Mickey Curtis, born 23 July 1938, is a Japanese actor, singer, and TV celebrity. He began his entertainment career in 1958 as an actor, and later became a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known through his avant-garde rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai fluently. His birth name was Brian Kachisu, from a Japanese father, and Canadian mother.