Okamoto Atsurou

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Atsuro Okamoto (December 25, 1924 – December 28, 2012) was a singer from Otaru City. He graduated from the Vocal Music Department of Musashino Academia Musicae (now Musashino Academia Musicae). He is signed to Nippon Columbia. He made his debut in 1946 with the radio song "Morning Comes From Here." This song was entered in a contest organized by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper to encourage Japan in the immediate aftermath of the war. Its cheerful melody made it a widely loved and popular song. With his beautiful voice with outstanding range and orthodox singing style, he was active in the music world after the war. Starting with a small hit with "Machi no Enka-shi" in 1949, he had more and more hits with popular songs. Incidentally, the song was composed by Yashima Hideaki, and is a rare enka song for Okamoto Atsuro. After the big hit "When the White Flowers Bloom," and other hits such as "Chapel no Kane" and "Akogare no Yubinbasha," his 1954 release "Kogen Ressha wa Iku" became a huge hit and remains Atsuro Okamoto's signature song to this day. He continued to have other hits, including "Pyrenee no Yama no Otoko," "Jitensha Ryokou," and "Wakajin Skier." He is known as Mr. Radio Kayo because he recorded many radio songs. Kazuo Funaki's big hit song "Koukou Sannensei" (High School Senior) was written with Okamoto in mind. Besides his singing career, he also worked as a music teacher. From 1980 to 1984, he served as the chairman of the Japan Singers Association. In 1995, to com

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Japanese Retro Hits - The Fifties, Volume 5

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Youth Song Yearbook - 1950's

Japanese Retro Hits - The Fifties, Volume 3

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Gem of Old Hit Songs Vol.3

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Post-War 50th Anniversary

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol. 3 (1953 - 1955)

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Kougen Ressha Wa Iku

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol. 3 (1953-1955)

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Japanese Retro Hits - The Fifties, Vol. 5

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Youth Song Yearbook - 1950's Disc 2

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青春歌年鑑 50年代 総集編

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珠玉の懐メロ　決定版　第三集 (V3)

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