Enka fan

I am an Aussie (ﾆ棚ﾂーﾆ湛ﾆ暖ﾆ停?ｰﾆ椎?ﾆ但ﾂ人 )ﾂ who studies Japanese so that I can better appreciate enka singersﾂ 窶ｰ窶ｰ窶ｰﾃ娯?堙娯?ｰﾃ固ｽﾃｨ. I enjoy reading about why other people enjoy enka. My favourite singers are Tendo Yoshimiﾂ 窶弖窶慊ｶ窶堙ｦ窶堋ｵ窶堙 andﾂ 窶卍ｹ窶ｰHﾋ?ｪﾋ弸. My favourite enka song is ﾂ税停?堋ｲ窶堋ｱ窶堙ｫ

Welcome to jref nedkelly

Greets, fellow enkafan!

I'm a Kitajima Saburo fan from way back. Second to him, it's a tie between Sakamoto Fuyumi and Yoshi Ikuzo.

Hono; no Otoko was the first song I learned in Japanese, followed closely by Yosaku, Matsuri (da), Hakodate no onna, Yuki guni, Sake yo, Abare daiko, and (as a blast from the past) Akogare Hawaii no koro.

Enka

Thank you for your enthusiastic response. Yes, I like Kitajima Saburo too, especially his song Take 窶處 which is full of feeling. I also like Sakamoto Fuyumi, especially Iwai Sake ﾂ祝窶堋｢ﾅｽﾃｰ.
My other favourite singer is Misora Hibari. I like these songs of hers best:
Aishuu Defune ﾋ?｣ﾂ愁ﾂ出窶魯
Shinobuﾂ ﾂ 窶堋ｵ窶堙娯?堙
Geidou Ichidai ﾅ竹窶慊ｹﾋ?ｪ窶佚｣
When I listen to those ones I can feel myself floating into another world of elegant and passionate people.
I first was attracted to Japanese songs by the best seller Koyubi no Omoide ﾂ渉ｬﾅｽw窶堙固ｽv窶堋｢ﾂ出ﾂ by Itou Yukariﾂ ﾋ?俄?慊｡窶堙､窶堋ｩ窶堙ｨ when I first visited Japan in 1967 on a student tour. That one is not exactly enka but from there I quickly moved on to enka especially when I was whiling away the hours in coffee shops or bars in later trips there.
But Tendo Yoshimi can make any song sound fantastic.