Keiko Fuji, real name Junko Utada is a Japanese enka singer and actress well known in Japan. She had success in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs.

Both her parents were itinerant musical performers. Her mother was a blind shamisen player or “goze.” As a child, Fuji sometimes accompanied her parents and sang with them when they were on tour.

She is also the mother of one of the currently most popular female singers in Japan, Utada Hikaru, and was the wife of Teruzane Utada, a record producer.

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