Bin Uehara
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bin Uehara
| image = 上原敏.jpg
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| birth_name = Rikiji Matsumoto
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|08|26}}
| birth_place = Akita Prefecture, Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|07|29|1908|08|26}}
| death_place = New Guinea
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| genre = Ryūkōka
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1936–1943
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{{nihongo|Bin Uehara|上原 敏|Uehara Bin|extra=August 26, 1908 – July 29, 1944}} was a Japanese music (ryūkōka) singer and soldier. He was known for using naniwa-bushi's kobushi vocalism in Japanese popular music. He was killed in action during the eastern New Guinea campaign during the Pacific War.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.janjan.jp/column/0610/0610042198/1.php|script-title=ja:名歌手たち、それぞれの終戦|publisher=JANJAN|date=October 5, 2006|accessdate=April 11, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928014036/http://www.news.janjan.jp/column/0610/0610042198/1.php|archivedate=September 28, 2008}}{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) |title=上原敏 |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=July 2, 2012 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans-title=Uehara Bin |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=August 25, 2007 }}
Life
Uehara was born as Rikiji Matsumoto in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Senshu University, and made his professional debut with the song {{nihongo|"Tsukimi Odori"|月見踊り|lit. "Moon-viewing Dance"}} under the Japanese division of Polydor Records in 1936. His famous songs included the 1937 song {{nihongo|"Ruten"|流転|lit. "Stream-rolling"}}. His vocal style, called kobushi, became popular as the more emphatic form among modern enka singers.{{cite web|url=http://elekitel.jp/elekitel/special/2006/13/sp_02_d.htm|title=Special 2. Japanese popular music (4)|publisher=Toshiba|date=November 2006|accessdate=April 11, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619165647/http://elekitel.jp/elekitel/special/2006/13/sp_02_d.htm|archivedate=June 19, 2008}}
Uehara became a soldier in 1943, went to New Guinea, and was killed in battle on July 29, 1944.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.odate.akita.jp/dcity/sitemanager.nsf/doc/uehara?OpenDocument|title=Bin Uehara|publisher=Ōdate City|accessdate=April 11, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030120539/http://www.city.odate.akita.jp/dcity/sitemanager.nsf/doc/uehara?OpenDocument|archivedate=October 30, 2007}}
Legacy
In 1976, a monument honoring him was established in his home city of Ōdate.{{cite web|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/fnsaward/backnumber/back/00-298.html|script-title=ja:ジャングルの鎮魂歌 ～上原敏と戦後～|publisher=Fuji Television|date=September 18, 2000|accessdate=May 30, 2009|language=ja}}
Discography
- {{nihongo|Tsumagoi dōchū|妻恋道中|In the Way of Wife-love}} : 1937
- {{nihongo|Ruten|流転|Stream-rolling}} : 1937
- {{nihongo|Ryūsa no mamori|流砂の護り|Guardians of the Flowing Sand}} : 1937
- {{nihongo|Shanghai dayori|上海だより|Shanghai Letter}} : 1938
- {{nihongo|Iroha jingi|いろは仁義|Iroha Benevolence And Righteousness}} : 1938
- {{nihongo|Nankin dayori|南京だより|Nanjing Letter}} : 1938
- {{nihongo|Hokuman dayori|北満だより|North Manchu Letter}} : 1938
- {{nihongo|Butaichō to heitai|部隊長と兵隊|Unit Commander and Soldier}} : 1938 with Taro Shoji
- {{nihongo|Ore wa funanori|俺は船乗り|I am a Sailor}} : 1939
- {{nihongo|Otoko funanori|男船乗り|Male Sailor}} : 1939
- {{nihongo|Butsuin dayori|佛印だより|French Indochina Letter}} : 1941
References
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Category:20th-century Japanese male singers
Category:Imperial Japanese Army personnel killed in World War II
Category:People from Ōdate, Akita
Category:Singers from Akita Prefecture
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