Mizue Takada (高田みづえ ''Takada Mizue'', born June 23, 1960) is a Japanese female singer and

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She debuted on March 25, 1977 with the single ''Garasu Zaka'' (The Slopes Of Glass) which became an

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top 10 hit. Between 1977 and 1985 she released 26 singles. All of these charted on the Oricon top 100 chart list and 17 reached the top 40. Her music was an unusual blend between ''

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and at the

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, Takada all won the Best Newcomer award. Takada was promoted alongside Idols

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, who also debuted in 1977. They were dubbed the "Fresh San'nin Musume" (three fresh girls). Before them

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and Masako Mori were promoted in the same fashion. She performed for a total of 7 times at the ''

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'' festival between 1977 and 1984. Mizue Takada retired from show business in 1985 after marriage to

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, and is the ''okamisan'' at

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. On August 8, 2015 she sang at the

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"Omoide no Melody" music show, her first public performance in 30 years.

Top 40 singles

References

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