Biography
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氷川きよし
Real name: 山田 清志 (Yamada Kiyoshi)
Effective period / Period of releases: 2000 - 2005
Kiyoshi Hikawa. Japanese enka singer, born 6 September 1977 and originally from Fukuoka in southern Japan.Hikawa's great talent and notoriety belie his age; he is unusually young for Enka, a genre in which successful artists and fans alike traditionally fall into a more advanced age group. Thanks to his youth and friendly demeanor, Mr. Hikawa has been at the forefront of a recent increase in popularity of Enka among Japan's younger generations.