is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been commonly considered her
signature song was released in 1972 and gained success, and finally won the 14th
Japan Record Award
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.
"Kassai" sold over one million copies by February 1973, and was awarded a
gold disc
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.
After marrying the actor
Eiji Go
Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*, "prosperity, peace"
*, "great, peace"
*, "great, second"
*, "eternity, next"
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in 1978, Chiaki continued her career intermittently until circa 1992. However, she has disappeared from the Japanese entertainment scene for over 16 years, after her spouse died of lung cancer.
Discography
Studio albums
* (1970)
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* (1970)
* (1972)
* (1972)
* (1974)
* (1974)
* (1975)
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* (1976)
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* (1977)
* (1978)
* (1981)
* ''Three Hundreds Club'' (1982)
* (1983)
* (aka ) (1985)
* (1988)
* (1989)
* (1989)
* (1989)
* (1990)
* (1991)
* (1991)
Singles
KÅhaku Uta Gassen Appearances
References
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1947 births
Japanese women singers
Japanese actresses
Living people
Nippon Columbia artists
Singers from Tokyo