Genji Kuniyoshi

was a Japanese singer of Okinawan folk songs (mainly Miyako folk songs). He is known as a leading figure in Miyakojima Kayo.

Biography Kuniyoshi was born in 1930 in Aragusuku, Gusukube, Miyako District, Okinawa (present-day Miyakojima). He had been fond of singing since he was a child, and he is said to have been a "singing" boy all the time. He joined the Shinshiro Youth Association at the age of 15 in 1945. In the past, he had held executive positions such as the chairman of the Ryukyu Folk Song Association (2nd term), the chairman of the Miyako Comprehensive Performing Arts Association, and the chairman of the Ryukyu Folk Song Preservation Society (2nd term).

Kuniyoshi's wife is also Miyako folk singer Yoshiko Kuniyoshi. He died of prostate cancer at 3:23 pm on May 4, 2021. He was 90 years old.