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Saburo Kitajima (born
October 4,
1936) is a well known
Enka singer.
He was born in a little town in
Hokkaido to a fisherman. He was very poor because the effect of
World War II, and he was forced to work while he studied.
When he was about to graduate from high-school, he decided to become a
singer. His debut single was called "Bunkacha-Bushi", which was released
in 1962.
He has a lot of famous songs. "Kita no Sakaba", "Yosaku" are very
famous songs. He is a very popular Enka singer, and still sings the spirit
of Japan. He appears often in the "Kouhaku Uta Gassen", a TV program at
the end of the year where all the major singers in Japan gather.
Although Enka is becoming less popular with the younger generation, He
is still
Japan's most famous singer. He does a lot of concerts overseas as
well, and he is contributing a lot of work to the culture of
Japanese music.
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