Enka
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Enka is a Japanese music genre. It is considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which adopts a more traditional musical
Soeda Azenbō, enka-shi in the Meiji Period
The memorial museum of singer Hideo Murata
The 1984 monument of Naomi Chiaki's song covered by Takashi Hosokawa "Yagiri no Watashi" at Matsudo City
Keiko Fuji
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Junko Utada, known primarily by the stage name Keiko Fuji was a Japanese enka singer and actress. She had success in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs. She was married on-and-off
Enka
…of the first modern enka singers were Hachiro Kasuga, Michiya Mihashi, and Hideo Murata. The revival of enka in its modern form happened in 1969, when Keiko Fuji made her debut. The most famous male enka singers are Shinichi Mori and Kiyoshi Hikawa. The term enka was first used to refer to political texts set…
Keiko Fuji