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]

17才 (1971)^[5]
潮風のメロディー (1971)^[5]
ともだち (1972)^[5]
哀愁のページ (1972)^[5]
早春の港 (1973)^[5]
色づく街 (1973)^[5]
ひとかけらの純情 (1973)^[5]
バラのかげり (1974)^[5]
想い出通り (1975)^[5]
人恋しくて (1975)
春の予感 (1978)

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） (in ja). Yahoo!ニュース. Retrieved 2020-08-09.^{[dead link]}
↑ 南沙織プロフィール. HMV&BOOKS online.
↑ 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

[1] 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） (in ja). Yahoo!ニュース. Retrieved 2020-08-09.^{[dead link]}

[2] 南沙織プロフィール. HMV&BOOKS online.

[3] biography. www.sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

[4] m_single. www.sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[:0-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 music by Kyohei Ttsutsumi

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