Sanjo Machiko (January 9, 1925 – August 30, 2022) was a Japanese singer. Her real name was Nobuko Fujita (maiden name: Miyano). Her name is also written as Sanjo Machiko. She moved to Tokyo in 1948 and debuted with "Tears Blues" under her real name, "Miyano Nobuko," on King Records in the same year. She also released "Twilight Garden" and other songs. In 1949, she released "Temporary Love" under her stage name, "Sanjo Machiko," which became a big hit and made her name known. In 1951 (Showa 26), "Tokyo Elegy" was also a big hit. Otsu Yoshiko's representative work "Koko ni Happiness Ari" (There is happiness here) from 1956 (Showa 31) was originally recorded by Sanjo Machiko, but because Sanjo was about to give birth, the song was passed on to Otsu, who was a newcomer at the same record company at the time. Otsu Yoshiko covered "Temporary Love" as a single in 1964 (Showa 39). In addition, "Tears Blues" released in 1950 (Showa 25) under the name of Sanjo Machiko is a completely different song from her debut song "Namida no Blues" although it has the same name. Sanjo later retired due to marriage, but in the mid-1960s she jumped on the nostalgia music boom and occasionally appeared on television under the spelling of her name "Sanjo Machiko," continuing to be active despite her advanced age even into the Heisei era. On November 11, 2011, she appeared at the 38th Japan Singers Association Song Festival held at Yu-Port along with Sugawara Mitsuko, Ando Mariko, and her junior, Otsu Yoshiko. On January 17, 2012, at the age of 87, she appeared live on the "NHK Kayo Concert" (NHK General TV) and performed her signature song "Karisome no Koi." She passed away at 5:05 pm on August 30, 2022, at his home in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, due to old age. She was 97 years old. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sanjo+Machiko">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.