Kiyoshi Hikawa
Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし, Hikawa Kiyoshi) is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. His real name is Kiyoshi Yamada (山田 清志, Yamada Kiyoshi) and he is known as "The Prince of Enka" (演歌界の貴公子, Enkakai no Kikōshi) due to his young age and popularity. When he is marketing non-enka music, he goes by the name KIYOSHI, using capitalized letters of the roman alphabet, instead of kanji or hiragana.
His record company is Columbia Music Entertainment, and his agency is Nagara Productions. He was given his stage name by Takeshi Kitano, who initially supported his career. Today, Hikawa makes frequent appearances on NHK Kayō Concert (NHK歌謡コンサート), as well as NHK's annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
History
As a high school student, Hikawa was a member of the school's performing arts club (芸能部, geinō-bu) and trained to be a singer. It is unusual for a young person in his 20s to take up the style of enka professionally. Hikawa decided to become an enka singer when he found that his singing of traditional songs had an effect on the residents of the nursing homes he visited. After graduation from high school in 1995, Hikawa travelled to Tokyo, where he became an apprentice under the supervision of Hideo Mizumori. He served under Mizumori for three years.
Hikawa, Kiyoshi Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Hideo
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2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
氷川きよし
ALBUMS
- 演歌名曲コレクション6～一剣～ released: 2006
- Enka Meikyoku Collection 2 ~Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi~ released: 2002
- Otokogi released:
Koochie Koo
I saw you here
where you were standing
It scared me, dear
so I bought some candy.
When I see you
my eyes are open.
When you see me,
your eyes are open.
oh oh oh oh oh my koochie koo
ohhhhhhhhhhh i still love you oohhhhhhh oh oh
oh koochie koo
do you love me too oh oh oh oh
I was sitting there
playing Mario Sunshine on Game Cube
oooooooooh but it's not the same
without you
ohhhhh it's better than that
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my koochie koo
oh oh oh oh oh oh i still love you oh oh oh oh oh oh
my koochie koo oh oh oh oh oh
do you love me too oh oh oh oh.
koochie koochie koochie koo
candy, Mario, Game Cube
koochie oochie oochie oo
do oh ohoh you ohoh oh love ohoh me ohoh too?? oh oh oh oh oh