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Profile of Yoko Nagayama
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Yoko Nagayama |
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13th January 1968 |
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Tokyo |
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Singer |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Yoko Nagayama (長山洋å Nagayama YÅko; born January 13, 1968) is a Japanese enka singer and actress.
Yoko was born in Tokyo. She started her career singing pop music in 1984. The first song she released was Haru wa SA-RA SA-RA (春ã¯SA-RA SA-RA), but it did not become famous. Her cover version of Shocking Blue's Venus finally brought her success in 1986. Her next song You're My Love was also a hit.
Jidaigeki fans know her for her role as OchÅ in the 1990 television series Sanbiki gi Kiru.
In 1993, she started a second career as an enka singer, a kind of melodramatic Japanese popular song. She received three prizes for her first enka song Higurashi(蜩). Suterarete(æ¨ã¦ã‚‰ã‚Œã¦) also became famous.
In 2003, she released Jonkara Onnnabushi(ã˜ã‚‡ã‚“ã‹ã‚‰å¥³ç¯€). On TV or in her concerts, she sings this song with her shamisen, a three stringed Japanese music instrument.
She regularly presents enka programmes on Japanese TV.
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