Leon Niihama

Here's what gets me about Leon Niihama: he's a kid born in 1996, tall and clean-cut, the kind of guy who could've cruised into idol-pop without breaking a sweat, and instead he picked up the kimono and decided to carry enka into the future. That's a wonderfully stubborn choice, and I love him for it. Coming out of Shiroi in Chiba, putting in the work, even finishing at Daito Bunka, then planting his flag in a genre everyone writes off as music for grandparents. There's something genuinely charming about that gap between the straight, earnest voice on stage and the goofy, beaming smile he gives the crowd afterward. Enka always needed somebody young to believe in it this hard, and watching him do it makes the whole genre feel a few decades younger. I'm rooting for him.

Leon Niihama is a Japanese enka singer born on May 11, 1996, in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture. He stands 180 cm tall and attended Chiba Eiwa High School before graduating from Daito Bunka University. He is active as a musician specializing in enka, a traditional Japanese musical genre, and maintains an official website and social media presence.

Name (English)

Leon Niihama

Name (Japanese)

新浜レオン

Reading

にいはま れおん

Born

May 11, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat (ne)

Origin

Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

180cm

Occupation

Musician / Enka Singer

High school

Chiba Eiwa High School

University

Daito Bunka University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://niihamaleon.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/leon_niihama/
• Xhttps://x.com/niihamaLEON
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E6%B5%9C%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Musician
• Enka Singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.