Complex sentence: She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 39 times since 1977, the year that she made her name performing the classic "Tsugaru Kaikyo-Fuyugeshiki".
Split into simpler sentences: She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 39 times since 1977. Ishikawa made her name performing the classic "Tsugaru Kaikyo-Fuyugeshiki".