was a Japanese popular music and military music singer and composer. He took part in the Japan's famous year-end show KÃ Âhaku Uta Gassen eleven times. One of the well-known songs composed by him is the military song .
Hayashi was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. In 1931, he debuted with song . He signed with the King Records label in 1936.
Hayashi also composed Hachiro Kasuga's "Nagasaki no Onna" and Michiya Mihashi's "Ringo Mura Kara".
Hayashi served as the leader of the Japan Singers Association from 1989 to 1995.