after appearing in dramas such as "red bond" (tbs) and "people call it scandal" (tbs), natsu has appeared in crime action television drama "tokusou saizensen" (tv asahi) as a detective shunichi kano since 1980. regular appearance for 7 years until 1987. after that, he developed a . although he disappeared from the front stage for a while due to symptoms such as facial nerve paralysis, natsu overcame this and played an active role as an actor representative of "gekidan theater japan". he died at a hospital in tokyo on january 27, 2010 due to stomach cancer at the age of 59.