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Watanabe in japanese hiragana.
Hamako Watanabe
Japanese singer
Hamako Watanabe 渡辺 はま子 | |
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Hamako Watanabe in 1938 | |
| Birth name | Hamako Kato (加藤 浜子) |
| Born | (1910-10-27)October 27, 1910 Yokohama, Japan |
| Died | December 31, 1999(1999-12-31) (aged 89) Yokohama, Japan |
| Years active | 1934-1989 |
Musical artist
Hamako Watanabe (渡辺 はま子, Watanabe Hamako, 27 October 1910 – 31 December 1999) was the stage name of a Japanese popular singer, who was active during the Shōwa period of Japan, before, during and after World War II.
Her real name was Hamako Kato.
Early career
Watanabe was born and raised in Yokohama, and claimed that her grandfather was a quarter American.
Watanabe meaning in japanese
She graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae in 1933, and soon obtained a job as a music instructor at the Yokohama Gakuen Women’s High School. However, the same year, she won an audition at Polydor Records, but after only one song (which was not released), her contract was not renewed.
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