Shizue Abe (あべ静江, ''Abe Shizue'', born November 28, 1951, in
Matsusaka
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 157,235 in 66,018 households and a population density of 250 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is famous for Matsusaka beef.
Geography ...
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Mie,
Japan
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) is a Japanese actress and singer.
Biography
Shizue Abe debuted as an
idol
Idol or Idols may refer to:
Religion and philosophy
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* Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ...
with the song ''"Coffee Shop De"'' (At The Coffee Shop) in May 1973.
It was written by famous Japanese lyricist
Yū Aku
(occasionally credited as You Aku) (February 7, 1937 – August 1, 2007), was a Japanese lyricist, poet, and novelist.
Early life
Yū Aku was born as Hiroyuki Fukada (深田公之, Fukada Hiroyuki) in Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan. His parents ...
. The song sold over 280,000 copies and rose to the #9 position on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
chart list.
It earned her a nomination for "''Best Newcomer of the Year''" at the
15th Japan Record Awards
The 15th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1973, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Award winners
Japan Record Award
*Hiroshi Itsuk ...
,
but was beaten by
Junko Sakurada
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career, with 18 top ten singles in the 1970s. Her acting career ran from 1 ...
.
Her second single, ''"Mizuiro no Tegami"'' (The Lightblue Letters), rose to the #7 position on the Oricon chart list,
selling over 260,000 copies.
She made an appearance on
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...
in 1974 with this song.
Shizue Abe released 18 singles between 1973 and 2010. Apart from being a singer she also acts in movies and
TV drama's.
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-era pop".
''Kayōkyoku'' represents a blend of Western and Japanese musical scales. Music i ...
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Japanese idol
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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.
0 - 9
* =LOVE (group)
* ≠Me (group)
* °C-ute (group)
* 22/7 (group)
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References
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1951 births
Japanese women singers
Japanese idols
Living people