Mina Aoe

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Mina Aoe 青江三奈
Birth name	Shizuko Ihara (井原静子)
Born	(1941-05-07)7 May 1941 Tokyo, Japan
Died	2 July 2000(2000-07-02) (aged 59)
Genres	Enka, jazz
Years active	1966–1999
Labels	Victor Entertainment

Shizuko Ihara (井原静子, Ihara Shizuko, 7 May 1941 – 2 July 2000), professionally known as Mina Aoe (青江三奈, Aoe Mina), was a Japanese female enka singer who had a series of popular hits in the late 1960s and continued charting late into her career.

With her distinctive husky voice, she acquired the nickname "Queen of the Blues". She appeared 18 times on the annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen show. After her death, a memorial to Aoe was established in the Isezakichō shopping area in Yokohama.^{[citation needed]}