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Hamako Watanabe
Japanese singer
Hamako Watanabe 渡辺 はま子 | |
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Birth name | Hamako Kato (加藤 浜子) |
Born | ()October 27, Yokohama, Japan |
Died | December 31, () (aged89) Yokohama, Japan |
Years active |
Musical artist
Hamako Watanabe (渡辺 はま子, Watanabe Hamako, 27 October – 31 December ) 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. She graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae in , 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. Per the advice and recommendation of Tamaki Tokuyama, her mentor from the Musashino Academia,