Shizuko Kasagi

was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she earned the nickname the . Kasagi frequently sang songs composed by Ryōichi Hattori, including 1947's "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie", which remains her best-known work.

Early life and career Shizuko Kasagi was born on 25 August 1914 in Ōkawa District, Kagawa. Her parents were unmarried, and her father died the following year. In 1943, she began a relationship with Eisuke Yoshimoto, a Waseda University student nine years her junior. She announced her retirement from singing in 1957.

Death Kasagi died from ovarian cancer on 30 March 1985, aged 70.

NHK's Asadora drama series Boogie Woogie, starting in October 2023, is based on Kasagi.

Discography

Films Drunken Angel (1948) Hateshinaki Jonetsu (1949) Ginza Kankan Musume (1949) Endless Desire (1958) Sukurappu Shūdan (1968) Gendai Yakuza: Shinjuku no Yotamono (1970) Zubekō Banchō: Zange no Neuchi mo Nai (1971) Kigeki: Onna Ikitemasu (1971)