is a Japanese singer.
Biography
In 1973, at the age of 15, Sakiko Ito was a contestant on the Japanese television show ''
Star Tanjō!
is a Japanese talent show from Nippon Television that ran from 1971 to 1983. On October 24, 1982, the series was retitled to reflect its switch from monaural to stereo broadcasting. On April 3, 1983, it was again retitled to .
The show was cre ...
'' (A Star Is Born) and won a recording contract. The following year she debuted as an
idol
Idol or Idols may refer to:
Religion and philosophy
* Cult image, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents
* Murti, a devotional image of a deity or saint used during puja ...
with the single ''"Himawari Musume"'' (The Sunflower Girl), which peaked at #20 on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...
chart list. In the winter of 1974 she scored her biggest hit with the song ''"Kogarashi No Futari"'' (Two In The Cold Wintry Wind), which peaked at #5 on the Oricon chart list. Other hits include ''"Otome no Waltz"'' (Waltz For The Girls) from 1975 and ''"Kimi Kawai Ne"'' (You Are Cute) from 1976. ''"Kimi Kawai Ne"'' reached the #9 spot on the Oricon chart list and with this song she made an appearance on
Kohaku Uta Gassen
is the Japanese word for amber.
Kohaku (琥珀) may refer to:
Music
* Kohaku, a song by Mikuni Shimokawa
Characters
* Kohaku (''Dr. Stone''), a character in the manga series ''Dr. Stone''
* Kohaku (''InuYasha''), a character in ''InuYash ...
in 1976.
The backing vocals for this performance were provided by other Japanese idols such as
Hiromi Iwasaki
is a Japanese female singer who debuted in 1975. Her younger sister Yoshimi Iwasaki is also a singer. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Music Festival for her song "Koimachigusa".
Her representative songs are "" — "" ( ...
,
Masako Mori,
Hiromi Ota and
Candies.
See also
*
Kayōkyoku
is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. ''The Japan Times'' described ''kayōkyoku'' as "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa period, Shōwa-era pop".
''Kayōkyoku'' represents a blend of Western and Japanese musical s ...
*
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...
*
List of Japanese idols
This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.
Others
* =LOVE (group)
* ≠Me (group)
* ≒Joy (group)
* °C-ute (group)
* ...
References
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1958 births
Japanese women singers
Japanese idols
Living people