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Kazuko Matsumura (born 1962) March 23 - ) is a Japanese enka singer. Born in Enbetsu-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido, raised in Tomakomai. She is known for her debut song, Come Back. She graduated from Tomakomai Municipal Midori Elementary School and Wako Junior High School. Her father is Ichiro Matsumura, a singer and president of Hokkai Entertainment Production. Her mother was a folk singer and ran a folk song tea house called Jongara. She's the middle child of three siblings. Inspired by Goro Noguchi, she aspired to become a singer and began taking singing lessons from her mother while in high school. She had never sung in front of an audience until high school. On April 21, 1980, she debuted with Victor Music Industries with a unique style for an enka singer, sporting long hair and playing the Tsugaru shamisen like a guitar. Her catchphrase was The return of the female enka singer. Her debut song, Kaette Koi yo (Come Back), became a hit, and she won the New Artist Award at the 22nd Japan Record Awards that same year. The following year, in 1981, she appeared on NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Contest). After that, she released singles such as Okayo-chan, Nanohana Saiteta, Konna Otoko ni Horete Miro, Kaeri no Minato, and Ten. In Kaze no Tsugaru, released in 2008, she showcased her style of playing the shamisen for the first time in a long time. From around 1997, she became a regular on Fuji TV's Monomane Oza Ketteisen (Impressionist King Championship). She a...

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