Keiko Fuji

Born Junko Abe (阿部純子) on July 5, 1951 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan Keiko Fuji (藤圭子), real name Junko Utada (宇多田純子), was a Japanese enka singer and actresss well known in Japan. She had success in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs. Both her parents were itinerant musical performers. Her mother was a blind shamisen player or “goze”. As a child, Fuji sometimes accompanied her parents and sang with them when they were on tour. She was also the mother of one of the currently most popular female singers in Japan, Utada Hikaru(宇多田ヒカル) , and was the wife of Teruzane Utada, a record producer. The couple married and divorced seven times. Keiko Fuji died on 22 August 2013, by jumping from the thirteenth floor of a 28-floor condominium building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. No foul play was suspected. Her body was found in the grounds of her apartment building. Police said that her slippers were found at the end of her balcony, with no suicide note found. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.