Birth name Tatsuo Sasaki (佐々木 辰夫 Name Haruo Oka Record label King Records Labels King Records Genres Ryukoka | Years active 1939–1970 Died May 19, 1970 Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer Movies Akogare no Hawaii Koro | |
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Born January 12, 1916
Chiba Prefecture, Japan ( 1916-01-12 ) Similar People Hachiro Kasuga, Ichiro Fujiyama, Taro Shoji, Noboru Kirishima, Minoru Obata | ||
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Haruo Oka (岡晴夫, Oka Haruo, January 12, 1916 in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture – May 19, 1970), real name Tatsuo Sasaki (佐々木 辰夫, Sasaki Tatsuo), was a Japanese ryūkōka singer.
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He studied music as an enka-shi or a street musician. At that time, he was encouraged by Taro Shoji in Ginza. He signed with King Records in 1938. He debuted with song "Kokkyō no Haru" (国境の春, lit. "Spring at the Border") in 1939. He married Kiyoko Okuda in 1940. In 1944, during the Pacific War, he was dispatched to Ambon Island, but soon returned due to sickness.
After the war, his popularity grew, and he starred in Akogare no Hawaii kōro with Hibari Misora. However, he never performed at the Kohaku Uta Gassen partly because he attached importance to live performances.
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