Seeing that up to now, I've been taking care of all of the pop songs for the Tokyo House Party label over the past several days, it's now time to handle the genre of the most traditional heartfelt balladry. Namely, I'm talking about enka（演歌）with all of its sakura petals, heartfelt kobushi and Japanese instruments. I only gave a very bare bones assessment on last Saturday's livestream broadcast at "Tokyo House Party", so you can take a look at the Wikipedia description of the genre, and I can give you some of the main singers that have been representative of enka over the decades. I had initially thought that having the one article would be enough but I now believe that separating the topic into male and female articles was the right thing to do. Therefore, let's begin with the male singers.
Saburo Kitajima（北島三郎）-- Yosaku (与作）and Hakodate no Hito （函館の女）
Hiroshi Itsuki （五木ひろし）-- Furusato （ふるさと）and Omae to Futari （おまえとふたり）
Shinichi Mori （森進一）-- Erimo Misaki （襟裳岬）and Minato Machi Blues （港町ブルース）
Hachiro Kasuga （春日八郎）-- Rosario no Shima （ロザリオの島）and Nagasaki no Onna （長崎の女）
Hideo Murata (村田英雄) -- Osho (王将) and Hana to Ryu (花と竜)
Michiya Mihashi （三橋美智也）-- Kojou（古城）and Aishu Ressha (哀愁列車)
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