Yashiro Aki is a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name, "Yashiro", is adopted from her hometown, "Yatsushiro" (八代). Yashiro originally sang jazz standards in hostess clubs, but made her debut as an enka singer in 1971, with the single "Ai wa Shindemo", under the label of Teichiku Records. Seeing the single's lack of success, she appeared on the YTV's Zen Nihon Kayo Senshuken audition, winning it for 10 consecutive weeks. On January 9, 2024, it was reported that she died on December 30, 2023, after a bout with anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis and rapidly progressing interstitial lung disease in a hospital in Tokyo. (Source: Wikipedia) Watch drama online for free.