Chiyako Sato

Chiyako Satō (佐藤千夜子 Satō Chiyako) was a Japanese singer.

Biography

The Japanese singer Chiyako Satō (real name Chiyo Satō 佐藤千代 Satō Chiyo) was born in Tendō, Yamagata in 1897.

After graduating the Tokyo Music School (a precursor to the modern Tokyo University of the Arts her musical talents were recognized by the poet Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情) and the composer Shinpei Nakayama. In the early Shōwa period she achieved enormous success with "Habu no Minato" (波浮の港; 1928; lyrics by Noguchi, music by Nakayama) recorded at Japan Victor Company, and followed this up with "Tōkyō Kōshinkyoku" (東京行進曲; 1929; lyrics by Yaso Saijō [ja], music by Nakayama).

In 1930, she went to study in Italy, but upon returning to Japan in 1935 she was unable to reclaim her position in the Japanese show business world. She died in obscurity in 1968.