Rokusuke Ei(永 六輔Ei Rokusuke, born April 10, 1933) is a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist and TV personality. Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Sukiyaki", which has been used in several English language films. He has also written the lyrics to the song "Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo" sung by Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. He is graduates of Waseda University.