Takegawa Miko(竹川美子) started singing enka when she was at an early age encouraged by her father. She started entering many karaoke contests even at this early age.
During junior high school, she was a percussionist in the brass band club. She went through tough training while a member of this club, and it was here that she made "Don't get discouraged by anything" her motto.
In December of 1991, she entered the NHK Amateur Singing Contest(NHK のど自慢 NHK Nodo Jiman) held in Etajima City(江田島町 Etajimachō) and became the champion. As a result, she decides to become a professional singer.
In 1997, she became composer Kanō Gendai(叶弦大)'s apprentice and studied under him for six years.
She made her professional debut in 2003 with the single "The Woman from Edzuriko(江釣子（えづりこ）のおんな Edzurikono On'na)."
In 2006, she won the Japan Composer's Association award at the 48th Japan Record Awards.
In 2007, she won the Wired Music Award at the 40th Japan Cable Awards.
This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 竹川美子 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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