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enka

Japanese music genre
Intangible music_genre Q873478
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enka

Summary

enka is a music genre[1]. enka ranks in the top 6% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • enka's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • enka is a type of music of Japan[4].
  • enka's Commons category is recorded as Enka[5].
  • enka's country of origin is recorded as Japan[6].
  • 1950 marks the founding of enka[7].
  • enka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Enka[8].
  • enka's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '演歌'}[9].
  • enka's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '艶歌'}[10].
  • enka's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '怨歌'}[11].
  • enka's practiced by is recorded as enka singer[12].

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Definition and Type

enka's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. enka is a type of music of Japan[4].

Origins

1950 marks the founding of enka[7].

Why It Matters

enka ranks in the top 6% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month).[2] enka has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] enka is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Inception → +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → music genre
    Practiced by → enka singer
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556163805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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