Ikuzo Yoshi
Yoshi Ikuzō is the stage name of Yoshihito Kamata, a Japanese enka singer-songwriter. He has released several popular albums of enka music, a genre akin to Japanese folk or blues music in the Western world. Amongst his most famous hits are "Sake yo", "Suika", and "Yuki Guni".
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Ikuzo Yoshi
- Name
- Yoshi Ikuzō
- Birth Name
- Yoshihito Kamata
- Born
- November 11, 1952（age 71）
- Birthplace
- Kanagi, Aomori, Japan
- Occupation
- Enka singer Singer-songwriter Lyricist Composer Rapper
- Full name
- 鎌田 善人.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Fields
- enka.
- Known for
- Ora Tokyo Sa Ikuda.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Yoshi Ikuzō is the stage name of Yoshihito Kamata, a Japanese enka singer-songwriter. He has released several popular albums of enka music, a genre akin to Japanese folk or blues music in the Western world. Amongst his most famous hits are "Sake yo", "Suika", and "Yuki Guni".
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Ikuzo Yoshi (born 1952) is a Japanese actor, composer and lyricist, among other activities. The actor was born 鎌田 善人 in Kanagi.
Works include Ora Tokyo Sa Ikuda. Genres include enka. Languages used include Japanese.
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Additionally, he is self-described as the "first popular hip hop artist in Japan" due to the 1984 release of "Ora Tōkyō sa Iguda" (lit. "I'm going to Tokyo"), sung in his native Tsugaru dialect of Japanese. He has been on tour with fellow Japanese star Fukui Kodai. Ikuzō is married. His wife is named Hisako, and they have a daughter, Ikumi. His stage name is a pun for the common Japanese phrase Alright, let's go!.
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• Name — Yoshi Ikuzō • Birth Name — Yoshihito Kamata • Alias — Eiji Yamaoka, IKZO, Kumanosuke Kitami • Born — November 11, 1952（age 71） • Birthplace — Kanagi, Aomori, Japan • Instruments — Vocal guitar • Genre — Enka • Occupation — Enka singer Singer-songwriter Lyricist Composer Rapper • Years Active — 1973 – • Label — Tokuma Japan Communications • Website — Official site
Television
Television
• Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021), Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Film
• Heaven Sent (1979) • I Go to Tokyo (1985) • Cape Nostalgia (2014), Teacher Yukiyoshi
Selected Discography
• Illustration — Tachineputa float • Ora ha zettai! Presley: I'm an "Elvis Presley" indeed! • Ora Tōkyō sa Iguda: A farewell to the Rural • Yuki Guni: Snow Country • Sake yo: Sipping and drinking • Suika: Drunken Song • Dream • Shutcho Monogatari: My Dekasegi memories • Tachineputa • Kaze ni Fukarete: Blown with the wind • Tsugaru
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