Education
She graduated from the Tokyo Music School.
二葉 あき子加藤 芳江
She graduated from the Tokyo Music School.
At of the end of World 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. She was born in the city of Hiroshima, and raised in Miyoshi city, Hiroshima Prefecture.
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 16 August 2011.