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Akiko Futaba
Person · female · Japan · Hiroshima · born 1915 · died 2011
Japanese singer (1915–2011)
Also known as Akiko Futaba · ふたば あきこ · 二葉 あき子 · 二葉秋子
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1910s
1980s
2010s
Biography
English biography178 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371027283
Biography
Akiko Futaba (二葉 あき子, Futaba Akiko; born Yoshie Kato (加藤 芳江); February 2, 1915 – August 16, 2011) was a Japanese popular music (ryūkōka) singer. As of the end of World War II, she was one of the most popular female singers in Japan, competing with Hamako Watanabe and Noriko Awaya. In addition, she took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen, one of Japan's most famous annual musical television shows, ten times.
Biography
She was born in the city of Hiroshima, and raised in Miyoshi city, Hiroshima Prefecture. She graduated from the Tokyo Music School. Impressed by Takeo Masunaga (also known as Ichiro Fujiyama) at a performance held by the music school, she debuted in 1936. Her famous song "Furuki Hanazono" (古き花園, lit. "Old Flower Garden") was released in 1939. On August 6, 1945, she narrowly avoided the atomic bombing of Hiroshima because she was riding a train traveling through a tunnel at the time of the explosion.
She ceased activity as a singer in 2003, and retired in Hiroshima Prefecture. She died in Hiroshima on August 16, 2011.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3bf4b3d3-4b1e-4490-9ac8-a5201e25e1ccdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3bf4b3d3-4b1e-4490-9ac8-a5201e25e1cccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4207363seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Futababiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Futaba
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: 本人 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4207363 · MusicBrainz: 3bf4b3d3-4b1e-4490-9ac8-a5201e25e1cc
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