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Shoko Tanaka (folk song singer) belongs to King Records Co., Ltd. Born in Suizenji, Kumamoto Prefecture. In her second year of elementary school, she won the national "Kinkan Amateur Folk Song Master Children's Tournament" by singing "Otemoyan". At the age of 10, she became the youngest shamisen master in the country at the age of 10. At the age of 17, she won the NHK Nodo Jiman National Champion Tournament. After that, she studied under the folk song master Mitsue Hayasaka and became an apprentice. In 2007, she performed "Itsuki no Komoriuta" at the Ikujukai, which was attended by the Crown Prince. While performing all over the country, mainly in her hometown of Kyushu, she also puts effort into nurturing the next generation, and every year, she sends several members of her own "Koshokai" to the Japan Folk Song Association National Tournament and the Folk Song and Dance Boys and Girls National Tournament. Shoko Tanaka CD Sales Site https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/arti...