Biography
-
Born
10 November 1930
-
Born In
Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan
-
Died
8 January 1996 (aged 65)
Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 - January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa Michiya) in Kamiiso, Hokkaidō, was a famous enka singer in postwar Japan. Along with Hachiro Kasuga and Hideo Murata, he was regarded as one of most notable singers to have established the enka genre.
Mihashi was among the leading Enka singers in his time and was known for his high-pitched and elastic singing voice. He recorded around 2,500 songs. By 1983, he sold more than 100 million records.
The famous singer Takashi Hosokawa was his pupil.
Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
