Jero
Sign in to saveJerome Charles White Jr. (born September 4, 1981), better known by his stage name , is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1676
- Died
- 1764
- Works
- 132
Top works
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- Reflexiones crítico-apologéticas sobre las obras del RR. P. maestro Fr. Benito Geronymo Feyjoo
- Anti-theatro critico
- Obras escogidas
- El terremoto y su uso
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
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- 4,832
- Total plays
- 137,129
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There is more than one artist or group with this name. 1. Japan's first African-American enka singer 2. A South Korean singer (1) JERO (born Jerome Charles White, Jr., on September 4, 1981) is an enka singer, as well as Japan's first African-American enka singer, signed to Victor Entertainment. JERO was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His mother was half-Japanese, and his Japanese grandmother got him interested in enka music from a young age. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%E3%82%B8%E3%
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Jero
- Musical artist.image
- Jero comes to Pitt, 82708.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Jero performing in 2008
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Jerome Charles White Jr.
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Musical artist.genre
- Enka
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer, computer engineer
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2007–2018
- Musical artist.label
- Victor Entertainment
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.jero.jp/pc
- Image
- Jero comes to Pitt, 82708.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1981-09-04
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 10974
- birth name
- Jerome Charles White Jr.
- Commons category
- Jero (singer)
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Jerome Charles White Jr. (born September 4, 1981), better known by his stage name , is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.
== Biography == Jero began singing Enka at the age of six and continued to study the Japanese language all throughout high school and college. He also studied Japanese for some time at the Kansai Gaidai University school of foreign languages. Jero majored in information science at University of Pittsburgh and graduated in 2003 and moved to Japan in the same year. Two months after arriving in Japan, he entered the NHK Nodo Jiman competition broadcast on TV.
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