title: Hiroshi Kamayatsu
text: # Hiroshi Kamayatsu
  
  Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu (かまやつひろし, Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu, 12 January 1939 – 1 March 2017) was a Japanese singer and guitarist born in Tokyo.
  
  ## Profile
  
  "Monsieur" was a founding member of bands The Spiders, Vodka Collins, and also a solo act.
  
  In 2001 he had a reunion with some former members of The Spiders, as the band Sans Filtre. Among his recent work was his performance of the song "RTB", the ending song to the anime Sentou Yousei Yukikaze. He performed for over five decades.
  
  ## Death
  
  Kamayatsu died from pancreatic cancer on 1 March 2017, aged 78.
  
  