Mina Aoe

Mina Aoe
Birth name	Shizuko Ihara (井原 静子?)
Born	7 May 1941(1941-05-07) Tokyo, Japan
Died	2 July 2000(2000-07-02) (aged 59)
Genres	Enka, jazz
Years active	1966–1999
Labels	Victor Entertainment

Mina Aoe (青江 三奈, Aoe Mina^?, 7 May 1941–2 July 2000) was a Japanese female enka singer who had a series of popular hits in the late 1960s and continued charting late into her career.

With her distinctive husky voice, she acquired the nickname of "Queen of the Blues". Due to her frequent appearances on television programs (including 18 appearances on the annual show Kōhaku Uta Gassen), she is fondly remembered by many older Japanese. After her death, a memorial to Aoe was established in the Isezakicho shopping area.^{[citation needed]}

Selected discography

• "Isezakicho Blues" (伊勢佐木町ブルース^?), 1968, 1 million sold
• "Ikebukuro no Yoru" (池袋の夜, One night at Ikebukuro^?) 1969, 1.5 million sold

References

• Obituary

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Name	Aoe,Mina
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Date of birth	7 May 1941
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death	2 July 2000
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