Chiyoko Shimakura
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is a female enka
singer and TV presenter in Japan.
She has a long career as a singer - almost 50 years. Despite her long career, Chiyoko remains cute and lovely in her stage work.
Chiyoko is considered as "the Goddess of Enka". Her 1987 song , the meanings are "my long history" and "long careers as an Enka singer", is popular among young people, politicians (the prime minister
Junichiro Koizumi
is one of her devoted fans) and elderly girls.
, Tokyo
, Japan
on March 30, 1938. Her pretty impressions were seen in her stage debut in earlier years.
In 1954 Chiyoko won the 1st prize of the Columbia Music Entertainment
singers competition. In 1955, she debuted with the single "Konoyo no Hana." Her discography is so numerous, the exact number registered is uncertain.
Chiyoko is one of enka singers who have appeared in Kohaku Uta Gassen
. She has starred 35 times. However, she forgot the lyric of her song in 1996. Although she has had difficulty attending Kohaku after that, she participated again in the Kohaku in 2004.
Enka
is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...
singer and TV presenter in Japan.
She has a long career as a singer - almost 50 years. Despite her long career, Chiyoko remains cute and lovely in her stage work.
Chiyoko is considered as "the Goddess of Enka". Her 1987 song , the meanings are "my long history" and "long careers as an Enka singer", is popular among young people, politicians (the prime minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
is one of her devoted fans) and elderly girls.
Career
Chiyoko was born in Shinagawa WardShinagawa, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Shinagawa City. The ward is home to nine embassies.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 344,461 and a density of 15,740 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km²....
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
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on March 30, 1938. Her pretty impressions were seen in her stage debut in earlier years.
In 1954 Chiyoko won the 1st prize of the Columbia Music Entertainment
Columbia Music Entertainment
is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as . It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until...
singers competition. In 1955, she debuted with the single "Konoyo no Hana." Her discography is so numerous, the exact number registered is uncertain.
Chiyoko is one of enka singers who have appeared in Kohaku Uta Gassen
Kohaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...
. She has starred 35 times. However, she forgot the lyric of her song in 1996. Although she has had difficulty attending Kohaku after that, she participated again in the Kohaku in 2004.
Enka Discography
- Konoyo no Hana (この世の花) (1955): The Fruit and Bloom in the world : Chiyoko herself is featured in the movie of the same name.
- Tōkyō Dayo Okkasan (東京だョお母さん) (1957) : Mummy, here we are in Tōkyō.
- Jinsei Iroiro (人生いろいろ) (1987)
Filmography
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My SisterA Farewell to the Woman Called My Sisteris a 1957 black and white Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda.Production designer was Iwao Akune, lighting technician was Yoshio Tanaka and sound technician was Sanya Yamamoto.-Cast:Actors include:* Akihiko Hirata* Machiko Kitagawa* Hiroshi Koizumi...
(別れの茶摘歌 姉妹篇 お姉さんと呼んだ人 Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen: Oneesan to yonda hito) (1957)