Showing posts with label Hideo Mizumori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hideo Mizumori. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Kiyoshi Hikawa-- Tabi de Gozansu Ojarumaru（旅でござんす おじゃる丸）

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  A few years ago, I noted that the anime "Ojarumaru" （おじゃる丸） has a long-running list of theme songs to match its own longevity on...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Yoshimi Tendo -- Tabiji（旅路）

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  Watching "Uta Con" （うたコン） earlier today, I saw that the husband-and-wife folk duo Humbert Humbert（ハンバート ハンバート） were back to perf...
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Monday, March 10, 2025

Shinichiro Kurokuma -- Konnyaku Yaro（こんにゃく野郎）

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  Let me be clear...I've known about konnyaku , or konjac as it's alternately spelled (that spelling reminds me of an old 1970s TV d...
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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Yoshimi Tendo -- Showa Gokoro（昭和ごころ）

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  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 dati...
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Monday, March 18, 2024

Akari Yamanishi -- Kinokawa yo（紀ノ川よ）

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  The above video comes from YouTube's Hidaka Channel and it's a short presentation of Hidaka Town in Wakayama Prefecture which is...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Yoshimi Tendo -- Showa Katagi（昭和かたぎ）

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  It was a pretty good night on "Uta Con" （うたコン） . One of my favourites, Masayuki Suzuki（鈴木雅之） , was there and there was a segment...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Kouhei Fukuda -- Tenkuu no Shiro（天空の城）

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  I've read that there is a castle in Japan whose altitude is high enough that it can be seen above the cloud layer. Well, as it turns o...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Shouta Mitsuoka -- Hassha no Bell ga Nagasugiru（発車のベルが長すぎる）

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  Recently on both NHK's kayo kyoku and J-Pop  programs, "Uta Con" （うたコン） and "Hayauta" （はやウタ） , I've been seein...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Kiyoshi Hikawa -- Koushuuji（甲州路）

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  Well, that was quite the emotional episode of "Uta Con" （うたコン） last night, eh? And I feel like I was a little too fast off the m...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Dare ni Aisarete mo（誰に愛されても）

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  Although we had that old-style pops beginning to last night's "Uta Con" （うたコン） , the show still had its enka guests with one...
Thursday, December 16, 2021

Kiyoshi Hikawa -- Jounetsu no Mariachi（情熱のマリアッチ）

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  I guess this would be a personal anniversary of sorts, but today is the 10th anniversary since I made my permanent way back from Japan to...
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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Kiyoshi Hikawa -- Ninjou Toridejuku (人情取手宿)

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  Art by どすこいクマ As a fan of sumo, I have to say that the most recent Nagoya tournament in mid-July was most thrilling as it served as the st...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Mujou（霧情）

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  Almost a week ago, I wrote about last week's episode of "Uta Con" （うたコン） being the 200th in the history of NHK's curren...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Furukizu（古傷）

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  The above is merely a trailer and not the whole song representing enka singer Keisuke Yamauchi's（山内惠介） 22nd and latest single "F...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Kouhei Fukuda -- Tsukuba no Kantaro（筑波の寛太郎）

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I don't know very much about the city of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture which isn't too far away from Tokyo , especially thanks t...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Zanshou（残照）

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A couple of weeks ago, enka singer Keisuke Yamauchi（山内惠介） made one of his fairly frequent appearances on NHK's "Uta Kon" （う...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Kuchibiru Scarlet（唇スカーレット）

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(short version) The last time that I wrote about a Keisuke Yamauchi（山内惠介） song, it was for his 2018 single "Sarase Fuyu no Arashi...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Ayako Fuji -- Utakata no Koi（うたかたの恋）

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When I checked out what this "Utakata no Koi" was all about, I could only find various adaptations of a romantic tragic novel...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Ryuko Mizuta -- Hirado Ujou (平戸雨情)

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I remember turning into a fan of gorgeous enka singer  Ryuko Mizuta (水田竜子) through Noelle Tham’s article of the song "Yopparachatta...
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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Keisuke Yamauchi -- Sarase Fuyu no Arashi（さらせ冬の嵐）

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Tuesday's "Uta Con" （うたコン） also featured enka singer Keisuke Yamauchi（山内惠介） and his latest (his 19th) single , "Sarase...