Enka Singer OTOWA SHINOBU

[VobisPacem]

So, this is what Killer B tried to do... combining this oldies with his terrible rapping.

For those who don't know: In Naruto, there's a character "Killer B" or sth, who is a horrible, horrible, totally untalented rap singer, and to "improve" his rap, he actually tried to combine Enka singing with rap music.. quite the talent.

.... oh, and he sings Enka rap while fighting too.

[FrOoOtZ]

im here..  tired of reading "im here" everywhere.

[supersonicswag2011]

I knew I wouldn't be the only one who came here from naruto wondering what enka music is.

[CrissySnow]

it makes the language sound sooo traditional... I speak Japanese and hear the music but enka makes japanese sound like chinese lol!!

[iamtherik]

Lol, i got here just because i wanted to know what enka music was :P.

[themyers48]

I got here because of Tsuna and Basil xD

[MyDearKyoKun]

LMFAO I see other people coming here after having read Naruto xD

[netral4eva]

kirrabi sent me

[g13kizz]

It sounds like she got the I AM T-Pain microphone. She's good. :-)

[CherryNinja219]

there's something similar to this in korea as well so i find it kind of nostalgic ^_^

[ballebanan]

@CherryNinja219

Yes, korean trot is similar, I listen to that as well. :)

[foraster001]

pinche travalenguas parese perro pateado pinches gallotes

[castordemonyo13]

i got here because of killer bee-sama

[kacsssj]

I got here from Japan

[qoreader]

i got here from wikipedia

[DTLELDAR]

im not asain :)

[BorderSkt99]

beautiful !

[ballebanan]

watch?v=PX3moCYW7hU

[Loleifos]

I got here from a Shizaya fanfic XD

[YuleahKay]

Can anyone tell me where to find the translated lyrics of this please? Very beautiful :)

[iEcchi]

i got here from kamen rider

[ballebanan]

I got here (years ago) from Kaze Makase Tsukikage Ran. Yay for non-mainstream anime. :D

[crystalmarvin]

Enka makes my heart skip beats!

[goldenrocks11]

And to think, Killer Bee wants to turn this into rap...

*shudders*

[grantota]

this is the music my grandmother loved to listen to

[fherguzonFletcher]

Es fantantica!!! :D

[Zaete0chan]

I got here from ONE PIECE!

TAKE THAT, NARUTO FANS!

[Grethmii]

*^* I came to this place for the singing~ and to see the difference and similarities from my country~

[TenArashi]

Anyone else here from Mahou Sensei Negima?

Trying to imagine Fate singing this broke my brain... ಠ_ಠ???

[lurzax]

ENKA RAP xD

[StarlightDreamer12]

Well that was awesome. :D

[tabguy14]

Heard 'enka' on Keion!, and I had to check it out haha

It's not bad at all... I like how the kanji was spelled out, so even a newb like me could sing along XD

[suicai99]

The first time i heard about enka is from DMC manga. Detroit Metal City. Didnt bother to probe further until somebody posted Jero - black enka singer and only then i realised that actually i am already familiar with enka tunes as my parents are singing some chinese songs that is actually originated from enkas

[xenigirl]

I came here from Hanasaku Iroha. Beautiful music. :)

[andriaaam]

shes beautiful o.o

[kindlerclan]

Enka is awesome and so Japanese. They use traditional and modern instruments together. It will never betray you. Just listen to the music and the classic vocal style. I just love it and sing it every time I am in Japan.

[BubbaFart]

Glad to see the younger generation get exposed to enka through Naruto, even though it's inadvertent... ^_^

[Tigerbytemedia]

Gosh I love this song too... Haha. It sounds so energetic and nice.

[FatBoyRagey]

Somehow, this way of singing reminds me of Luffy in the God Enel arc... and as many others, i came here after Naruto, as i was wondering what enka was (Killer bee and his "master").

[mgainer1]

@FatBoyRagey LOL that's the first thing I thought when I saw this.

[seggallAtgmail]

\o/ Enka is wonderful! I came here because of Naruto (Kin master) ^ _ ^!

[VocaloidUTAUFan45]

i feel like I wanna do this on mmd...

can i use the audio, just in case I wanna use this on mmd?

[bigbenguam]

fabulas voice

[VocaloidUTAUFan45]

search "enka" because of vocaloid...

[MangaCats]

I got here from Ah my goddess!

[ballebanan]

@MangaCats

I love that enka song that makes Urd go to sleep, I have the OST. :D

[MangaCats]

@ballebanan

lol me 2 ^-^ That make me happy each time :P I did not know they put it on the ost lol

Urd is gonna be happy -_-

[MangaCats]

@ballebanan lol yea that realy funny !This is in the ost? cool! I want to have it now!^-^

[ninabigoloni]

I don't get it. how are naruto and otowa shinobu connected? Cuz I see many people here talking about it...

[yelou]

@ninabigoloni

The link is about traditional music like Enka :)

[moemoe20092007]

@yelou what are these stage shows called, I would really like to watch some, specifically this one :)

thanks for the upload

[hanumardevil]

@ninabigoloni if u see naruto then u will knw.. coz killer bee try to learn enka in the anime/manga.. so many ppl in a curious try to "youtube it"... if you who is killer bee tht is...

[ninabigoloni]

@hanumardevil yeah, but what does enka have to do with rap?

lol

[hanumardevil]

@ninabigoloni haih... that kind of question please go ask kisimito masashi...

[ninabigoloni]

@hanumardevil it's kishimoto ;)

[hanumardevil]

@ninabigoloni typing mistake....

[sammessi027]

@ninabigoloni Its cause naruto character (killer bee) mentions abt his desire to be enka musician..

[kuwabatakesanjuro1]

@ninabigoloni

Isn't some of Jiraiya's theme played with Taiko and Shamisen? Also I think Bee-sama tries to learn enka from the guy with the racoon.

[lucassdbrito]

@ninabigoloni it's because of the Jinchuriki Killer Bee, the eight tails. He sings Enka, XD

[Makkaru111]

@ninabigoloni Probably there is a song called oh enka, my enka. xD

[gayILuigi]

@ninabigoloni Killer Bee sings enka in one of the Naruto episodes!

[cangri012]

@ninabigoloni Killer Bee combines Enka with Rap.

[4toitoi]

@ninabigoloni

killer bee is a character in naruto who sings his own enka rap style

[FardarKun]

@ninabigoloni In Naruto there is one character connected to enka.

[IXxBossxXI]

sounds like hindu singing lol

[thuntedhex]

gorgeous



[procrastinate147]

naruto??????lol

[jeremystery]

lol this is the japanese equivilant to country. Except I can kind of tolerate this, but the vocals are lot stranger.

[eswinipi]

iNCREIBLE PERO CIERTO, UNA AMIGA MIA DE JAPON ME DIJO QUE PARA PODER CANTAR ENKA DEBES TENER AÑOS DE ENTRENAMIENTO FISICO Y MENTAL Y VOCAL. Y QUE LOS CANTANTES DEBEN SER ENSEÑADOS POR PROFESIONALES ENKA Y QUE LOS CONCIERTO SON SUPER CAROS!

[netheadplurk]

Classic Japanese

[kaareen8]

Vine aca gracias a Killer Bee xD

[Suigetsuke]

@kaareen8 yo también! XD

[98kiyoko]

she's amazing! i love enka <3

[bevyberry]

theres something like this in traditional chines culture too :)

[applejacksss]

Love the vocal ranges in enka, very beautiful.

[ebazz8305]

If only I was here...i'd be with the crowd swaying to and fro with the song...Enka FTW^_^

[Noobssuckass300]

i heard this in chinese

[MissNajahe]

Omg naruto is how u found it too oh killer bee!

[Yeswecaen]

@MissNajahe Haha Hachibi & Kin-San :D

[ebazz8305]

@Yeswecaen lol my thoughts exactly....Hachibi still had a long way to go with Enka...lol

[mrlolalo]

@Yeswecaen his name is Sabu-chan, but his name was changed to Kin for unknown reasons :)

[Yeswecaen]

@mrlolalo Haha !!!

[MSsexichik1]

Watching Naruto -

Wondering "wtf is an enka oh Killer Bee?"

google, brings me here.

Improvement from Killer Bee's rapping

[732456]

i dont speak japanese but she sound good



[258strikers]

i got here from naruto

[DrFunderful]

japanese yodeling?

[ninabigoloni]

those are some cool-looking edo period Yakuza!!!!

[KumoKojiki]

japannise ppl are like too AWESOME i mean greeeet music,anime,history,technology and many others and the NINJA! rofl :D

[KumoKojiki]

wow this its like the intro of Tsukikage Ran

[ballebanan]

After you watch this video, you should look up "Kaze Makase Tsukikage Ran", it's an anime which title song resembles this one a lot.

[KumoKojiki]

@ballebanan yes its like the intro of Tsukikage Ran :) like the anime

[OtakuChan411]

I got here from K-ON! XD

But this sounds..... Interesting. c:

[SuigintouRose]

@OtakuChan411 here because of K-On, too XD

[kimjumiya]

*.* se me eriza la piel cada vez que la escucho

[haohmaru77]

i really like the way she sings, but also the background music. ^^ it's got such a nice feeling!! im wondering if this cheerful kind of singing is a sub-genre of enka.

[TouhouGaijin]

this is beautiful

[Johnnybomb1]

What is the name of the song?

[Bobbajoowop]

@Johnnybomb1 Watari Dori.

[swellclimber]

Its not necessary to understand the lyrics all I know is that its a feel good tune

[Georgiemayyc]

how do people sing like this? i want to try it out, are there any videos that explain how? or do any of u guys know? haha. ;D

[MrHalohalo85]

@Georgiemayyc If you listen to more japanese "enka", korean "teuroteu/trot" and other neo-folk/country music from East and Southeast Asia and try to follow the song, you can pick up the way to sing easily without training. lol There are many videos on youtube if you search for those terms. You generally use your throat, chest and nasal passage to channel the sound. Good luck! :)

[marcysensei]

Do we know from which program was this vid? Isn't it O Edo De Gozaru　お江戸でござる?　I was a fan.

[alkalinetrio96]

she sounds like shes using autotune.....but shes not......

[XOSiren18XO]

@alkalinetrio96 Would be nice if music in America could sound like they use autotune when theyre not so it'd show that they have skills to sing at least.

[alkalinetrio96]

@XOSiren18XO i know right? but i guess us americans aren't talented enough lol

[XOSiren18XO]

@alkalinetrio96 lol I wonder if I'll make famous and rich by making a song that repeats the same word 4000 times just in a different tune. Ever heard of the song Yeah by Usher. You'll get what I mean.

[alkalinetrio96]

@XOSiren18XO ya i know what you mean but good luck with that

[TouhouGaijin]

@XOSiren18XO lolol so true

[emokidcuts]

at least the kana and the pronunciation match.

in chinese opera, i can;t understand even if i read the lyrics.

[dra6o0n]

Whilst wikipedia calls Enka "Speech Songs", It's more like that plus many vibratos in the long notes.

You don't have a lot of other western cultures in the world use long notes as this, they just speak it out or shout it shortly, then that's it.

Makes me wonder why I seem to like Japanese and such music more often, it could be something from Enka that Japan and Asia alike that uses it.

[ebaymamaqueen]

wow! i just discovered this type of music. simply awesome :) i love it!!!!!

[Starlingsoul]

What is she singing about?



[TevitaDiary]

@Starlingsoul This song is called Shinobu no Wataridori which means Shinobu's Migrating birds. Wataridori refers to the migrating birds technocly speaking about Yakuza or samurai who would travel a lot. Thus many Yakuza songs used the term Wataridori and Dochu both talking about traveling. Such as Harima no Wataridori, Tsuma Koi Dochu, Kimagure Dochu, Hanagasa Dochu, Tabigasa Dochu etc. I hope that helps.

[Zanllin]

I absolutely love this culture. So much better than American culture, and I'm an american saying this.

[savannabananna101]

ahahaha this sounds like yodleing ahahah interensting !

[KanoKazuma94]

@savannabananna101 A very Asian sounding yodel, almost indian like

[TheLifebuzz]

Hai! enka best!!!

[mehrlag]

wow...so this is enka...i'm totally speechless...it's so awesome! yay! i thought it was "really" like the Katoken Samba OST of Gintama. ah, this sounds very traditional. i'm reminded of our tribal songs...very beautiful...very beautiful. my, i actually played it again and again. gunna play it again.

;D

[treeclimer9]

Anyone else get here from Princess Princess?

I had to look it up. xD

I love it. :'3

[kagome43026]

@treeclimer9 ur not the only one..... O_o

[lilcutielian]

@treeclimer9 yeh me too :P I love Princess Princess :P I can just imagine Arisada singing like this haha XD

[JJULLER]

@treeclimer9 Whats princess Princess?

[mahouswen]

@treeclimer9 i got here from Naruto and Princess Princess^^

[aryasaja]

What's the title of the song???

[aryasaja]

@HelloprojectMaiden got the info, thanks :)

[superdk55]

What is the original video? it looks like a story or a musical , could i get some more info on it? :) onegai

[superdk55]

This is beautiful , 10/10 !! thanks for uploading

[kieran196]

I love the way she sings the song.

[LarryTheTubaBoy]

Wow... very notable sino-korean influences, the major scale with a notably absent fourth and seventh scale degree... what was most striking to me was the remarkable audible resemblane of the singer's voice to a flute, including embellishments a whole-step down from the melody line, and a very over-the-top vibrato. To tell you the truth, I though I knew Enka because of a little Masako Mori and Tomio Umezawa... but in truth, Umezawa is just another onnagata, this is the real deal.

[noaboa75]

i'd like to see someone on american idol do this

[superdk55]

@noaboa75 they would ruin it for sure.

[doomaflatchie]

@noaboa75

Why go through all that trouble. Run over a cat with a lawnmower and you can replicate this song perfectly.

[yurako7]

enka is so cool~~~ i like how it go high...

[kaijo118]

enka rules.....

[panamaboom]

back to listen again. so beautiful song.

from Thailand with love.

[HelloprojectMaiden]

the song name is しのぶの渡り鳥, or Shinobu no Wataridori

[xatczik]

Enka comes out of the 19th century & first became popular during the Meiji restoration. It started out as the music of rebellion against the established order.

My Japanese stepfather says modern enka is the equivalent of American country-western music.

[sandy199513]

well.. i love j pop and those stuff... but im kinda like this really :)

[pocoyo504]

that plays music so mush lol

[Madbill80]

Many thanks, Yelou! :-D

[redsohc]

3:30 : Did he just say "Street Live"?

[marcysensei]

@redsohc Yes. "Sutoritto raibu"... it's funny how they're speaking everyday Japanese dressed in Edo Jidai garments.

[LizzySoRandom]

This is like old school vietnamese music...I like it :)

[Silverlegendstudios]

it reminds me of the songs my grandma used listen to... it makes me happy and nostalgic at the same time

[tortelli]

Just love it!!!

this song "smells" like gashukku!!!

[MrFig1987]

voice is craaazy man! good crazy though :D

[shichan]

reminds me of the songs i hear in small asian markets. i think it was a style that just spread and became very well likes throughout all of asian, because vietnamese has something similar, but there are a lot of pauses in music, solos, and "sing-talking" it's hard to describe.

[manga0RULES]

I just found out that Enka became unpopular after the founding of the National parliament. but this sounds pretty good.

[kokushimusou610510]

In addition, I want to introduce Kanazawa Akiko ( 金沢明子 ： Minyou singer ).

She released a song "Yellow Submarine Ondo" many years ago , which is a cover song of Beatles. Keyword = yellow submarine , kanazawa akiko, clip id :

v=0ZncEyn1GCE.

花笠音頭；Ｈanagasa Ondo ( Yamagata Minyou) id : v=WRoYkuZOnz8 .

Please enjoy her songs.

[riversideholiday]

I had never listened to this kind of music, japan have a lot of culture! awesome, I wanna learn japanese someday. =)

[kokushimusou610510]

I want to introduce another female singer's matatabi enka.

坂本冬美：気まぐれ道中

Sakamoto Fuyumi wore men's matatabi fashion , sang her song "Kimagure douchuu". Please watch ( v=LGC_38XqPhw ).

[unicornio2326]

el presentador... es el seiyu de anime de Onegai teacher, Sora no otoshimono y no se cual más... pero en japón el es muy famoso por su sinular voz, muy chistosa y pegajosa

[ren01033]

wow i think I am in love with enka. OTOWA SHINOBU and Keiko Fuji are really good.

[kokushimusou610510]

@tb0147896325 Bat suit ! Your view is sharp. A Japanese anime "GOLDEN BAT" is available on youtube. Pls search and watch it with keyword "golden bat".

While traveling WATARIDORI wears a kappa（合羽） , Japanese mantle. Pls　see kappa on following video ( uxmuBxGAs4I ).

[tb0147896325]

...i think it's a bat suit. lol

[Michaelasaysrelax]

She is unbelievable. Wow.

[vineetgovindagupta]

Man this song is so great... Just found a new genre of music I need to check out.

[radioice]

euri / é o gato da rêê cantando xD

[mehdan2]

very good traditonal song

[kokushimusou610510]

音羽しのぶotowa shinobu. しのぶの渡り鳥"shinobu no wataridri" is her debut song in Y2001. Ｗataridori is migratory bird, so a person who travel throughout the year is called wataridori. This song is a kind of matatabi-enka , such as Hikawa kiyoshi"s "Hakone hachiri no Hanjirou", Hashi yukio's "Itakogasa" , bit different ordinary enka. This program was "Oedo de gozaru" ,they act how people live in downtown of Edo during edo-era(y16xx-18xx).

[mikeq5]

じょうず じょうず !! You're awesome! Thanks for sharing the info!