Saori Minami
Saori Minami (born Akemi Shinoyama, 篠山 明美) is a retired Japanese female popular singer. She was also called "Cynthia" as a nickname. [1]
Early life and career
Minami was born on July 2, 1954 in Okinawa, Japan. She is bilingual in English and Japanese as her father-in-law was of the Philippine origin.[2] In 1971, at age 17, her talent in music was discovered by a manager who worked for music company. She was recommended by him as a singer. Soon after that, she recorded a song "17才"(Seventeen years old), written by a songwriter Kyohei Tsutsumi. She then became popular all over Japan. She had been continuing to make hit songs in 1970s. She retired from a singer in 1978 and got married to a famous cameraman in 1979.[3]
Discography
Her major hit songs were as follows.[4]
References
- ↑ "ヘルシーな美貌で大人気「異色のアイドル」南沙織がかわいすぎた…！（現代ビジネス）". Yahoo!ニュース (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-08-09.[dead link]
- ↑ "南沙織 プロフィール". HMV&BOOKS online. デビュー時は母親の郷里、鹿児島県（奄美大島）生まれとされたが、実際は生まれも育ちも沖縄県。また長年、フィリピン人とのハーフであるとされてきたが、正しくは両親とも日本人、母の再婚相手（義父）がフィリピン人である。生育環境から所謂バイリンガルである。異父妹弟がいる。.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "biography". www.sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ↑ "m_single". www.sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 music by Kyohei Ttsutsumi
Other websites
- Saori Minami official homepage at Sony Music.co.jp
- Saori Minami solo show in 1975 at YouTube
- A special article on the 50th anniversary of her debut in the weekly magazine "Gendai", or in Yahoo! News[dead link] in Japanese