Keiko Fuji (藤 圭子 Fuji Keiko) real name Junko Utada (宇多田 純子 Utada Junko) (5 July 1951 – 22 August 2013), was a Japanese
enka singer and
actress. She had success in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s with her songs, which were primarily
ballads. Keiko Fuji was born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan where her father was a
rōkyoku singer. Her mother was a blind
shamisen player or
goze. As a child, Fuji sometimes accompanied her parents and sang with them when they were on tour. Her song "Keiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" (her version of "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku") won the "mass popul…
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