is a popular
Japanese pop
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singer and former fashion model who made her debut in the 1960s.
She is best known for her songs "Koi no Dorei" (恋の奴隷 English: "Slave of Love") and "Shuuchakueki" (終着駅 English: "Terminal Station"). Her
cover of
The Ventures
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recording
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, "Hokkaido Skies" sold over one million copies, and earned her a
gold disc
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award.
Following this success, she released another
hit, "Ginza Lights."
"Koi no Dorei" was covered on
GO!GO!7188
Go!Go!7188 (Go Go Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi), also known simply as Go!Go!, was a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to J-pop.
History
In June 1998, Yumi Nakashima (nicknamed Yuu) and Akiko Hamada (nicknamed ...
's cover album, ''
Tora no Ana''.
On January 6, 2018, Okumura announced her retirement from the music industry.
Discography
Studio albums
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967.11.05''Kitaguni no Aoi Sora -Okumura Chiyo Hit Parade-''
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968.11.01''Chiyo to Anata no Yoru''
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969.06.01''Anata to Chiyo to...''
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969.12.01''Anata Konomi no... Chiyo''
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970.06.05''Kuyashīkeredo Shiawase yo''
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971.06.05''Amai Seikatsu''
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971.11.05''Chiyo no Ozashiki Uta''
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972.05.05''Betsuri no Sanbika''
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972.10.20''Hi no Ataru Basho''
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973.05.20''Hikishio''
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973.12.01''Kaze no Bojō''
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974.08.05''Nanika Arisona Nishi Ginza''
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980.11.21''Okumura Chiyo''
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988.04.25''PRESENT -Genzai-''
Live albums
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970.10.05''Night Club no Okumura Chiyo''
Singles
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965.03.05"Anata ga Inakutemo"
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965.06.05"Aa Kekkon"
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965.07.15"September Moon"
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965.10.05"Gomen ne Jirō"
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965.11.05"
Jingle Bells
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966.01.05"Omoide no Tango"
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966.03.05"Hitoribocchi de"
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966.05.05"Ienakatta no"
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966.08.05"Watashi no Mune o Knock Shite"
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966.11.05"Itsuka no Yakusoku"
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967.08.05"Kitaguni no Aoi Sora"
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967.12.01"Anata ni Aitai"
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968.02.01"Namida Iro no Koi"
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968.06.01"Aoi Tsukiyo"
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968.11.01"Hana ni Naritai"
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969.03.01"Yoru Yoso no Mama de"
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969.06.01"Koi no Dorei"
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969.10.01"Koi Dorobō"
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970.02.05"Koi Kurui"
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970.05.05"Kuyashīkeredo Shiawase yo"
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970.09.05"Usodemo Īkara"
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970.12.01"Chūtohanpa wa Yamete"
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971.04.05"Amai Seikatsu"
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971.08.05"Kawa no Nagare no Yōni"
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971.12.25"Shūchakueki"
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972.04.25"Betsuri no Sanbika"
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972.08.25"Hi no Ataru Basho"
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972.12.20"Onna no Koi Uta"
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973.04.20"Hikishio"
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973.09.20"Kaze no Bojō"
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973.12.25"Naite Kyōto e"
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974.06.05"Nanika Arisona Nishi Ginza"
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977.10.05"Sōmatō"
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978.05.05"Onna Uta"
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980.04.21"Semete sayonara wa…"
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981.11.28"Moi (Moa)"
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983.02.25"Ashita Suteru kara"
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983.05.25"Naze"
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984.06.25"Wakarete Ageru"
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986.04.21"Wasurenaide"
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988.02.21"Kage"
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994.05.21"Gaitō"
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995.05.05"Koi no Dorei '95"
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995.05.05"Shūchakueki '95"
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999.05.19"Parōre Parōre"
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001.11.21"TOKIO Tenshi" (duet with
Ouyang Fei Fei
Ouyang Fei Fei (; Japanese: ; Romaji: ''Ōyan Fīfī''; born September 10, 1949) is a Taiwanese-Japanese singer.
Biography
In 1967, Ouyang Fei Fei made her musical debut at the ''Central Hotel'', a theatre in Taipei, before coming to Japan to ...
)
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003.06.25"Sugao no Mama no Anata de"
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004.08.25"Aishite Aishite Aishichatta no yo"
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016.11.23"Be With You -Anata ni Aeta-
Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Okumura, Chiyo
Japanese women singers
1947 births
Living people
Singers from Osaka Prefecture
People from Ikeda, Osaka
People of the Shōwa era