Tsuda Kōji
is a Japanese singer-songwriter known for his involvement in modern enka. His first name is sometimes spelled . Biography
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. 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. 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

References 

1934 births
Living people
20th-century Japanese singers
20th-century Japanese male singers
Singers from Ichinomiya, Aichi
Enka singers