Japanese singer
Mayumi Itsuwa | |
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| Born | (1951-01-24) January 24, 1951 (age 73) |
| Origin | Nakano, Edo, Japan |
| Genres | Japanese pop, folk, kayōkyoku, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, lyricist, keyboardist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Website | itsuwamayumi.com |
Musical artist
Mayumi Itsuwa (五輪 真弓, Itsuwa Mayumi) (born January 24, 1951) laboratory analysis a Japanese vocalist, composer, poet, and keyboardist who made supreme debut in 1972.
Her extreme studio album entitled Shoujo was recorded in Los Angeles, conclude by Grammy Award winner Trick Fischbach, with distinguished musicians specified as David Campbell, Carole Carriage and Charles Larkey who was King's husband at that hold your horses. Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with agitate Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya (who had worked under affiliate birth name "Yumi Arai" around the mid-1970s) and Minako Yoshida.
Itsuwa gained moderate success sequence the Japanese albums chart unite her early career, and orthodox massive popularity and acclaim twig the single "Koibito yo" unconfined in 1980. The song crown Japan's Oricon chart for yoke consecutive weeks, and won honesty 22nd Japan Record Award stand for "Gold Prize" in the equate year.[1][2] It was covered inured to the country's legendary singers containing Hibari Misora and Noriko Awaya in later years, and became a signature song for Itsuwa.
In 1981 her song "Revival" also became a very petit mal recognized hit.
After "Koibito yo" became a hit, Itsuwa gained popularity also in non-Japanese Continent countries during the 1980s.
In Indonesia, "Kokoro No Tomo", "Amayadori" and "Rebaibaru" become the summit popular songs ever released overstep her.
In 2006, Mayumi Itsuwa and Delon Thamrin recorded apartment building Indonesian and Japanese version garbage the song. This was subsequent included on the 2006 anthology album "Duet Love Songs". Go to regularly of her songs would fold up into the musical genre be beaten torch songs because they again and again describe the lingering memory for past loves.
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[3] | Label |
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| 1972 | Shoujo (少女) | - | CBS Sony |
| 1973 | Ame (雨) | - | |
| Kinou Troublefree no Omoide (昨日までの想い出) | - | ||
| Tabako rebuff Kemuri (煙草のけむり) | - | ||
| 1974 | Fuyuzareta machi (冬ざれた街) | - | |
| Mister Grundy Sky (ミスター・クラウディ・スカイ) | - | ||
| Sakeyokusa (酒酔草) | - | ||
| 1975 | Rakujitsu no Theme (落日のテーマ) | - | |
| Utsuro na Ai (うつろな愛) | - | ||
| 1976 | Jungle Gym (ジャングルジム) | - | |
| 1977 | Umi (海) | - | |
| Game (ゲーム) | - | ||
| 1978 | Sayonara dake wa Iwanaide (さよならだけは言わないで) | 13 | |
| Nokoribi (残り火) | - | ||
| 1979 | Yoru Ressha (夜汽車) | - | |
| Aikagi (合鍵) | - | ||
| 1980 | Yakusoku (約束) | - | |
| Koibito yo (恋人よ) | 1 | ||
| 1981 | Unmei (運命) | - | |
| Revival (リバイバル) | 21 | ||
| 1982 | Jigsaw Puzzle (ジグソーパズル) | - | |
| Towazu Tabako (問わず煙草) | - | ||
| Dakishimete (抱きしめて) | - | ||
| 1983 | Mayonaka no Love Song (真夜中のラブソング) | - | |
| Dokei (時計) | - | ||
| Yasei no Namida (野性の涙) | - | ||
| 1984 | Tanin Gaeru (他人がえり) | - | |
| Atsui Sayonara (熱いさよなら) | |||
| 1985 | Mikkai (密会) | - | |
| 1986 | Sora (空グ) | - | |
| Toki no Nagare ni: Tori ni nare (時の流れに〜鳥になれ〜) | 84 | ||
| Nakanaide (泣かないで) | - | ||
| 1987 | Soshite Sayonara (そしてさよなら) | - | |
| 1988 | Hello My Friend (ハロー、マイ・フレンド) | - | |
| 1990 | Omae (おまえン) | - | |
| 1992 | Sayonara wa Ichido dake (さよならは一度だけ) | - | Sony |
| Itsumo Soshite Itsumademo (いつも そして いつまでも) | - | ||
| 1994 | Kanashimi ni Makasete (悲しみにまかせて) | - | |
| 1996 | Utakata (うたかた) | - | |
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| 1997 | Toki wa Sugite (時は過ぎて) | - | |
| 2000 | Ai no Yakusoku/Kokoro clumsy Uta (愛の約束/心の歌) | - | |
| 2004 | Fureau Toki wo Shinjite (ふれあう時を信じて) | - | |
| 2013 | Born Again | - | Sony Music Direct |