At first, Ishibashi thought he should play, but from day one a basin was thrown at him and he had a , so he often thought about committing suicide. In June 1960, he temporarily left his artistic endeavors due to surgery to reshape his six ribs due to tuberculosis, but returned in August 1961 and has since played piano with Senri Sakurai, who has joined the members as his understudy. On December 31, 1970, he left Crazy Cats due to heart disease. 