- He desired to make classical music easier and more accessible to the public, and to this cause he made appearances on TV and at concerts.
- He studied jazz piano under Yuji Ohno.
- He started taking piano lessons at the age of three years.
- Haneda's mother bought a grand piano when he was in his first year of high school. Haneda used this piano carefully for the rest of his life even after he became famous.
- He taught as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music.
- Top graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music.
- His daughter Ayako Haneda is an accomplished singer.
- He was a heavy drinker, which led to his liver cancer.
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