<h2><span class="strongInContent">Toshiyuki Nishida</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> Passed away on October 17 at the age of 76</span></h2>
<figure id="attachment_404934" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-404934" style="width: 1558px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="961908a4"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/f7e8815c70a2614ca8daf404f711b9b1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-404934" class="wp-caption-text"> In July 2003, this magazine witnessed a scene at a drinking party. He was smiling and drinking with Yasunori Danda (67), Kosuke Suzuki (50), and others.</figcaption></figure>
<h3> She was a lonely person who loved people. <br>
Shigeru Matsuzaki (singer)</h3>
<p> I first met him 47 years ago. I was working part-time as a storyteller in Roppongi when Toshio Shiba, 77, brought Nishiyan to the restaurant. He went up on stage and started singing crappy Presley songs, saying, &#8220;Let me sing too. &#8230;&#8230; Since then, we always played together on Bon and New Year&#8217;s.</p>
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<p> Nishiyan loves people and is extremely lonely. Whenever we would get together as a &#8220;five-person group,&#8221; the usual three of us plus Ken Tanaka (73) and the late Taro Shigaki (70), Nishi-yan would call all kinds of people and the restaurant would end up being full.</p>
<p> He was always positive and never said anything negative. Even when his body was so battered that it took him 15 minutes to go to the bathroom, which a healthy person could walk to in two minutes, he would say, &#8220;Mats, we have to enjoy our old age,&#8221; and &#8220;Work is the best source of nutrition, right? Even when we had a drink 10 days before you passed away, I kissed you on both cheeks and said &#8220;See you later&#8221; as we parted on our way home. &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p> Nishiyan, let&#8217;s drink again.</p>
<figure id="attachment_404933" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-404933" style="width: 1831px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f2e986de"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/eda66bc3c7fe4bf609a286d796a7c9c9.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-404933" class="wp-caption-text"> Nishida was a friend-oriented person. When his friends spoke ill of him, he would get into fights with them.</figcaption></figure>
<p> From the January 3, 10, and 17, 2025 issue of &#8220;FRIDAY</p>
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 Kodansha Resource Center, Shima Sota

 Sad farewells to stars always come suddenly... Actor Toshiyuki Nishida passed away on October 17. Shigeru Matsuzaki, who had been a friend of Nishida's since his younger days and had been drinking with him 10 days before his death, sends his parting words.

In Memoriam ’24 ] Toshiyuki Nishida Shigeru Matsuzaki reveals, “Nishiyan loved people and was a lonely person.

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