Harumi Miyako Explained

Birth Date:	22 February 1948
Birth Name:	Kitamura Harumi (北村春美) Rhee Chun-mi (이춘미)
Birth Place:	Kyoto, Japan

, born Harumi Kitamura (Kitamura Harumi) in Kyoto, is a Japanese enka singer. She made her debut in 1964. Her popularity has lasted: she makes frequent appearances in the annual television spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen and has acted in a number of films.

Filmography

• Tora-san's Song of Love (Yoji Yamada, 1983): Harumi Kyo, a popular enka singer

Further reading

• Miyako Harumi. Messēji / The Message. Tokyo: Juritsusha, 2006. About half this book consists of quotations from interviews with Miyako, and the other half of color photographs by Hiroh Kikai. Despite the English alternative title, the text is all in Japanese.