Natsuko Godai
{{Short description|Japanese singer}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|伍代夏子|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Terumi Nakagawa
中川輝美
| name = Natsuko Godai
伍代夏子
| image = Natsuko Godai SOS47 20211203.jpg
| caption = taken December in 2021
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1961|12|18}}
| birth_place = Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463551/bio|title=Natsuko Godai|website=IMDb }}
| genre = Enka
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1985-
| label = Sony Music Direct
| website = [http://www.voicemusic.co.jp/ Official Website]
}}
{{Nihongo|Natsuko Godai|伍代夏子}}, (born 18 December 1961), of Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese enka singer.{{Cite web|title=Natsuko Godai|url=http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=9551|website=SYNC MUSIC JAPAN|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}
Career
In 1982, under the alias "Hiromi Hoshi", she debuted with "Koi no Ienakiko" ('恋の家なき子'), released by New Century Records.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdOYptYX7kk|type=Video file|title=恋の家なき子（星ひろみ（伍代夏子））|via=YouTube|publication-date=11 February 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}} In April 1985, she used the name "Yuki Kagawa" with the song "Yoake Made Yokohama" ('夜明けまでヨコハマ'). In 1986, using her real name Terumi Nakagawa, she released the song "Yume Kizuna" ('夢きずな'). In 1987, she used the name Natsuko Godai, combining characters from the names of fellow Enka singers Hiroshi Itsuki and Aki Yashiro whom she greatly admired. Under that alias, she released her first major album, 'Modori Gawa' ('戻り川'). In 1990, she released the hit single {{ill|Shinobu Ame|jp|忍ぶ雨 (伍代夏子の曲)}} and appeared in Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first of more than 20 appearances. "Shinobu Ame" reached 12th in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
She is the tourism ambassador for Ozu, Ehime prefecture.{{Cite news|date=2019-11-11|title=Enka singer gets royal treatment at west Japan castle during lodging test run|language=en|work=Mainichi Daily News|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191111/p2a/00m/0na/016000c|access-date=2020-05-09}}
Personal life
She is the daughter of a fish dealer who had a storefront in Shibuya.木村隆『この母ありて』 青蛙房 2010年 121頁 In 1999, she married Ryōtarō Sugi.
Awards
- 1988 Japan Cable Awards Best Newcomer Award
- 1990 Japan Enka Awards Enka Star Award
- 1990 Japan Music Awards Broadcast Music Award
- 1995 Japan Record Awards Special Award (with Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yōko Nagayama, Kaori Kozai, and Ayako Fuji)
See also
- Ayako Fuji, born in the same year and also signed to Sony Music Direct
References
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External links
- [http://www.voicemusic.co.jp/ Official Website]
- [http://www.110107.com/s/OTONANO/page/godai?site=OTONANO&ima=5823 伍代夏子｜SonyMusic] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.110107.com/s/OTONANO/page/sony_enka4?site=OTONANO&ima=2331 SonyMusic特設サイト] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Japanese-language singers