VARIOUS JAPANESE ARTISTS

Various Japanese artists, enka songs, pop songs and a few nice funky songs, more info about this album in the comments section thanks to Yoshio... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE TOKYO SERENADERS - TO REMEMBER JAPAN

And album from The Tokyo Serenaders with Sadame Miyazu, Ted Shimabukura, Haruye Minami, Harold Sasahara and Mari Minami singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HARUMI MIYAKO - HARUMI MIYAKO'S FLOWER STAGE

An album from enka singer Harumi Miyako and this came out in 1965.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HARUMI MIYAKO - NO NAGASHIUTA

Here's an album from Japanese enka singer Harumi Miyako and this came out in 1966.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HARUMI MIYAKO - HARUMI MIYAKO'S FLOWER STAGE VOL. 5

I'm loving this one :) An album from Japanese enka singer Harumi Miyako. This came out in 1968.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CHIYOKO SHIMAKURA - STAR DELUXE CHIYOKO SHIMAKURA

Here's an album from Enka singer Chiyoko Shimakura and this came out in 1967.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MIDORI SASA - SHITAMACHI UPBRINGING - MIDORI SASA'S HIT COLLECTION

Here's an album from Enka singer Midori Sasa and this album came out in 1966.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MIYAKO OTSUKI - NATSUKASHI NO HIT O UTAU NO. 3

An album from Japanese enka singer Miyako Otsuki and this came out in 1969.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MIDORI SATSUKI - NO HANA NO SUTEJI

Here's an album from Japanese enka and pop singer and actress Midori Satsuki and this came out in 1962.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MINA AOE - WHEAT AND SOLDIERS: SINGS PSYCHOLOGY PECULIAR TO MEN

Here's an enka album from Japanese singer Mina Aoe and thanks to Yoshio for letting me know who this is.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HARUMI MIYAKO & YUKIO HASHI

Here's a matatabi ep from Harumi Miyako and Yukio Hashi. Matatabi is a genre within the enka genre, it really is very fascinating, just read the comments in this post by Yoshio.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NAGASHI SONG COMPETITION VOL. 2

All I can find out about this album is the album title, Nagashi Song Competition Vol. 2. I do recognize a few of the artists on the cover like Hideo Murata, Harumi Miyako (I think) and Hibari Misora.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VARIOUS ENKA SINGERS

Here's an enka album with songs from Hideo Murata, Hibari Misora, Saburo Kitajima,and Harumi Miyako and thanks to musictime.nl for letting me know who the singers are... Came out in 1969.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YUKIO HASHI - BEST HIT SONGS

Here's a double album from Japanese singer Yukio Hashi.... GET THE FIRST ALBUM HERE GET THE SECOND ALBUM HERE Enjoy!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - A SELECTION OF THE LATEST POPULAR JAPANESE SONGS

Here's a pop and enka album with songs from Harumi Miyako, Chiyoko Shimakura, Hanko Kagurazaka, Kayoko Moriyama, Hiroshi Uchiyamada & The Cool Five, Yukio Hashi and Hibari Misora.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KIYOKO SUIZENJI - CHITA NO TOKYO ONDO

Great album from enka singer Kiyoko Suizenji and a big thank you to visitor Yoshio for letting me know who this artist is :) GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YUKIO HASHI - DASHING! YUKIO HASHI'S CROTCH TRIP

Here's an album from Japanese actor and enka singer Yukio Hashi and this one came out in 1968.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HIDEO MURATA - COLOR SHEET BOOK + 6 FLEXI DISCS

Hideo Murata (村田英雄 Murata Hideo, January 17, 1929 – June 13, 2002) was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer, and an actor. He has taken part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times. Murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer Senyu Hirosawa (広沢仙遊 Hirosawa Senyū?) and Tsutako Yano (矢野ツタ子 Yano Tsutako?). However, he was immediately adopted by Sumiko Deriba (出利葉スミ子 Deriba Sumiko) and Haruo Kajiyama (梶山春雄 Kajiyama Haruo) became his stepfather. His real name was Isamu Kajiyama (梶山勇 Kajiyama Isamu). He studied rōkyoku under one of Kumoemon Tochuken's disciples, Kumo Sakai. Murata was scouted by Masao Koga, debuting with "Muhōmatsu no Isshō" (無法松の一生 lit. "Life of Outlaw Pine") in 1958. His 1961 single "Ōshō" sold over one million copies. Along with Hachiro Kasuga and Michiya Mihashi, he became a famous enka singer and Haruo Minami was regarded as his rival. He died on June 13, 2002 You can hear him sing in many movies from Akira Kurosawa...... GET EM HERE Enjoy!