death_date years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
13 june 2002 1958 -- 2002 ukiha , fukuoka prefecture , japan columbia music entertainment murata hideo 村田 英雄 solo_singer 17 january 1929 enka , rōkyoku hideo murata
 isamu kajiyama singer
hideo murata

murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer and .
however , he was immediately adopted by and became his stepfather .
his real name was .
he studied rōkyoku under one of kumoemon tochuken 's disciples , kumo sakai .
murata was scouted by masao koga , debuting with in 1958 .
his 1961 single '' Ōshō '' sold over one million copies .
along with hachiro kasuga and michiya mihashi , he became a famous enka singer and haruo minami was regarded as his rival .
he died on june 13 , 2002 .
