Mina Aoe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mina Aoe

Japanese singer

Date of Birth: 07-May-1941

Place of Birth: Kōtō-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 02-Jul-2000

Profession: singer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Shizuko Ihara (?? ??, Ihara Shizuko, 7 May 1941 – 2 July 2000), professionally known as Mina Aoe (?? ??, Aoe Mina), was a Japanese female enka singer who had a series of popular hits in the late 1960s and continued charting late into her career. With her distinctive husky voice, she acquired the nickname "Queen of the Blues".
She appeared 18 times on the annual Kohaku Uta Gassen show.
After her death, a memorial to Aoe was established in the Isezakicho shopping area in Yokohama.