of ryūkōka were developed from Western classical music. Ryūkōka ultimately split into two genres: enka and poppusu. Unlike enka, archetypal ryūkōka songs...

War II. Kayokyoku, though associated with ryūkōka, also refers to a specific musical genre unique from ryūkōka. For example, Kenji Yamamoto (山本健治) said...

form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years. Modern enka, as developed in the...

city pop, anisong, Vocaloids and VTubing. Japanese popular music, called ryūkōka before being split into enka and poppusu, has origins in the Meiji period...

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(古関 裕而, Koseki Yūji, August 11, 1909 – August 18, 1989) was a Japanese ryūkōka, gunka, march, fight song and film score composer. His real name was also...

和歌子), Japanese sports sailor Yoshio Tabata (田端 義夫, 1919–2013), Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist Yūki Tabata (田畠裕基)...

September 22, 1999) was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan. Awaya was born as...

Shōji Tarō, December 11, 1898 – October 4, 1972) was a popular Japanese ryūkōka singer. He also used the aliases Shōji Shirō (庄司史郎), Asabuki Kaoru (朝吹薫)...

1923 Great Kantō earthquake. As ryūkōka singer "Ichirō Fujiyama", he signed with Nippon Columbia, though singing ryūkōka was a taboo for his school. Meeting...