Biography
Hibari Misora
Real name: 加藤 和枝 (Katou Kazue)
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 2008
Stage Name: 美空ひばり (Misora Hibari). Famous Japanese singer of Enka and other styles of songs, originally from Yokohama, Japan. Born 29 May 1937; deceased 24 June 1989.Posthumously - the first woman to receive the Japanese national government's People's Honor Award (国民栄誉賞).