Something interesting I found on Anime News Network...

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=24985

Did anybody know this as well? (The "theme song performance" part, that is)

I do remember that I Was Born To Love You wound up as a song used in PGSM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury#Popularity_in_Japan

thats weird, maybe its because in that show "Cromartie High" they have a character named Freddie based on our Freddie and yeah.