Umeko Ando, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Umeko Ando

Ainu musician

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1932

Date of Death: 15-Jul-2004

Profession: singer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Umeko Ando (?? ???, Ando Umeko, November 20, 1932 – July 15, 2004) was an Ainu singer and mukkuri player.
In addition to recording several albums, often with Oki Kano, she is featured posthumously on the Samurai Champloo soundtrack with her song "Pekambe Uk" (???? ??, "Wheat Harvesting Song").
The seventeenth episode, which featured this song, was dedicated in her memory.