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Aktion
12+ albums
nigeriajapanesePsychedelic Rockrappost-punk
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There are at least three artists who have used the name Aktion: A Japanese rapper, An Italian new wave band, and a Nigerian rock band. 1) Claude Maki (真木蔵人, Maki Kurōdo?) (born October 3, 1972) is a Japanese surfing champion, actor and j-urban artist, under the stage name AKTION, from Akasaka Tokyo . He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki. His size is 173cm and his hobby is surfing. He made his television acting debut in 1987, at age 15, in NHK's year-long Japanese period drama series Takeda Shingen. Also that year, he made his motion picture debut in Soul Music Lovers Only. In 1989, he was named Best Newcomer at the Japanese Academy Awards for his role in the film Buddies. In 1991 he portrayed the deaf-mute surfer Shigeru in Takeshi Kitano's third film A Scene at the Sea. He starred in Junji Sakamoto's Falling Angels in 1997, followed by four films in 1998 including Golden Wolf, Resurrection, and Beat. As a rapper he is on the same label as ZEEBRA, Solomon i&i Production. 2) Aktion is a band formed in 2011 in Rome, Italy, consisting of Gustav Gabor Berlenbach (guitar, vocals) and Mary-Jane Berlenbach (keyboards, tape echo, drum machine and occasional vocals). Their music features a melting of no/new-wave influences and old fashioned chanson with morbid or sexual twist in them. 3) Aktion were a rock band formed in Nigeria in the 1970s. They released two albums: "Groove the Funk" in 1975 and "Celebration" in 1977. Their song "Groove the Funk" appears on the
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