Takeo Ischi - Japanese man sings german

Takeo Ischi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. At high school, he was a loner, but it was during this time that he first heard yodeling on the radio. Following his father, Ishii went to university for mechanical engineering. In his spare time he became engrossed with the zither and the hammered dulcimer, and learned to play these instruments.
Using Franzl Lang's records, he taught himself to yodel, and began performing on Japanese television.
During a six-month period where he studied abroad in Germany, Ishii went to Switzerland, where he sang at a beer hall in Zurich.
He soon started earning money from this. And the singing career started  from that time.....(via wikipedia)