Ichirō Fujiyama
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Ichirō Fujiyama, born Takeo Masunaga, was a Japanese singer and composer, known for his contribution to Japanese popular music called ryūkōka by his Western classical music skills. He was born in Chūō
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Tokyo University of the Arts, current successor to Tokyo Music School. Pictured is its Ueno Campus.
Disc label for Kōa kōshinkyoku (興亞行進曲, Enrich Asia March), sung by Fujiyama, Akiko Futaba and Hisao Ito
Masao Koga
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Masao Koga was a Japanese composer, mandolinist, and guitarist of the Shōwa era who was dubbed "Japan's Irving Berlin" by Universal Press Syndicate. His melancholy style, based upon Nakayama Shimpei's
Ichirō Fujiyama
…earthquake. As ryūkōka singer "Ichirō Fujiyama", he signed with Nippon Columbia, though singing ryūkōka was a taboo for his school. Meeting composer Masao Koga, he debuted with song "Camp Kouta". Fujiyama and Koga also recorded "Sake wa Namida ka Tameiki ka". The song was released and became a big hit in 1931…
Koga Masao conducting