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Musical artist

Fuyumi Sakamoto (坂本 冬美, Sakamoto Fuyumi, born March 30, in Kamitonda, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese female enka singer under EMI Music Japan.

Career

Having won a singing contest in early , and after receiving about 11 months of vocal training, Sakamoto debuted as an enka recording singer with the single "Abare Daiko" in March , and was well received.

In , she took part in the 39th NHKKōhaku Uta Gassen (New Year's Eve "song battle") for the first time. As of , she has taken part 29 times, missing only the 53rd () edition due to illness. This achievement placed Sakamoto on the 5th place (tied with another enka veteran Harumi Miyako) for the most Kōhaku appearances for a female artist.

Sakamoto was also a vocalist of rock band HIS (ja) with bassist and producer Haruomi Hosono and guitarist Kiyoshiro Imawano, though Imawano died in ^[1] The band's name is an acronym coming from their names Hosono, Ima