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Naoko Ken (研 ナオコ Ken Naoko) (born July 7, 1953 - ) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well-known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1971, Ken debuted as an enka-oriented singer with a single Daitokai no Yasagure On'na. In 1975, after the release of several charted singles, she gained the first outstanding commercial success with a song Guzu, which was written by Ryudo Uzaki and his wife Yoko Aki. Abayo, a song written by Miyuki Nakajima became the most successful single for Ken, selling more than 600,000 copies. In 1976, the prize-winning song reached number-one spot on the Oricon, Japan's most eminent chart. In addition to the success as a musician, she also obtained popularity as a tarento in the mid 1970s, through her comical actings on the multiple TV shows including Kakkurakin Daihousou!!. After the temporary hiatus of its career in 1977, she returned to the Japanese entertainment industry with a hit tune Kamome wa Kamome. The melancholic ballad written by Nakajima became known as one of her signature songs, finally sold in excess of 300,000 units. In 1982, she gained huge commercial success as a singer again with a cover version of the Southern All Stars' song Natsu wo Akiramete, winning several Japanese music prizes. The song is her last top-ten hit solo single so far. Through her long-term career as a comedic TV personality, she has r...

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