Yoshio Tabata

Yoshio Tabata
Background information
Birth name	Yoshio Tabata
Also known as	Bata-Yan
Born	(1919-01-01)January 1, 1919 Mie prefecture, Japan
Died	April 25, 2013(2013-04-25) (aged 94) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Ryūkōka, Enka
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument	Electric guitar
Years active	1939–2013

Yoshio Tabata (田端たばた義夫よしお, Tabata Yoshio, January 1, 1919 – April 25, 2013) was a Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist. His debut song "Shima no Funauta" (島しまの舟唄ふなうた, literally "Island Ship Song") was released in 1939. Along with enka-shi Haruo Oka's 1939 debut, his debut had a big impact on Japanese popular music because Japanese popular ryūkōka music of that time was mainly sung by classical music singers such as Ichiro Fujiyama and Noriko Awaya. He was born in Matsusaka, Mie prefecture, Japan.

Discography

• Shima no Funauta (島しまの舟唄ふなうた, Island Ship Song) : 1939
• Ume to Heitai (梅うめと兵隊へいたい, Plum and Soldier) : 1941
• Shima Sodachi (島しま育そだち, Growing in Island) : 1962
• Jūku no Haru (十じゅう九きゅうの春はる, Spring at the Age of 19) : 1975
• Shōwa San Dai ki (昭和しょうわ三さん代だい記き, Shōwa Three Generation Record) : 1994
• Hyaku-nen no Ai (百ひゃく年ねんの愛あい, Love For 100 Years) : 1998 (Tribute song to Taro Shoji born in 1898)
• Tabi no Owari ni Kiku Uta wa (旅たびの終おわりに聞きく歌うたは, The song heard at the trip's end is) : 2001