Aki Yashiro, real name Akiyo Masuda on August 29, 1950 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name Yashiro is adopted from her hometown, Yatsushiro.
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 Kay? Senshuken audition, winning it for 10 consecutiv...
