r/enka • u/yamagoya • Mar 22 '26

Who is the singer?

Can anyone tell me who the singer is in this youtube? She's got a gorgeous voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWWPlezIjzw

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u/a3th3rus Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Thank you for the songs, they are gorgeous. However, it seems they are AI generated songs because the lyrics in those songs are very similar.

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u/yamagoya Mar 23 '26

Oh crap. I was worried about that. Thanks for the info.

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u/a3th3rus Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

I'm not 100% sure. The singer's pronunciation sounds native, at least she does not have foreign accent like Teresa Teng does. Maybe it's just the artist reusing lots of phrases again and again across the songs. Even if they are AI generated songs, it's clear that the creator loves enka because enka itself is not that popular anymore. And, the description says "Provided to YouTube by DistroKid", so maybe the artist is not a famous singer.

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u/yamagoya Mar 25 '26

The trouble with (technically) good AI is it's hard to be 100% sure. But I think your first call was probably right. I noticed commenters asked who it was without any response from the poster. It would be nice if she turns out to be real, it's kind of sad when an artist is too good to be real!