Noriko AWAYA, a singer who has made a huge impact on the world of Japanese popular music, professed her dislike of enka music, so much so that she even advocated 'anti-enka campaign.'
日本の歌謡界に大きな影響力のあった歌手の淡谷のり子は演歌嫌いを公言し、「演歌撲滅運動」なるものまで提唱したほどだった。