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Jero

By Bobby /Mar 09, 2008
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Jero, 26, is the latest music sensation in Japan.  He’s from Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia and picked up enka from his Japanese grandmother.  Enka is an old style of music, mostly ballads, similar to what country music is in the U.S. 

Jero went to Japan in 2003 and started his music path by entering karaoke contests where he was picked up by some music scouts.  Jero’s recent release, Umiyuki, broke the record for debut enka single on the famed Oricon charts this week with 3.5 million copies sold.

Jero’s blog (Japanese)

Music Video

Interview and performance on a Japanese talk show