Noriko Awaya

With the aim of becoming an opera singer, she made an extensive study of classical music.

However, due to her family's poverty, she was forced to leave school for a year and worked as a nude model.

However, she soon began to sing popular songs because the salary of a classical music performer was very low.

[8] In 1996, Awaya gave Mikawa her song "Rainy Blues" at her final live performance.

[6] In 2007, Hideaki Tokunaga covered Awaya's song "Farewell Blues" at a concert.