inoue receives more international recognition for a similar invention, the All-Japan Karaoke Industrialist Association recognizes Negishi as the first among five independent inventors of the karaoke machine.

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