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Kiyoshi Maekawa

Kiyoshi Maekawa

Japanese singer and tarento (born 1948)

Kiyoshi Maekawa (前川 清, Maekawa Kiyoshi, born August 19, 1948) is a Japanese singer and tarento.

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He is best known as the first lead vocalist of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five, which was formed in 1967 and debuted in 1969 with the Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Ame Datta". As a frontman of the band, he spawned multiple hit singles such as "Awazu ni Aishite", "Uwasa no Onna","Soshite, Kōbe", "Nakanoshima Blues" and "Tokyo Sabaku" during the 1970s. In 1982, he released his first solo single "Yuki Ressha" composed and produced by Grammy-winning musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, and left the group five years later.[1] During his solo career, he released only one top-20 hit "Himawari" in 2002, a ballad contributed by Masaharu Fukuyama.[2]　

Aside from the recording career, Maekawa has also built up popularity as a TV star, appearing on some television shows hosted by comedians such as Kinichi Hagimoto and The Drifters, airing around the latter half of 1970s and the 1980s.

Personal life

He is also known as a former spouse of the singer, Keiko Fuji, who later married Teruzane Utada and had a daughter Hikaru.[3]

Notable singles

See also: Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five § Discography
  • "Hana no Toki, Ai no Toki (花の時 愛の時)"(1987)
  • "Ai ga Hoshii (愛がほしい)" (1988)
  • "Namida (涙)" (1988)
  • "Koiuta (恋唄)" (1989, remake of Cool Five hit) – No. 87
  • "Otoko to Onna no Kakera (男と女の破片)" (1991) – No. 61
  • "Yume Ichibyou (夢一秒)" (1992) – No. 71
  • "Wakareuta Demo Utatte (別れ曲でも唄って)" (1992) – No. 78
  • "Koisuru Omise (恋するお店)" (1994) – No. 95
  • "Kanashimi no Koisekai (悲しみの恋世界)" (1994) – No. 69
  • "Shuchakueki Nagasaki (終着駅 長崎)" (1996) – No. 96
  • "Dakishimete (抱きしめて)" (1996) – No. 70
  • "Bara no Orgel (薔薇のオルゴール, Bara no Orugōru)" (1997) – No. 97
  • "Kōbe (神戸)" (1998) – No. 93
  • "Hayariuta (流行歌)" (2000) – No. 93
  • "Osaka (大阪)" (2001) – No. 92
  • "Rinrin to (霖霖)" (2001) – No. 88
  • "Himawari (ひまわり)" (2002) – No. 13
  • "Yakan Hikou (夜間飛行)" (2003) – No. 74
  • "Furusato no Hana no You ni (故郷の花のように)" (2003) – No. 69
  • "Mado (窓)" (2006) – No. 62

Notes

  1. Chart positions provided by the Oricon, and sources are from the archives on its official site (not available before 1988).

Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. [1]
    "Hiroshi Uchiyamada, a leader of the Cool Five dies of lung cancer at the aged 70". zakzak.co.jp (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun Company, Limited. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Kiyoshi Maekawa breakthrough again with Masaharu Fukuyama". zakzak.co.jp (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun Company, Limited. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Iza! Kiyoshi Maekawa". iza.ne.jp (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun Company, Limited. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
  4. [4]
    "【舞いあがれ!】前川清、医師役で朝ドラ初出演「突然のオファーでビックリ!」". Oricon. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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