Enka

Enka is a popular Japanese music genre often likened to blues for its melancholic touch and sentimental ballads. Characterized by its melodramatic themes, enka songs typically explore loss, love, loneliness, and the ephemeral nature of life, often with a nostalgic longing for the past. The music employs a traditional Japanese scale mixed with Western harmonies and often features the distinctive sound of the shamisen, a Japanese three-stringed lute. Enka singers, like Ryoko Moriyama and Sayuri Ishikawa, are known for their deep, emotive voices and the ability to convey profound emotion through a style of singing that incorporates vibrato and controlled melodrama. Performance-wise, enka artists often don traditional Japanese attire, adding to the genre's cultural and nostalgic appeal.

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Akina Nakamori
Ayako Natsuki
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Fuyumi Sakamoto
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Hiroshi Fujiwara
Hirosi Kano
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Junko Ishihara
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Kaho Shimada
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Kanji Ishimaru
Kazuko Matsuo
Kazusa Wakayama
Kazuya Iwade
Keisuke Yamauchi
Ken Matsudaira
Kenta Koori
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Kouhei Fukuda
Kumi Iwamoto
Kyoko Koizumi
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Madoka Oishi
Meiko Kaji
Midori Oka
Mika Shinno
Misaki Iwasa
Mitsuko Nakamura
Miyako Otsuki
Natsuko Godai
Natsumi Mizuki
Park Junyoung
Reon Yuzuki
Rimi Natsukawa
Ryoko Moriyama
Ryuko Mizuta
Saburo Kitajima
Sachiko Kobayashi
Sachiko Shiina
Sayaka Mishiro
Seiko Matsuda
Sheena Ringo
Shigeru Matsuzaki
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Teiji Yamazaki
Yuki Kadokura
Yukino Ichikawa
Yukino Nakajima
Yuko Maki
Yuko Nagai
Yuko Oka
Yumi Matsutoya
Yusuke Hashiri
Yutaka Yamakawa
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千葉げん太
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山口かおる
島津亜矢
川中美幸
朝花美穂
東京力車
東海林太郎
松原健之
松尾雄史
海蔵亮太
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真田ナオキ
秋山涼子
秋岡秀治
蓮歌子
親川遥
辰巳ゆうと
野村美菜
青山 新
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Sheena Ringo
Teresa Teng
Seiko Matsuda
Akina Nakamori
Anzen Chitai
Yumi Matsutoya
Jody Chiang
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Kyoko Koizumi
Yosui Inoue
Fuyumi Sakamoto
Kenji Sawada
Takao Kisugi
Hitomi Shimatani
Rimi Natsukawa
Kiyoshi Hikawa
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Sayuri Ishikawa
Yoko Oginome
Aki Yashiro
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Hibari Misora
Hong Ronghong
Akira Terao
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Chitose Hajime
Sachiko Kobayashi
Hiroshi Itsuki
Junpei Oda
吉乃
Kaori Kozai
Kumiko Yamashita
Saki Kubota
Yoshitaka Minami
Ayumi Nakamura
Masako Mori
Keisuke Yamauchi
EunSook Kye
Shigeru Matsuzaki
Meiko Kaji
Yutaka Yamakawa
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
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天童よしみ
Saburo Kitajima
Kouhei Fukuda
Jang Yoon-Jeong
Kaho Shimada
Shinichi Mori
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Frank Nagai
Monta & Brothers
Midori Karashima
Jiro Atsumi
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Takashi Hosokawa
Raymond Matsuya
Aiko Moriyama
Na Hoon-A
Miyako Otsuki
Finger 5
Naoko Kawai
Harumi Miyako
Junretsu
Ken Matsudaira
Midori Oka
Mariko Nagai
真田ナオキ
チェウニ
Eri Hiramatsu
Junko Yamamoto
Lily
Mika Hino
長山洋子
郭婷筠
Minami Kizuki
Akira Kobayashi
陳百潭
Yukino Ichikawa
Chikuzen sato
Maki Asakawa
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Keisuke Hama
Michiya Mihashi
Kazuhiko Kato
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Natsuko Godai
Chiyoko Shimakura
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Park Junyoung
Satoshi Ikeda
Fujiyama Ichiro
Александр Закшевский
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Yukari Miyake