Michiya Mihashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michiya Mihashi

Japanese singer

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1996

Profession: singer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michiya Mihashi (????? Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 – January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (?? ??? Kitazawa Michiya) in Kamiiso, Hokkaido, was a famous enka singer in postwar Japan.
Along with Hachiro Kasuga and Hideo Murata, he was regarded as one of the most notable singers to have established the genre enka.Mihashi was among the leading Enka singers in his time and was known for his high-pitched and elastic singing voice.
He recorded around 2,500 songs.
By 1983, he sold more than 100 million records.The famous singer Takashi Hosokawa was his pupil.