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Michiya Mihashi
Background information
Birth name
Michiya Kitazawa 北沢 美智也
Also known as
Michiya Mihashi 三橋 美智也
Born
(1930-11-10)November 10, 1930 Hokkaido, Japan
Died
January 8, 1996(1996-01-08) (aged 65)
Genres
Min'yō, Enka
Occupation(s)
Singer
Years active
1954–1996
Labels
King Records
Musical artist
Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930[1] – January 8, 1996),[2] born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa Michiya)[3] in Kamiiso, Hokkaidō, was an enka singer in postwar Japan. Along with Hachiro Kasuga and Hideo Murata, he was regarded as one of the most notable singers to have established the genre enka.[4]
Mihashi was among the leading Enka singers in his time and was known for his high-pitched and elastic singing voice. He recorded around 2,500 songs.[5] By 1983, he sold more than 100 million records.[6]
Takashi Hosokawa was his pupil.
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^"The day that enka singer Hachiro Kasuga died" (in Japanese). Nippon Television. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
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