初代コロムビア・ローズ

Columbia Rose (Shodai / The first) Japanese female singer, 1933 January 9 -), Born in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. In the first place, as Misao Matsubara who debuted before World War II was studying at Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Sciences), with reference to an example of success as a mask singer "Miss Colombia" It was planned from the company propaganda strategy as the first postwar singer. In 1951, he won the 2nd Japan Columbia National Kayou Competition and joined Nippon Columbia. "Colombia Rose", the name of the company, was named a company name and a female announcer called "Tokyo Rose" from the US military officers who played the propaganda broadcast by the Japanese army during the World War II.