My Home Town in Nanbu(南部のふるさと Nanbuno Furusato) by Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

歌名: 南部のふるさと

唄: 福田こうへい

作詞: 久仁京介

作曲: 四方章人

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2014年04月02日

レコード会社: キングレコード

よく来てくれたな 南部の故郷(くに)へ

こんな雪ん子 散らつく頃に

炉端かこんで 牛追い唄を

聞けばしみじみ 夜がふける

人情ぬくもり 里の秋

ぐい呑みかわして 南部の訛り

可愛い姉っこの お酌もよかろ

やがて墨絵の 景色になって

凍りついたら 小半年

あの山この町 夢ん中

春には雪解け 北上川の

瀬音はやせば 桜を咲かす

錦かざりも 欲しがらないが

人は寄り添い 水いらず

田舎の暮らしが いいところ

Utamei: Nanbuno Furusato
Uta: Fukuda Kōhei
Kashi: Kuni Kyōsuke
Sakkyoku: Yomo Akito
Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki
Hatsubaibi: 4/2/2014
Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Yoku kite kuretana nanbuno kunie
Konna yukinko chiratsuku koroni
Robata kakonde ushioiutawo
Kikeba shimijimi yoga fukeru
Ninjō nukumori satono aki

Gui nomikawashite nanbuno namari
Kawai'i anekkono oshakumo yokaro
Yagate sumieno keshikini natte
Kōritsuitara kohantoshi
Ano yama kono machi yumen'naka

Haruniwa yukidoke Kitakamigawano
Seoto hayaseba sakurawo sakasu
Nishikikazarimo hoshigaranaiga
Hitowa yorisoi mizu irazu

Inakano kurashiga i'i tokoro

Song Name: My Home Town in Nanbu

Singer: Fukuda Kōhei

Lyrics: Kuni Kyōsuke

Composer: Yomo Akito

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 4/2/2014

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

Welcome to the Nanbu country

Around this time when snowflakes flutter

We all surround the fireside singing the ushioiota(cow guiding song)

Listening to the song, the night grows dark

Compassion and warmth, autumn of the valley

As we all gulp down sake, the southern accent

A pretty lady pouring sake is fine too

Eventually the night sky turns into an ink painting

If it freezes over, the half year will be short

That mountain this town inside of a dream

In spring the snow melts Kitakami River's

The sounds of the river make the cherry blossoms bloom

Though I won't even wish for a brocade's decoration

People snuggle privately

The nice thing about living in the countryside

 

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A Man's Path(男道 Otokomichi) by Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

歌名: 男道

唄: 福田こうへい

作詞: 浅沼肇

作曲: 山田倫久

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2015年01月01日

レコード会社: キングレコード

やると決めたら　悔はない

浮世苦楽の　じょっぱり人生

何んの夢なき　この世なら

度胸千両の　命坂

男一生　この道を行く

怨みつらみは　誰もある

負けりゃ地獄の　じょっぱり人生

敵は自分だ　この俺だ

己磨いて　何処までも

男一生　この道を行く

Utamei: Otokomichi

Uta: Fukuda Kōhei

Kashi: Asanuma Hajime

Sakkyoku: Yamada Tomohisa(Michihisa?)

Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki

Hatsubaibi: 1/1/2015

Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Yaruto kimetara kuiwanai

Ukiyo kurakuno jyoppari jinsei

Nan'no yumenaki kono yonara

Dokyō senrōno inochizaka

Otoko isshō kono michiwo yuku

Urami tsuramiwa daremoaru

Makerya jigokuno jyoppari jinsei

Tekiwa jibunda kono oreda

Onore migaite dokomademo

Otoko isshō kono michiwo yuku

Song Name: A Man's Path

Singer: Fukuda Kōhei

Lyrics: Asanuma Hajime

Composer: Yamada Tomohisa(Michihisa?)

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 1/1/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

Once I decide to do it, I won't have any regrets

A transient world of hardships and pleasure, a stubborn life

Without any dreams, in this world

Courage worth a thousand ryo*, the slope of life

A man walks this path his entire life

Everyone has pent-up resentment

If you lose, it's hell on Earth, a stubborn life

I am the enemy, it's me

I will polish myself eternally

A man walks this path his entire life

*Ryo is a unit of money used in Japan years ago.

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You Are Not Alone(ひとりじゃないから Hitorijya Naikara) by Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

歌名: ひとりじゃないから

唄: 福田こうへい

作詞: 吉幾三

作曲: 吉幾三

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2015年01月01日

レコード会社: キングレコード

どんな未来が来るのかと

誰でも夢みて生きている

どんなあしたが明けるかと

誰でも寝るのさ夢をみて

どんな悲しく辛い日も

泪をふきふき歩きだせ

どんな淋しく寒い日も

望みを捨てずに動きだせ

幼い頃に戻ろう

何にも無かった頃に

ひとりじゃないから岩手

語りあかして…みなと町

手と手をつなぎ寄り添って

昔のように生きようよ

あしたは皆んなで明けるのさ

天気が良ければそれでいい

生まれて　暮らした街だから

どこより　すてきな街だから

苦労は買ってもしろという

父親（おやじ）が言ってたあの夜も

幼い頃に戻ろう

風と遊んだあの頃に

ひとりじゃないから岩手

語りあかして…みなと町

幼い頃に戻ろう

夢を見つづけた頃に

ひとりじゃないから岩手

明日もがんばれ…みなと町

幼い頃に戻ろう

夢を見つづけた頃に

ひとりじゃないから岩手

明日もがんばれ…みなと町

Utamei: Hitorijya Naikara

Uta: Fukuda Kōhei

Kashi: Yoshi ikuzō

Sakkyoku: Yoshi ikuzō

Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki

Hatsubaibi: 1/1/2015

Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Don'na miraiga kurunokato

Daredemo yumemite ikiteiru

Don'na ashitaga akerukato

Daredemo nerunosa yumewo mite

Don'na kanashiku tsurai himo

Namidawo fukifuki arukidase

Don'na samishiku samui himo

Nozomiwo sutezuni ugokidase

Osanai koroni modorō

Nan'nimo nakatta koroni

Hitorijya naikara Iwate

Katari akashite... minatomachi

Teto tewo tsunagi yorisotte

Mukashino yōni ikiyōyo

Ashitawa min'nade akerunosa

Tenkiga yokereba sorede i'i

Umarete kurashita machidakara

Dokoyori sutekina machidakara

Kurōwa kattemo shirotoiu

Oyajiga itteta ano yorumo

Osanai koroni modorō

Kazeto asonda ano koroni

Hitorijya naikara Iwate

Katari akashite...minatomachi

Osanai koroni modorō

Yumewo mitsudzuketa koroni

Hitorijya naikara Iwate

Asumo ganbare...minatomachi

Osanai koroni modorō

Yumewo mitsudzuketa koroni

Hitorijya naikara Iwate

Asumo ganbare...minatomachi

Song Name: Because You Are Not Alone

Singer: Fukuda Kōhei

Lyrics: Yoshi ikuzō

Composer: Yoshi ikuzō

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 1/1/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

Wondering what future will come

Everyone lives wondering this dream

Wondering what tomorrow will rise

Everyone sleeps dreaming this dream

Even on the saddest, most difficult day

Wipe your tears and start walking

Even on the loneliest, coldest day

Don't lose your hope and start moving

Return to your youth

When there was nothing

You're not alone, Iwate

Spend the night talking... port city

Holding the hands together and come together

Live like we did before

Let the tomorrow rise with all of us together

If the weather is nice, that's all that matters

This is the town we were born and raised in

A town more wonderful than any other

Do it even if you have to buy the hardships

Even the night when my dad said that

Return to your youth

When you played with the wind

You're not alone, Iwate

Spend the night talking... port city

Return to your youth

When you continued to dream

You're not alone, Iwate

Continue to work hard tomorrow... port city

Return to your youth

When you continued to dream

You're not alone, Iwate

Continue to work hard tomorrow... port city

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Crossing a Mountain Pass(峠越え Tōgegoe) by Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

歌名: 峠越え

唄: 福田こうへい

作詞: 久仁京介

作曲: 四方章人

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2014年04月02日

レコード会社: キングレコード

先へ出すぎりゃ　世間が叩く

遅れて歩けば　笑われる

あとに戻れぬ　人生は

苦労がまんの　いばら道

義理はきっちり　命は熱く

夢がささえの　峠越え

ひとつ違えば　次から次と

待ってはくれない　向かい風

情（じょう）にほだされ　ながされる

惚れたはれたは　今はなし

つらさこらえて　見上げる空の

月も泣いてる　十三夜

そこが山なら 山より高く

鳥は怖れず　飛び越える

明日をめざして　生きてゆく

それが男の　心意気

燃える思いを　ひとすじ抱けば

夢が背を押す　峠越え

Utamei: Tōgegoe

Uta: Fukuda Kōhei

Kashi: Kuni Kyōsuke

Sakkyoku: Yomo Akito

Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki

Hatsubaibi: 4/2/2014

Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Sakie desugirya sekenga tataku

Okurete arukeba warawareru

Atoni modorenu jinseiwa

Kurō gaman'no ibaramichi

Giriwa kicchiri inochiwa atsuku

Yumega sasaeno tōgegoe

Hitotsu chigaeba tsugikara tsugito

Mattewa kurenai mukaikaze

Jōni hodasare nagasareru

Horeta haretawa imawa nashi

Tsurasa koraete miageru sorano

Tsukimo naiteru jūsan'ya

Sokoga yamanara yamayori takaku

Toriwa osorezu tobikoeru

Asuwo mezashite ikiteyuku

Sorega otokono kokoroiki

Moeru omoiwo hitosuji dakeba

Yumega sewo osu tōgegoe

Song Name: Crossing a Mountain Pass

Singer: Fukuda Kōhei

Lyrics: Kuni Kyōsuke

Composer: Yomo Akito

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 4/2/2014

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

If you go too far ahead, the world hits you

If you walk too slowly, people laugh at you

You can't go back in life

A thorny road of hardships and patience

Stick stringently to duty, life is passionate

Mountain pass supported by dreams

If just one thing were different, from one thing to the next

A headwind which won't wait for you

Moved and carried away by sympathy

I can't fall in love right now

Tolerate the pain and bitterness, the sky I look up at

Even the moon is crying, waxing crescent

If the mountain were there, then higher than the mountain

The bird flies over it without fear

Live aiming for tomorrow

That's the man's spirit

Hold a ray of burning thought

The dream spurs me on, the mountain pass

 


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Southern Chorus of Cicadas(南部蝉しぐれ Nanbu Semishigure) by Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

歌名: 南部蝉しぐれ

唄: 福田こうへい

作詞: 久仁京介

作曲: 四方章人

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2015年01月01日

レコード会社: キングレコード

南部 盛岡 雫石

思えば遠い　ふるさとよ

夢がこぼれた　都会の谷間

呼んでみたって　山彦ばかり

弱音をはくな　強気になれよ

酒に聞いてる　蝉しぐれ

駄目なときには　ふりだしに

戻ればわたし　そこにいる

出世するのも　人生だけど

夢のまんまも　いいものですと...

惚れてるんだよ　待ってておくれ

浮世小路の　五合酒

負けて泣くより　勝って泣け

季節は来ると　風がいう

あれをご覧よ　真っ赤な夕陽

落ちてゆくのに　まだ燃えている

とがって生きろ　丸くはなるな

胸に聞こえる　蝉しぐれ

Utamei: Nanbu Semishigure

Uta: Fukuda Kōhei

Kashi: Kuni Kyōsuke

Sakkyoku: Yomo Akito

Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki

Hatsubaibi: 1/1/2015

Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Nanbu Morioka Shizukuishi

Omoeba tōi furusatoyo

Yumega koboreta tokaino tanima

Yonde mitatte yamabiko bakari

Yowanewo hakuna tsuyokini nareyo

Sakeni kiiteru semishigure

Damena tokiniwa furidashini

Modoreba watashi sokoni iru

Shusse surunomo jinseidakedo

Yumeno manmamo i'imonodesuto...

Horeterundayo matteteokure

Ukiyokōjino gogōzake

Makete nakuyori katte nake

Kisetsuwa kuruto kazega iu

Arewo goranyo makkana yūhi

Ochite yukunoni mada moeteiru

Togatte ikiro marukuwa naruna

Muneni kikoeru semishigure

Song Name: Southern Chorus of Cicadas

Singer: Fukuda Kōhei

Lyrics: Kuni Kyōsuke

Composer: Yomo Akito

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 1/1/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

South Morioka* Shizukuishi**

If I think about it, my home town is far

The urban valley where dreams spilled

Even if I call out, only echoes are there

Do not complain, but be strong

Asking the sake, the chorus of the cicadas

If something isn't working out, the origin

If you go back, there I am

Career advancement is one way to live a life, but

Staying inside a dream is also pretty nice...

I'm in love with you, wait for me

The fleeting world alley's five gō*** sake

Rather than cry after losing, cry after winning

The season is coming, says the wind

Look at that, the bright red setting sun

Even though it is falling, it is still burning

Live a pointed life, don't become round

I can hear it in my chest, the chorus of the cicadas

*Morioka is the capital of Iwate Prefecture.

**Shizukuishi is a town in Iwate Prefecture.

*** 1 go is 1 milliliter.

 


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Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)

Fukuda Kōhei(福田こうへい)'s father is the Japanese folk music singer Fukuda Iwatsuki(福田岩月).

He also started out as a folk music singer and won the 25th Japanese Folk Music Festival in 2012.

He worked at a dry goods store before he made his debut with "Southern Chorus of Cicadas(南部蝉しぐれ Nanbu Semishigure)" in October of 2012. The song reached the top of the Oricon enka chart, and reached eighth overall on the Oricon comprehensive chart.

Kitajima Saburō(北島三郎) called him Mihashi Michiya(三橋美智也) of the Heisei era.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 福田こうへい, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.