was a Japanese singer-songwriter known for his involvement in modern enka. His first name is sometimes spelled .
Early life Tsuda was born in 1934 in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture under his real name . He graduated from the Gifu Technical High School where he was the leader of an ōendan team.
Music career In Osaka, he studied music under the naniwabushi master (1914-1964) and thence became involved in enka. Tsuda's style came to be influenced by Kawachi ondo.
In 1967, he performed the eponymous theme song to the yakuza film written by . After 1970, Tsuda studied the music of Soeda Azenbō and made a number of his own recordings of Azenbō's songs.
Death Tsuda died of malignant lymphoma on April 30, 2023.
Selected works (1970, LP, Crown Records GW-6023) (1979, LP, Crown Records GWA-33) (1997, CD, Crown Records CRCN-48501)
External links Tsuda Kōji on Discogs
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