As of last year's appearance, enka singer Yoshimi Tendo（天童よしみ）has been on NHK's Kohaku Utagassen a total of 29 times so far dating all the way back to 1993. Following further tradition, she once again released a new song last month.
Tendo's 81st single from January 15th is "Showa Gokoro" (The Heart of Showa) which seems to come in line with her previous single a year back "Showa Katagi"（昭和かたぎ）. Written by Reiji Mizuki（水木れいじ）and composed by Hideo Mizumori（水森英夫）, there's a lot of metaphor within the lyrics as the Showa era (1925-1989) is seen as this older but more-than-welcome traveler arriving at the station of Reiwa (the current era) to bring back some of those laughing and crying sepia-toned memories.
"Showa Gokoro" is a stately song with plenty of that sleeve-grabbing emotion that is de rigueur for any enka tune, and the way that Tendo delivers it brings some of those memories of Hibari Misora（美空ひばり）, the Queen of Kayo Kyoku who Tendo has often been compared to. The single managed to reach No. 21 on Oricon.
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