, literally ''Everyone's Songs'' (

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Songs introduced on Minna no Uta

Listed alphabetically by title, with the artist or group in parentheses.

0–9

*"3-D Tengoku" (

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) *"44 Hiki no Neko" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)

A

*"Aa Okashii ne" ( Tokyo Jidō Gasshōdan) *"After man" (

Akemi Okamura is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. She performed a song in the NHK program ''Minna no Uta'' and currently voices Nami in ''One Piece''. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *'' Calimero'' (Priscilla) *''Hime-chan's Ribbon'' (Yumiko) ...

) *"Ahiru no Gyōretsu" ( The Shaderacks, Tokyo Arakawa Shōnen Gasshōtai) *"Ahiru to Shōjo" ( Kurumi Kobata) *"Ai Dattan Da yo" (

Kōji Tamaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well known as frontman of the rock band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed a successful career, particularly during the 1980s. In 1993, he began his career as a solo artist, and si ...

) *"Ai ni Iku no." (

Tomoe Shinohara is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer and artist. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly (sometimes goofballish) personality, as well as her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close frien ...

) *"Ai no Tabidachi" ( Anna Saeki) *"Aiko desho" ( Yūki Kidō, Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Aitsu no Hang Glider" ( Mieko Nishijima) *"Aji no Hiraki no Sando Kasa" ( Hiromi Yamashita) *"Aka-chan" (

Mitsuko Horie is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was born in Yamato, Kanagawa. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in '' Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars'' and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterp ...

) *"Akai Bōshi" (

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) *"Akai Hana Shiro Hana" ( Vickies) *"Akai Hoshi Aoi Hoshi: Tenmon Karat no Hoshi kara" ( Saori Yuki) *"Akai Ito" ( Yōko Seri) *"Akai Jitensha" ( hana*hana) *"Akai Sarafan" (

Naoko Ken (born July 7, 1953) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Biography In 1971, ...

) *"Akaoni to Aooni no Tango" ( Isao Bitō) *"Aki Monogatari" (

Kiyohiko Ozaki , (1 January 1943 - 30 May 2012), of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was a Japanese singer. He was noted for his dynamic singing voice and sideburns. His nickname was "Kieyo". Career He grew up in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His grandf ...

) *"Akikaze ni Nosete" ( Ritsuko Ōwada, Hiromi Okazaki) *"Akikaze no Promenade" ( Fumio Yamasawa) *"Akisutozeneko" ( Akisutozeniko!) *"Akiuta" ( Senri Ōe) *"Alice no Kisetsu" ( Chikako Sawada) *"Amaryllis" (

Mieko Hirota was a Japanese singer. Her nickname was Mico (also spelled ''Miko''). Hirota was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. She grew up listening to pop and jazz in places like Tachikawa, which was frequented by Occupation troops. She made her debut in 1961 at ...

, Singing Angels) *"Ame ga Sora kara Fureba" ( Hitoshi Komura) *"Ame no Ten Ten" (

Naoko Kawai , (24 July 1963) is a 1980s era Japanese pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer.『別冊近代映画　河合奈保子特集号』（近代映画社刊 1981年） Career Naoko was a regular on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual television progr ...

) *"Ame no Yūenchi" (

Mie Nakao Mie Nakao (Japanese: 中尾ミエ ; born 6 June 1946 in Kokura) is a Japanese actress and singer. With Yukari Ito and Mari Sono she co-starred in the hit 1963 teen movie ''Hai, Hai Sannin Musume'' ("Yes, Yes, The Three Girls"). The three actre ...

) *"Ame nochi Special" (

Mariko Kōda is a Japanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personality. She graduated from Kasukabe Kyōei High School and went on to major in Communications at Tamagawa University in Machida City, Tokyo, graduating in 1990. Kouda has had at ...

) *"Anata ga Mieru" (

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) *"Ano Hashi Watare" ( Yukio Hashi) *"Anogoro no Namida wa" (

Yōko Nagayama is a Japanese ''enka'' singer, former J-pop singer, and actress. Early life Nagayama was born in Tokyo. At the age of four, she began attending min'yo group singing lessons with her father. Although she originally went because she enjoyed ...

) *"Aoi Dōwa" (

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) *"Aotenjō no Crown" (

Soul Flower Union Soul Flower Union, also known as SFU, is a Japanese musical group that incorporates Asian styles and world music styles into a rock and roll band. They are known for their blend of psychedelic, rock, Okinawan music, Celtic music, chindon (a kind ...

) *"Aozora" ( Kayo Yoshimoto) *"Aozora to Tap Dance" (

Ikue Sakakibara is a Japanese actress and a J-pop singer. Biography In 1976, Sakakibara took part in the Talent Scout Caravan organised by Horipro, and won the competition. She made her musical debut on January 1, 1977, with the single ''"Watashi no Sensei"'' ...

) *"Apple Purple Princess" (

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) *"Apron Hero" (

Hiroyuki Igarashi is a Japanese dancer and producer. He is the leader of Exile and the creative leader of LDH World. Igarashi grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. His wife is actress Aya Ueto. Igarashi retired from performing with Exile in 2013, and has co ...

, Kiyoshi Ōzawa) *"Arigato Thank You" ( Ikue Kakeromanzu) *"Arigatō" ( Keiko Utsumi) *"Arigatō Sayōnara" (

Kiichi Nakai is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Ye ...

, Naoko Yoshida) *"Arinko to Himawari" (

) *"Aruite Mikka!" ( George Tokoro) *"Asa no Lift de" ( Dark Ducks) *"Asa Okitan" ( Shōnen Shōjo Gasshōdan Mizuumi) *"Ashita" (

Chieko Baisho is a Japanese actress and singer. In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the '' Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won ...

) *"Ashita ha Genki: More Music!" (

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) *"Assō ka!" ( Kunihiko Tamai) *"Attara Ii naa" ( Half Moon) *"Awate Tokoya" ( Bonny Jacks)

B

*"Beautiful Name" (

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) *"

Boku wa Kuma is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, serving as their 17th Japanese single and 24th single overall (including English releases). The single was released on November 22, 2006, following the release of their previous studio album ...

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"'Boku wa Kuma Official site"'

C

*"Cabbage UFO" ( Junko Kudō) *"Candy no Yume" (

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) *"Catch: Tsubi no Natsu ga Kuru yō ni" (

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) *"Chameleon" (

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) *"Chanto Kao ni Kaitearu" ( Iruka) *"Chichinpuipui" ( Miyuki Mori, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Chigueso Chikyu no Sora no Shitade" ( Yoo Hae Joon) *"Chikyū wa Genki" (Chikyū Genkimura no Nakamatachi) *"Chikyū wa Minna no Dai Gasshō" ( Suginami Junior Chorus) *"Chimu Chimu Cherry" ( Masanori Tomotake, Suginami Junior Chorus) *"Chii-chan no Himitsu" ( Ritsuko Ōwada) *"Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa" ( Bonny Jacks) *"Chiisanakinomi" ( Teruko Ōba) *"Chiisana Tegami" ( Yukio Hashi,

Kazuo Funaki is a Japanese Enka singer. Kazuo also has a career as a stage actor, film actor, and TV actor. His real name is . Discography * : the singer's debut in 1963 * : 1966 * Filmography * Koukou San Nen Sei * TV actor * Taiga drama ** '' ...

Teruhiko Saigō was a Japanese singer and actor. As a singer, he was known as one of the three "''Gosanke''" (referring to ''gosanke'', the three great Tokugawa houses), along with Yukio Hashi and Kazuo Funaki. The stage name was based on the Meiji Restoration ...

) *"Chitchana Photographer" ( Hitomi Ishikawa) *"Chotto Zutsu Aki" (

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) *"Christmas ga Sugite mo" ( Christy & Clinton) *"Chun Chun World ~Ogenki Taoisō~" ( Ritsuko Ōwada, Hiromi Okazaki,

Koji Imada is a Japanese musician, comedian, ''tarento'' and TV presenter. His talent agency is Yoshimoto Kogyo. In the mid-1990s, Imada paired with the acclaimed Japanese record producer Towa Tei under the stage name Koji 1200. He released two albums an ...

Koji Higashino is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency (Yoshimoto Kogyo). He graduated from Hyōgo Prefectural Takarazuka High School. He is nicknamed . Filmography Current appearances ; Regular progr ...

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, Children's Chorus Genki-Gumi) *"Chun Chun World ~Magic Carnival~" ( Ritsuko Ōwada, Hiromi Okazaki, Children's Chorus Genki-Gumi) *"Computer Obaa-chan" ( Yūko Sakaitsukasa)

D

*"Daimyō Kyōretsu" ( Seiji Tanaka) *"Dakedo I Love You" ( Oyunna) *"Dare mo Shiranai"

E

*"E-WaH-OH" ( The Voice of Japan) *"Egao" (

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) *"Egao ga Kaze ni Modoru Shunkan" ( Yoshiaki Ōuchi & Taeko) *"Egao ni Daisekkin" ( Kyoto Performance Doll) *"Eto wa Merry-go-round" (Seiji Tanaka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)

F

*"Futari Bocchi Jikan" (

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) *"Fight" (

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) *"Furusato" (

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) *"Fūsen" (

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)

G

*"Gakkō Sakamichi" ( Muneyuki Satō) *"Gamushāra" (

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) *"Ganbaranba" (

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) *"Ganbare My Boy" ( Hiro Tsunoda) *"Ganzō Banana no Tama" ( Kōtarō Yamamoto, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Genki no Deru Uta" ( Bonny Jacks) *"Go Go! Kokekokkō" (

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) *"Gōkaku Rock 'n' Roll" ( Yukari Morikawa) * "Gomennasai" (1970) *"Gomen yo! Wan Wan" ( Keita to Kōta) *"Gorilla no Mentama" (

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) *"Gottso-sama" ( Tomō Sugai) *"Grasshopper Monogatari" ( Noppo Takami)

H

*"Ha-i! glasshopper" ( Noppo Takami) *"Hasta Luego: Sayonara Tsuki no Neko" (Naoko Ken) * "Hakimono to Kasa no Monogatari"(履物と傘の物語) (

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

) *"Hato no Uta" (

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) * " Hikaru no Gen-chan" ( Showta) *"Hen na ABC" (Miyuki Ichijo, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Hige Hige Gehi Ponpon" ( Tanqun Democracy) *"Hoyahoyara" ( Hajime Anzai and Friends)

I

*"I Love Tofu" ( Shōji Koganezawa) *"Ichiban Kirei na Hoshi" ( Chiyoko Shimakura) *"Ichiendama no Tabi Garasu" ( Saori Hareyama) *"Ichō Dance" ( Mirei Kitahara) *"Ii ne!!" (

Takako Ōta (born August 13, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress and singer, best known for voicing the lead role of Yū Morisawa / Creamy Mami in anime ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. ''Creamy Mami'' is known as a pioneer of the new marketing strategy, now ...

, Yōsuke Sone, Yūko Miyakawa) *"Ijiwaru Tenki" (

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) *"Imademo Sencho to Yobareteiru Sencho no Yoru" ( Yoichi Sugawara) *"Inochi no Hanashi o Shiyō" (

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) *"Inori" ( Kaori Futenma) *"Irassyai" ( Chieko Baisyo) *"Iroha Matsuri" ( Miyuki Mori, Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Iruka La Bamba" ( Naomi Matsui) *"Ishin Denshin Shiyō" ( Mitsue Ōshiro) *"Itazurakko" ( Ado Mizumori, Tokyo Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Itsumo Egao de" ( Shū Saeko)

J

*"Jabu Jabu Ondo" ( Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Jagaimo Jagā" (Seiji Tanaka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Jōkyūsei" (

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) *"Joy: Yorokobi no Kuni" (

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) *"Jungle Dance" (

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) *"Just Friends: Itsu Made mo" ( Aya, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)

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*"Kaa-san no Uta" (

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) *"Kaa-san wa Yuki Onna" (

) *"Kabocha no Oji-san" ( Tessei Miyoshi, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kagayaiteite: 10 Years After" ( Asari Mizuki) *"Kagayaki no Achira e" ( Yōko Ishida) *"Kaitō Yumenosuke" ( Hiromi Okazaki) *"Kakenukete Good-bye" ( B'dash) *"Kamekame Dance" ( Yumi Matsuba) *"Kanashiki Mongoose" (Seiji Tanaka) *"Kani-san Kani-san" ( Takuzō Kawatani) *"Kankan Karasu" ( Tokiko Katō) *"Kanshajō" ( Reiko Sada) *"Kaori-chan Time" ( Yumi Tanimura) *"Kappa no Kui Kuo Kua" ( Kappa no Qui Quo Qua) *"Karucharatan no Sora" ( Karyūdo) *"Kasei no Circus-dan" (

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) *"Katte Chō" ( Tomoko Tane) *"Kawa wa Dare no Mono?" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kawazura ga Kirakira" ( Shōko Inoue, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kazaguruma" ( Miyuki Nagai) *"Kazaguruma" (

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) *"Kaze ga Kureta Melody" (

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) *"Kaze no Ban" ( Yōichi Sugawara) *"Kaze no Organ" ( Junko Kudō) *"Kaze no Tōri Michi" ( Sayuri Horishita) *"Kaze no Uta ha Kikoemasu ka" ( Yumi Yoshikawa) *"Kazeiro no Tonba" ( Chie Hyo) *"Ken-chan" (

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) *"Kiiro no Jitensha" ( Toshiharu Fujisawa) *"Kimi ga Wasurete Ōki na Mono" ( Angie) *"Kimi ni Sachiare" ( Reiko Sada) *"Kimi no Iro Hoshi" (

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) *"Kimi no Te" (

) *"Kimi wa Nagai ne" ( Hiro Tsunoda) *"Kin no Makiba" ( Taeko Ōnuki) *"Kinō Kyō Ashita" ( Miyuki Kōsaka) *"Kisetsu wa Sugite mo" ( Chiemi) *"Kitakaze Kazō no Kantarō" (

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, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kitchen Lady" ( Ritsuko Ōwada) *"Kite no Nai Okurimono" (

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) *"Kitto Shiawase" ( Saeko Shū) *"Kobutanoshippo" (

) *"Kodanuki Ponpo" (

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) *"Kodomo Dake no Natsu" (

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) *"Kohaku no Mahō" ( Epo) *"Koi Hanabi" ( Mio Isayama) *"Koi no Hana Saita" ( Chizuru Kohigashi) *"Koi Tsubomi" (

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) *"Koinu no Blue" ( Rutsuko Honda) *"Koisuru Niwatori" ( Hiroko Taniyama) *"Koi no Subesube Manjūgani" (

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) *"Kōkō 3-nensei" ( Naotarō Moriyama) *"Koko de Mata Aō" ( Yuka Kamebuchi & The Voices of Japan) *"Kokoro ni Yume o" ( Yōko Seri) *"Kokoro no Umi" ( Ajinai Hall) *"Kokoro wa Hallelujah" ( Kabocha Shōkai) *"Kome no Uta" ( Metrofarce) *"Koneko no Byōki" ( Vocce Angelica) *"Koneko to Keito" ( Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kono Ai o: Onee-san e" ( Amin, Wei Wei Wuu) *"Kono Hiroi Nohara Ippai" ( Ryōko Moriyama) *"Kono Mune Oide" (

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, Keiko Nakajima,

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) *"Koro wa Yane no Ue" ( Taeko Ōnuki) *"Kotatsu Musume de Teketekete" ( Naoko Nozawa) *"Kuchibue Fuitara" ( Miho Gomi, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kuishinbō no Calendar" ( Sumiko Yamagata, Suginami Junior Chorus) *"Kuma no Nuigurumi" ( Yūsuke Yoshioka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan) *"Kumanbachiga Tonde Kita" (

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) *"Zutto Tomodachi" ( Keiko Utsumi)

Animators

These animators have had their works appear on ''Minna no Uta''. * Creatures * Seiji Fujishiru * Osamu Fukushima * Taku Furukawa * Yoshiko Hada * Yūji Hasegawa * Seiichi Hayashi * Kunpei Higashi * Norio Hikone * Yukio Honda * Tadahiko Horiguchi * Kazuhiro Hotchi * Rumiko Hoya * Umanosuke Iida * Yuka Imabayashi *

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* Azuru Isshiki * Yūichi Itō * Yoshirō Kajitani * Takashi Kamata *

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* Kazumi Matsumoto *

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* Shūichi Nakahara * Kiyoshi Nakashima * Takahito Nakazawa * Kōji Nanke * Hiroshi Nishimura * Toshio Nishiuchi *Hiroshi Ogawa (animator), Hiroshi Ogawa *Fumio Ōi *Tadanari Okamoto *Shingo Ozaki *Osamu Sakai *Seku Sakamoto *Tsutomu Shibayama *Makoto Shinkai *Tadashi Sugawara *Haruka Suzuki *Natsuki Takaya *Yoshiyuki Takeguchi *Keiko Tanaka (animator), Keiko Tanaka *Naoya Tanaka *Three-D (animator), Three-D *Sadao Tsukioka *Kimihiko Tsukuda *

*Makoto Wada *Jōji Wakai *Takashi Yanase *Kōtaku Yoshinaga

External links

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Nemuritari: Unofficial NHK ''Minna no Uta'' site
* {{Authority control Minna no Uta, 1961 anime television series debuts 1961 Japanese television series debuts 1961 radio programme debuts Interstitial television shows Japanese children's radio programs Japanese music radio programs Japanese music television series NHK original programming Radio programs adapted into television shows Animated musical television series