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Naomi Chiaki
Naomi Chiaki
Japanese singer and actress (1947-)
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Kiyoshi Hikawa
Kiyoshi Hikawa
Japanese singer (1977-)
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Hiroshi Itsuki
Hiroshi Itsuki
Japanese singer
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Chiyoko Shimakura
Chiyoko Shimakura
Japanese singer and actor (1938-2013)
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Shinichi Mori
Shinichi Mori
Japanese singer (1947-)
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Toshihiko Tahara
Toshihiko Tahara
Japanese singer, actor and talent (1961-)
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Keiko Fuji
Keiko Fuji
Japanese enka singer and actress (1951-2013)
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Hibari Misora
Hibari Misora
Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989)
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Masaki Suda
Masaki Suda
Japanese actor and singer (1993-)
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Osamu Yoshioka
Osamu Yoshioka
Japanese lyricist
10
Jero
Jero
American singer
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Mone Kamishiraishi
Mone Kamishiraishi
Japanese actress, singer, voice actress (1998-)
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Chisato Moritaka
Chisato Moritaka
Japanese singer, lyricist (1969-)
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Yojiro Noda
Yojiro Noda
Japanese singer. Lead vocalist of Radwimps
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Rimi Natsukawa
Rimi Natsukawa
Japanese singer (1973-)
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Ryosuke Yamada
Ryosuke Yamada
Japanese singer, actor
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Saburō Kitajima
Saburō Kitajima
Japanese enka singer, actor, lyricist, composer (1936-)
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Chitose Hajime
Chitose Hajime
Japanese singer (1979-)
Yoshio Tabata
Japanese singer, songwriter and electric guitarist (1919-2013)

Yoshio Tabata

Intro
Japanese singer, songwriter and electric guitarist (1919-2013)
Genres
Record Labels
Awards Received
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class
Member of, past and present
Japanese Singers Association

Japanese Singers Association

Yoshio Tabata (田端義夫, Tabata Yoshio, January 1, 1919 – April 25, 2013) was a Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist. His debut song "Shima no Funauta" (島の舟唄, literally "Island Ship Song") was released in 1939. Along with enka-shi Haruo Oka's 1939 debut, his debut had a big impact on Japanese popular music because Japanese popular ryūkōka music of that time was mainly sung by classical music singers such as Ichiro Fujiyama and Noriko Awaya. He was born in Matsusaka, Mie prefecture, Japan.