Although the single, which followed the Enka style, received much critical acclaim and even won some awards, it sold rather poorly, causing either Shimatani, avex, or both to decide that "Ōsaka no onna" was to be both the beginning and the end of Shimatani's enka career, and to be her only 8 cm (3 inch) single.
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On the other hand, the Enka School in Adapazarı was designated a private institution of learning, as ENKA Schools’ second branch.
In addition to those songs, he performed the song "Jidōsha Shō Ka" ("Auto Show Song") (which, in 2005, is featured in Asahi Breweries' "Cocktail Partner" commercial) and comical songs like "Koi no Yamanotesen" ("The Yamanote Line of Love") and some songs of the enka variety, such as "Mukashi no Namae de Deteimasu" ("I'm Going by My Old Name").
The enka artist Eiichi Ōtaki produced a popular song by this name, and a WW2 Japanese naval ship was also given this name.
In order to gain credibility and popularity, Nami's company used famous enka singers such as Takashi Hosokawa in their advertisements.
In 2004 the band joined up with enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa and they released a maxi-single Evergreen in 2004, who was also featured as b-side to final single EverLove.
He adopted his stage name in 1957 and started performing popular music (only later would his music be classified as enka, a term not in existence at the time of his debut).
participated as one of the trio members of a one-time session group dubbed "Suzukisan", in which he sang together with popular enka singer Sachiko Kobayashi and Raymond Johnson.
These principles, he could not practice as an assistant manager of the Enka in Ede, and eventually he resigned.
She married the Enka singer Kiyoshi Maekawa and retired from singing in 1979, announcing her retirement during a TV show on 30 December of that year.
Along with enka-shi Haruo Oka's 1939 debut, his debut had a big impact on Japanese popular music because Japanese popular ryūkōka music of that time was mainly sung by classical music singers such as Ichiro Fujiyama and Noriko Awaya.