is the stage name of , a Japanese famous Enka

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-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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Enka is a popular genre akin to Japanese folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 or blues music in the Western world. He has released several popular albums. Amongst his most famous hits are "Sake-yo", "Suika", and "Yuki Guni".

He also claimed that he became the first popular hip hop

Hip hop music

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 artist in Japan by his 1984 song "Ora Tokyo sa Iguda" (lit. "I'm going to Tokyo").

He has been on tour with fellow Japan

Japan

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ese star Fukui Kodai.

His wife is named Hisako, and they have a daughter, Ikumi. His stage name is a pun for .

Discography

• Ora ha zettai! Presley
  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
  
   : I'm an "Elvis Presley" indeed!
• Ora Tokyo sa igu da : A farewell to the Rural
  Aomori Prefecture
  is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
  
  
• Yuki Guni : Snow Country
• Sake yo : Sipping and drinking
• Suika : Drunken Song
• Dream
• Shutcho Monogatari : My Dekasegi
  Dekasegi
  Dekasegi is a term used in Latin American cultures to refer to ethnic Japanese people who have migrated to Japan, having taken advantage of Japanese citizenship or nisei visa and immigration laws to escape from economic instability in South America...
  
  memories
• Tachineputa
• Kaze ni Fukarete : Blown with the wind

External links

• Ikuzo honored by the Hawaii County Police Department