LUSH and Piroshka vocalist/musician Miki Berenyi revealed on SNS that her cousin is Cornelius

Miki Berenyi (vocalist of Lush and currently in the band, Piroshka) revealed on SNS that her cousin is Cornelius (Oyamada Keigo). When asked about it, Berenyi, replied: second cousins – his grandfather and mine were brothers — Miki Berenyi (@berenyi_miki) October 2, 2022   View Read More …

Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius) to resume entertainment activities after bullying scandal

Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius) released a tweet that he will be resuming activities, many months after a scandal involving his early 1990’s comments about bullying a disabled person, which led to him resigning from the music production team for last year’s summer Olympics. Oyamada said that Read More …

Sakamoto Ryuichi’s comments on Oyamada Keigo’s (Cornelius) second apology

Legendary musician Sakamoto Ryuichi updated his Instagram on September 21st and commented on Oyamada Keigo (aka musician Cornelius) and his second apology.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Ryuichi Sakamoto (@skmtgram) On September 17th, Oyamada wrote a lengthier apology letter Read More …

Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius) apologizes again for his comments he made back in 1994

Oyamada Keigo (52) has apologized again and explained the bullying comments he made back in 1994. Best known as the music artist Cornelius and a former member of Flipper’s Guitar, was one of the music producers of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremonies, until controversial comments Read More …

METAFIVE cancels their July 26th performance at KT Zepp Yokohama due to the novel coronavirus

METAFIVE which consists of Takahashi Yukihiro, Oyamada Keigo, Sunahara Yoshinori, TOWA TEI, Gondo Tomohiko and Imai Leo, have canceled their July 26th performance of “METALIVE 2021” at KT Zepp Yokohama due to the novel coronavirus. Hot Staff Promotion posted the announcement on their website, “As Read More …

Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius) resigns from the music production for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after backlash from comments he made in a 1994 interview

Oyamada Keigo (52), best known as the music artist Cornelius and a former member of Flipper’s Guitar, is one of the music producers of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremonies and also a member of the creative team of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has resigned. Read More …

Rockin’ On Japan’s Editor-in-Chief Yamazaki Yoichiro apologizes after 1994 Interview with Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius) resurfaces

Many are demanding the resignation of musician Oyamada Keigo (aka music artist, Cornelius), a member of the creative team of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and one of the producers of the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo Olympics, after a January 1994 interview from “Rockin’ Read More …

Tokyo Olympics takes another hit due to Cornelius (Oyamada Keigo) 1994 interview boasting about bullying a classmate with disabilities resurfaces

Oyamada Keigo (52), best known as the music artist Cornelius and a former member of Flipper’s Guitar, is one of the music producers of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremonies and also a member of the creative team of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. And now Read More …