133:). He started playing the piano at the age of four. He started having migraines while in high school, and said that, by the time he was 35, he had completely lost his hearing. After graduating from high school, Samuragochi did not attend university or music school, due to his dislike of modern composition methods, and he instead taught himself how to compose.
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announced that it would be revoking the
Hiroshima Citizens' Award it presented to Samuragochi in 2008. On 7 March 2014, he gave a press conference in Tokyo, appearing in public for the first time since the ghostwriting allegations arose. He admitted that while his hearing was impaired, it did not
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Samuragochi was not deaf and states that Samuragochi has normal hearing and was posing as a deaf man to generate a mystique around his image as a composer. Niigaki also said that Samuragochi did not need to use his cane, and that most of his biography printed in album
239:. On 12 February 2014, Samuragochi released a handwritten statement in which he revealed that he had a Grade 2 physical disability certificate after losing his hearing and to have partially regained his hearing three years previously. He also added that he was "deeply ashamed of living a lie."
185:, and doubted Samuragochi's story, which was sourced entirely to his record label. Noguchi's article was turned down by musical publications, as Samuragochi's record label was one of their advertising sponsors, and instead was published in the November 2013 issue of the newsweekly
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meet the legal requirements for deafness, and that he had returned his disability certificate.
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616:(in Japanese). Japan: Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 2013. Archived from
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460:"'Japan's Beethoven' Samuragochi paid hearing composer to write music"
878:"'Beethoven of Japan' apologizes for 'causing trouble with my lies'"
488:(in Japanese). Japan: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. 2011. Archived from
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646:"Beloved Deaf Composer in Japan Appears to Be None of the Above"
342:"Japanese 'Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi admits faking deafness"
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762:"Japanese composer Momoru Samuragochi admits to musical fraud"
521:(in Japanese). Japan: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. Archived from
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191:"The deaf genius composer" - Is Mamoru Samuragochi genuine?
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159:. The documentary followed him as he met survivors of the
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938:(in Japanese). Japan: Weekly Asahi Geinō. 25 March 2014
819:. Mainichi Newspapers. 12 February 2014. Archived from
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Melody of the Soul: The Composer Who Lost His Hearing
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