Mina Aoe

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Shizuko Ihara (井原 静子, Ihara Shizuko, 7 May 1941 – 2 July 2000 (câncer de pâncreas / cancer of pancreas)), professionally known as Mina Aoe (青江 三奈, Aoe Mina), was a Japanese female enka singer who had a series of popular hits in the late 1960s and continued charting late into her career.^[1]

With her distinctive husky voice, she acquired the nickname "Queen of the Blues". She appeared 18 times on the annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen show. After her death, a memorial to Aoe was established in the Isezakichō shopping area in Yokohama.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Obituary
• Mina Aoe at IMDb

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