is the stage name of , a Japanese

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singer-songwriter. He has released several popular albums of enka music, a genre akin to Japanese

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or blues music in the Western world. Amongst his most famous hits are "Sake yo", "Suika", and "Yuki Guni". Additionally, he is self-described as the "first popular

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artist in Japan" due to the 1984 release of "

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" (lit. "I'm going to Tokyo"), sung in his native

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of Japanese. He has been on tour with fellow Japanese star Fukui Kodai. Ikuzō is married. His wife is named Hisako, and they have a daughter, Ikumi. His stage name is a pun for the common Japanese phrase .

Discography (incomplete)

* Ora ha zettai! Presley: I'm an "Elvis Presley" indeed! *

: A farewell to the

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* Yuki Guni: Snow Country * Sake yo: Sipping and drinking * Suika: Drunken Song * Dream * Shutcho Monogatari: My

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memories * Tachineputa * Kaze ni Fukarete: Blown with the wind * Tsugaru

Filmography

Film

* ''Heaven Sent'' (1979) *''I Go to Tokyo'' (1985) *''

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'' (2014), Teacher Yukiyoshi

Television

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'' (2021),

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Ikuzo honored by the Hawaii County Police Department
1952 births Japanese male singer-songwriters Enka singers Writers from Aomori Prefecture Living people Singers from Aomori Prefecture {{Japan-musician-stub