was a renowned Japanese lyricist. Vice-president of the Japan Lyricists' Association. Earlier he used the pen name "" (pronounced the same).

Songs with lyrics by Yoshioka

Kayōkyoku

* Kazuhiko Shima *

Sayuri Ishikawa is a Japanese enka singer who made her professional debut in 1973. With a career nearing five decades, she is one of the most-recognized and successful enka singers in history. Ishikawa is a popular contestant on the annual NHK ''Kōhaku Uta Ga ...

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Hiroshi Itsuki is a Japanese singer and composer. As of 1987, he had sold 20 million singles and 4 million LP albums. Itsuki is usually regarded as an ''enka'' singer, but he has also released a cover version of Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami". Care ...

* Eisaku Ōkawa *

Miyuki Kawanaka is a Japanese enka singer. Her singing career spanned over four decades. She married Katsuo Yamada in 1991. Early life Kawanaka was born Kimiko Kawanaka in Yonago, Tottori. At a young age, she moved to Suita, Osaka where she grew up. In 1973 ...

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Eiko Segawa is a Japanese female enka singer. She is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc. Her 1986 single "Inochi Kurenai" reached No.2 on the Japanese Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corpor ...

* Kaoru Chiga * Kenji Niinuma * Nobue Matsubara *

Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posth ...

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Harumi Miyako , born Harumi Kitamura (, ''Kitamura Harumi'') in Kyoto, is a Japanese ''enka'' singer. She made her debut in 1964. Her popularity has lasted: she makes frequent appearances in the annual television spectacular ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' and has a ...

, , * Shin'ichi Mori * George Yamamoto * The King Tones ( Tatsurō Yamashita) *

Cute Cuteness is a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz proposed the concept of baby sc ...

Edo no Temari Uta II is the sixth major (eleventh overall) single from J-pop teen idol group Cute, released on July 30, 2008. It is the first single to feature all members receiving solo lines. It was released both as a normal edition and limited edition. The limited ...

" * Hiroyuki Okita "Kimi Ni Sasageru Lullaby" (

Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...

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Nursery songs

* "Omocha no cha-cha-cha" ( おもちゃのチャチャチャ), co-lyricist with

Akiyuki Nosaka was a Japanese novelist, journalist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name and his alias as a chanson singer was . He wrote the short story " Grave of the Fireflies" based on his exp ...

Awards

* 1989:

31st Japan Record Awards The 31st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1989, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS. Award winners *Japan Record Award: **Wink for " Samishii N ...

— Lyrics Award — for Akari Uchida's * 1980: 13th Japan Lyrics Award — for Miyako Harumi's * 1990: 23rd Japan Versification Award — for

's * 2003: ** 36th Japan Versification Award — for

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Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Emperor of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and were ...

References

1934 births 2010 deaths Japanese lyricists Musicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture 20th-century Japanese musicians {{Japan-musician-stub