Midori Kinouchi (木之内みどり, ''Kinouchi Midori'', b. ''Midori Kiuchi'' on June 10, 1957) is a former Japanese idol and actress.

Biography

In 1972 Midori Kinouchi was the runner up in the NTV program ''"Miss Teen Contest"''. She debuted as a singer in May, 1974 with the song ''"Mezame"'' (Wake Up), which was written by famous Japanese lyricist Yū Aku. She debuted as an actress in 1976 in the drama ''"Watashi Mo Moeiteru"'' and starred in the 1977 TV series ''"Keiji Inu Curl"''. In early 1978 she scored her biggest hit with ''"Yokohama Eleven"'', which reached the Oricon top 30. That same year she announced her retirement because of her marriage to composer and arranger

Tsugutoshi Gotō is a Japanese songwriter, bassist and music producer. Gotō broke into the Japanese music industry playing bass on tour for artists like Sadistic Mika Band, Bread & Butter and Shiro Kishibe. He went on to write and produce songs for other artist ...

. They divorced 4 years later, and she subsequently married Naoto Takenaka in 1990.

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