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Izumi Yukimura

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Also known as Tomoko Asahina

Japanese singer, actress, painter (1937-)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Russia

Discography

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Listeners
1,445
Total plays
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Tags

female vocalistsjapancha-chamamboJapanese Latin

Born in 1937 in Tokyo, Japan, Izumi Yukimura (雪村いづみ, real name Tomoko Asahina) was one of Japan's most popular singers in the 1950s and the early 1960s. She was famous for singing popular American songs in Japanese, with a special interest for cha-cha and mambo. She appeared in "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1963. Nicknamed "The Barbara Streisand of Japan", the N.Y. Journal-American of 1960 wrote of her: "Izumi Yukimura is a singer of great talent in much the same fashion as Mary Martin or Ethel Merm

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Japan
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Japanese
Genre
jazz
Instrument
voice
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name in native language
雪村いづみ
date of birth
1937-03-20
name in kana
ゆきむら いづみ
birth name
朝比奈 知子
Commons category
Izumi Yukimura
start of work period
1953-00-00
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