Kiyoshi Hikawa is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. His real name Kiyoshi Yamada (山田 清志, Yamada Kiyoshi?) and he is known as "The Prince of Enka" due to his young age and popularity. When he is marketing non-enka music, he goes by KIYOSHI, using capitalized letters of the roman alphabet, instead of kanji and hiragana.
His record company is Columbia Music Entertainment, and his agency is Nagara Productions. He was given his stage name by Takeshi Kitano, who initially supported his career. Today, Hikawa makes frequest appearances on NHK Kayō Concert (NHK歌謡コンサート, NHK Kayō Concert?), as well as NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
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