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The word Enka has two meanings. One is a traditional music of Japan in the Meiji period and the Taisho period. It has declined both in sale and in recognition in recent decades as American-like pop music has become more popular.
Secondly, the word Enka means a kind of melodramatic Japanese popular song, which has been likened to American country music in terms of themes and audience. Now, this word is usually used in this meaning. There are a lot of people who like enka in Japan.
Enka artists include (famous now)
- Nobue Matsubara
- Kaori Kouzai
- Hibari Misora
- Yoko Nagayama
- Sayuri Ishikawa
- Fuyumi Sakamoto
- Harumi Miyako
- Aki Yashiro
- Natsuko Godai
- Miyako Ohtsuki
- Miyuki Kawanaka
- Ayako Fuji
- Mitsuko Nakamura
- Toshimi Tagawa
- Kiyoko Suizenji
- Chiyoko Shimakura
- Kaye Eunsook
- Takhashi Hosokawa
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