Miyuki Kawanaka

Miyuki Kawanaka (川中 美幸, December 5 1955 - ) is a Japanese Enka singer.

She was born as Kimiko Kawanaka. At a young age she moved to Osaka where she grew up. In 1973 she debuted as Kasuga Harumi with the song "Shinjuku Tenshin". Later she tried to become an idol with the release of "Kantsubaki No Shima Kara." Both singles failed and she returned to Osaka to work at her mother's okonomiyaki restaurant. In 1976 she won a contest singing "Anatani Inochi Gake". Later she released that song as Kawanaka Miyuki; her second debut. It wasn't until 1980 that Kawanaka Miyuki hit it big with the single "Futari Zake". Since then, Miyuki has one of the top singers in the business.