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Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima (中島 みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki) (born February 23, 1952, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan)[1] is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 44 studio albums, 48 singles, 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2020. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies.[2]

Miyuki Nakajima
Birth name中島 美雪 (Nakajima Miyuki)
Born (1952-02-23) February 23, 1952 (age 72)
OriginSapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • radio-DJ
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • Guitars
Years active1975–present
Labels
Websitewww.miyuki.jp

In the mid-1970s, Nakajima signed to Canyon Records and launched her recording career with her debut single, "Azami Jō no Lullaby" (アザミ嬢のララバイ). Rising to fame with the hit "The Parting Song (Wakareuta)", released in 1977, she has since had a successful career as a singer-songwriter, primarily in the early 1980s. Four of her singles have sold more than one million copies in the last two decades, including "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)", a theme song for the Japanese television documentary series Project X.

Nakajima performed in experimental theater ("Yakai") every year-end from 1989 through 1998. The idiosyncratic acts featured scripts and songs she wrote, and have continued irregularly in recent years.

In addition to her work as a solo artist, Nakajima has written over 90 compositions for numerous other singers and has produced several chart-toppers. Many cover versions of her songs have been performed by Asian (particularly Taiwan and Hong Kong) singers. She is the only musician to have participated in the National Language Council of Japan.[3]

Early life edit

Miyuki Nakajima (中島 美雪, Nakajima Miyuki) was born in February 1952 in Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaidō. Her grandfather, Buichi(武市), was a Hokkaido politician, and her father, Shinichiro(眞一郎), ran a clinic in obstetrics and gynecology. Her family moved to Iwanai when she was five, and lived there for six years. She spent most of her teenage years in the city of Obihiro, where she was one of the most eminent graduates of Obihiro Hakuyou High School, along with singer-songwriter Miwa Yoshida and television announcer Shinichiro Azumi. She graduated from Sapporo's Fuji Women's University in 1974.

Nakajima gave her first live performance during her third year in high school, playing a song she wrote titled "Tsugumi no Uta" onstage at a cultural festival.

In 1972, she played in a folk contest at the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in Tokyo, winning the songwriting prize for her "Atashi Tokidoki Omouno." The song, included in the contest album, became her first recorded material.

After graduating college, Nakajima continued to pursue a career as a professional musician for nearly a year.

Career as a recording artist edit

Early career (1975–1980) edit

In May 1975, her composition "Kizutsuita Tsubasa (Wings of Love – I Knew Nothing)" won a prize at the 9th Popular Song Contest organized by the Yamaha Music Foundation. After signing a contract with Yamaha and Canyon Records, she debuted with a single "Azami Jō no Lullaby," which was released in September 1975. In October, Nakajima entered the Popular Song Contest with another song, "Jidai", which won the prize. The song also won the grand-prix of the 6th World Popular Song Festival, another award organized by Yamaha, which was held in December.[4]

In May 1976, she released her first studio album, Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka. In 1976, Nakajima composed her first number-one hit single, "Abayo," which was recorded by Naoko Ken, and sold more than 700,000 copies.

Throughout her over 40-year career, she has written over 100 songs for other artists, including "Shiawase Shibai" (recorded by Junko Sakurada), "Kamome wa Kamome" (a comeback single for Ken, released in 1978), and "If I Could Take to the Sky (Kono Sora wo Tobetara)" (performed by Tokiko Kato, released in 1978). Nakajima occasionally released retrospective albums, composed of songs written for other artists. The first one, Okaerinasai, released in 1979, has sold more than 500,000 units, and it became one of her best-selling albums.

Miyuki Nakajima's fifth single "Wakareuta (The Parting Song)", released in September 1977, became her commercial breakthrough as a singer. The song reached number one on the Oricon for one week in December 1977, knocking "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)" by Pink Lady from the top of the hit parade. "The Parting Song" has sold more than 700,000 copies.

Her fourth studio album, entitled Aishiteiru to Ittekure, reinforced her enduring popularity as a performer. The album, which featured "The Parting Song," also included a protest song entitled "Sejou (World's Context)," which became popular after it was used in the TV drama Kimpachi Sensei in 1981.

In addition to her career as a recording artist, Nakajima has appeared as a personality on radio programs. She hosted All Night Nippon, one of the longest-running programs aired by the Nippon Broadcasting System, from April 1979 through March 1987.[5][6]

1980s: Commercial peak edit

Nakajima experienced her commercial heyday in the first half of the 1980s. Seven of her studio albums that were released during this time (from Ikiteitemo Iidesuka to Miss M.) reached number one on the Oricon Charts successively. "Akujo" was released as a single in autumn 1981 and became her first number one on the Oricon singles chart since "Wakareuta" in 1977. Kansuigyo, her eighth studio album, featured another interpretation of "Akujo," and was her most commercially successful LP.[7] The album peaked at number one on the Oricon for six weeks, and reached the top of the Japanese year-end albums chart of 1982.[8] In the same year, she produced a couple of top three charting singles, "Yuwaku" and "Unrequited Love."

As a composer and lyricist, Nakajima continued to write for other artists. "Suzume (Sparrow)," the first solo single for ex-Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda, led the performer to the top 10 spot once again. In 1983, Nakajima won the 25th Japan Record Award for her songwriting on "Haru na no ni," a song sung by then-teenage pop icon Yoshie Kashiwabara.

"Cold Farewell (Tsumetai Wakare)," released as a single in 1985, was the first song she produced in countries outside Japan. The top 10-charting song features a lengthy harmonica solo performed by Stevie Wonder.[9] He also played the synthesizer on Nakajima's subsequent single "Atai no Natsuyasumi," released the following year.[10]

In 1987, Nakajima contributed lyrics for a composition by Tsugutoshi Goto, a bassist and a record producer who had been a longtime collaborator with her.

Nakajima wrote lyrics for pop song "Fu-ji-tsu" in 1988. It was released as a fourth single by teen idol Shizuka Kudo, who was also well known as an ex-member of Onyanko Club. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Nakajima and Goto wrote 17 songs for Kudo, and some of them topped the chart, including "Dōkoku" (I Cried All Night) released in 1993 and certified quadruple platinum by the RIAJ for shipments of in excess of a million copies.[11] Her songwriting partnership with Goto ended in 1993, but Nakajima has continued to write several songs for Kudo in later years.[12]

Project with Ichizo Seo and Yakai edit

Nakajima worked with longtime co-record producer Ichizo Seo for the first time on the album Goodbye Girl, released in 1988. Nakajima, highly satisfied with the recording of the album, considered Seo to the most appropriate musical partner for her, and she has been working with him since the end of the 1980s.

After enlisting a new collaborator, Nakajima launched the experimental musical Yakai at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon, in Shibuya, Tokyo. Yakai was composed of intricate story lines she wrote, and it started initially as jukebox music mainly comprising her previously released songs. Her idiosyncratic efforts gradually became stage performances which she performed every December for 10 years. Since the 7th act, entitled 2/2, in 1995, Yakai was composed of new songs she composed especially for the performance. Most of these performances have been released on DVDs.

1990s edit

Since the 1990s, Nakajima gradually began to appear on several television programs and commercials, although she continuously rejected offers to appear on the pop music television shows. In 1992, Nakajima appeared on the television drama Shin'ai Naru Mono e (titled after her 1979 studio album), performing a role as a doctor on the first and last episodes.[13]

From 1993 through 2000, Nakajima appeared regularly on TV commercials for the Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. The commercials (most of them featuring a new rendition of her early song, "Time Goes Around," recorded in 1993) were aired during the Bon Festival and holiday seasons in Japan.

"Asai Nemuri (Shallow Sleep)," a theme song Nakajima wrote for the drama Shin'ai Naru Mono e, was released as a single and found success, selling more than a million copies and peaking on the charts at number two. It was included on her studio album East Asia released in October 1992. The album also featured "Ito (Tapestry)," one of her songs that has been covered by many artists, especially famous for the interpretation by Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi's charity supergroup Bank Band.

In the middle of the decade, she wrote a couple of theme songs for Ienakiko, the TV drama series starring Yumi Adachi, which was aired on the NTV. The song, titled "Sora to Kimi no Aida ni (Between the Sky and You)," was released as a single in May 1994, and debuted at number one on the Japanese Singles Chart. The song became her most commercially successful record to-date, selling in excess of 1.4 million copies. The other song, her composition "Wanderers Song," was featured on the sequel of the drama series aired the following year. It also gained similar success, reaching number one on the charts and selling over 1 million units.

In March 1996 she released a greatest hits compilation, Daiginjo, which reached number one on the Oricon album chart, making her the oldest female artist to produce a number one album on the Japanese music chart at that time (the record was overtaken by Yumi Matsutoya and Mariya Takeuchi in later years).

However, each of her studio albums released in the 1990s were commercially lackluster, and some of them failed to reach the top 10 on the charts. Sun: Wings and Moon: Wings released in 1999, were her lowest-selling albums. Both albums have sold less than 50,000 copies.[7]

She is known as the first and the only musician who was a participant of the National Language Council of Japan, in which she took part in the late 1990s.[14]

2000s edit

A quarter of a century after her debut, Miyuki Nakajima left the Pony Canyon label and moved to the newly founded Yamaha Music Communications. There, she released a double A-side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight Taillight," which later became her most well-known songs. She wrote the songs as theme songs for Project X, a television documentary program which premiered on NHK in March 2000. The single debuted at number 15 on the Oricon in July 2000, and it continued charting for over two years. To express her thanks for the unexpected commercial success of the theme songs of Project X, Nakajima decided to appear on the 53rd annual music program Kōhaku Uta Gassen, aired by the NHK on New Year's Eve of 2002, her first live performance on television since the late 1970s.

In 2006, Nakajima wrote the song "Sorafune (Ship in the Air)" for the boy band Tokio. The song was used as the closing theme for My Boss, My Hero, the TV drama starring the group's frontman Tomoya Nagase. It became the second most commercially successful material for the band, which followed their debut single, and remained on the Oricon chart for more than a year, selling approximately 480,000 copies. "Ship in the Air" was also the first chart-topper to which Nakajima contributed both lyrics and melody for other artists in 30 years, since "Abayo" was recorded by Naoko Ken in 1976.[15] A month after the release of her studio album Lullaby Singer, which featured her own interpretation of "Ship in the Air," her contribution for the Tokio won "best lyrics" of the 48th Japan Record Award.[16]

The studio album entitled I Love You, Do You Hear Me? was released on October 3, 2007. The album debuted at number four on the Oricon with in excess of 39,000 copies sold in its first week of release, and it provided Nakajima with her 34th top ten hit on the Japanese albums charts.

2010s edit

In 2012, Nakajima wrote and performed the closing song "Onshirazu" (恩知らず) for the Japanese television series Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo. She also made a cameo appearance in the first episode.[17]

In 2014, Nakajima wrote and composed the song "Naite mo Iin Da yo" for the Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z. It was released on May 8, 2014. The song was used as the theme song for the film Akumu-chan: The Movie.

Nakajima performed the opening theme song to the 2014 NHK morning drama Massan, entitled "Mugi no Uta" (Wheat Song). She performed this song at the 64th Kōhaku Uta Gassen in the same year.

Honors edit

In November 2009, Nakajima was awarded a Medal of Honor with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan.[18]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Filmography edit

Year Title Role
1985 Yousei Florence Fairy Musica (voice)
1997 Tokyo Biyori Bar hostess
2005 Sayonara Color Doctor Iwaodake
2005 Glass no Tsukai (Dreaming of Light) Itoko, the Fortune-teller
2006 The Mamiya Brothers Junko Mamiya

Live performances edit

Tours edit

  • 1977 Spring Concert
  • 1977 Autumn Concert
  • 1978 Spring Tour
  • 1978 Autumn Tour
  • 1979 Spring Tour
  • 1979 Autumn Tour
  • Miyuki Nakajima Concert (1980 Autumn Tour)
  • Sabishiki Tomo e (寂しき友へ) (1981)
  • Sabishiki Tomo e II (寂しき友へII) (1982)
  • Utahime (浮汰姫) (1982–83)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert Fuku Koro ni (蕗く季節に) (1982–83)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '84 Asu wo Ute! (明日を撃て!) (1984)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '84 Gekkou no Utage (月光の宴) (1984–85)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '85 No Thank You (のぅさんきゅう, Nousankyu) (1985)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '85 Utagoyomi (歌暦) Page 85" (1985)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '86 Gobanme no Kisetsu (五番目の季節) " (1986)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert '86 Utagoyomi (歌暦) Page 86 "Koiuta (恋唄) " (1986)
  • Miyuki Nakajima Concert '87 "Suppin Vol.1" (1987)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert 1989 Nousagi no You ni (野ウサギのように) " (1989)
  • Concert Tour '90 "Night Wings" (1990)
  • Concert "Carnival 1992" (1992)
  • Concert Tour '93 "East Asia" (1993)
  • Concert '95 "Love or Nothing" (1995)
  • Concert Tour '97 "Paradise Cafe" (1997)
  • Concert Tour '98 (1998)
  • XXIc. 1st. (2001)
  • Concert Tour 2005
  • Concert Tour 2007
  • Nakajima Miyuki Tour 2010
  • Nakajima Miyuki Enkai (縁会) 2012-2013
  • Nakajima Miyuki Yakai Koujo (夜会工場) VOL.1 (2013)
  • Nakajima Miyuki Concert「Ichi E (一会)」2015-2016
  • Nakajima Miyuki Yakai Koujo (夜会工場) VOL.2 (2018)
  • Nakajima Miyuki 2020 Last Tour (ラスト・ツアー「結果オーライ」)

Yakai edit

  • Yakai (夜会) (1989)
  • Yakai 1990 (夜会1990) (1990)
  • Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan (邯鄲) (1991)
  • Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku(金環蝕) (1992)
  • Yakai Vol.5 "Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni" (「花の色はうつりにけりないたづらに わが身世にふるながめせし間に」) (1993)
  • Yakai Vol.6 Shangri-La (シャングリラ) (1994)
  • Yakai Vol.7 2/2 (1995)
  • Yakai Vol.8 Tou Onna (問う女) (1996)
  • Yakai Vol.9 2/2 (1997)
  • Yakai Vol.10 Kaishou (海嘯) (1998)
  • Yakai Vol.11 Winter Garden (2000)
  • Yakai Vol.12 Winter Garden (2002)
  • Yakai Vol.13 24-ji Chaku 0-ji Hatsu (24時着0時発) (2004)
  • Yakai Vol.14 24-ji Chaku 00-ji Hatsu (24時着00時発) (2006)
  • Yakai Vol.15 Ganso Konbanya (元祖・今晩屋) (2008–09)
  • Yakai Vol.16 Honke Konbanya (本家・今晩屋) (2009)
  • Yakai Vol.17 2/2 (2012)
  • Yakai Vol.18 Hashi no shita no Arukadia (橋の下のアルカディア) (2014)
  • Yakai Vol.19 Hashi no shita no Arukadia (橋の下のアルカディア) (2016)
  • Yakai Vol.20 Little Tokyo (リトル・トーキョー) (2019)

Awards edit

Japan Record Awards
Year Title Category Personnel
1976 (18th) "Abayo"[19] Vocal Performance (Performer: Naoko Ken / Composer and lyricist: Nakajima / Arranger: Kuni Kawauchi)
1978 (20th) "Shiawase Shibai"[20] Gold Prize (Performer: Junko Sakurada / Composer and lyricist: Nakajima / Arranger: Kei Wakakusa)
1981 (23rd) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[21] Best 10 Albums (Performer, composer, lyricist and producer: Nakajima / Arrangers: Katz Hoshi, Hiromi Yasuda, Mitsuo Hagita, Masataka Matsutoya)
1982 (24th) Kansuigyo[22] Best Albums/Best 10 Albums (Performer, composer, lyricist and producer: Nakajima / Arrangers: Nozomi Aoki, Masataka Matsutoya, Tsugutoshi Goto)
1983 (25th) "Haru na no ni"[23] Best Songwriting (Lyricist and producer: Nakajima / Performer: Yoshie Kashiwabara / Arranger: Katsuhisa Hattori)
1984 (26th) "Saiai"[24] Gold Prize (Performer: Yoshie Kashiwabara / Lyricist and composer: Nakajima / arranger: Nobuo Kurata)
1988 (30th) "Mugo, n... Iroppoi"[25] Gold Prize (Performer: Shizuka Kudo / Lyricist: Nakajima / Composer, producer and arranger: Tsugutoshi Goto)
1992 (34th) East Asia[26] Best 10 Albums (Performer, composer, lyricist and producer: Nakajima / Co-producer and arranger: Ichizo Seo)
2006 (48th) "Ship in the Air (Sorafune)"[27] Best Lyrics (Performer: Tokio / Lyricist and composer: Nakajima / Arranger and producer: Motoki Funayama)
Japan Gold Disc Award
Year Song Category Personnel
1989 (4th) "Kousa ni Fukarete"[28] Five Best-selling Singles of year (Performer: Shizuka Kudo / Lyricist: Nakajima / Composer, producer and arranger: Tsugutoshi Goto)
1994 (9th) "Between the Sky and You (Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)"/"Fight!"[29] Five Best-selling Singles of year (Performer, composer, lyricist and producer: Nakajima / Co-producer and arranger: Ichizo Seo, Takayuki Inoue)

Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances edit

Year # Song No. VS Remarks
2002 (Heisei 14)/53rd 1 Chijou No Hoshi/Heddoraito Teruraito (地上の星) 23/27 Shinji Tanimura
2014 (Heisei 26)/65th 2 Mugi No Uta (麦の唄) 22/23 Akihiro Miwa Second Finale,Returned after 12 years

Video games edit

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1791. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ "List of best-selling music artists in the history of Japanese Oricon Charts" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "国語を考える「時代」に". Mainichi Shimbun. Tokyo. December 15, 1998.
  4. ^ "List of the Performers at the 6th World Popular Song Festival".
  5. ^ . allnightnippon.com (in Japanese). Nippon Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on August 17, 2001. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  6. ^ . allnightnippon.com (in Japanese). Nippon Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on August 17, 2001. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
  8. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1982 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
  9. ^ . wonderlove.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  10. ^ "Personnel of Miyuki Nakajima song "Atai no Natsuyasumi"" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  11. ^ "A nice relationship between Shizuka Kudo and Miyuki Nakajima". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 24, 2008.
  12. ^ . oops-music.co (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  13. ^ "TV 親愛なる者へ – allcinema" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2008.
  14. ^ "朝日新聞 【青鉛筆】". Asahi Shimbun. Tokyo. February 20, 1999.
  15. ^ "Miyuki Nakajima composition topped the chart for the first time in 357 months". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. August 29, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  16. ^ "List of the 48th Japan Record Award winning songs". Tokyo Broadcasting System (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  17. ^ "中島みゆきがドラマ「東京全力少女」に出演!". トレンド図書館! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  18. ^ "678 individuals, 24 groups awarded Medals of Honor," November 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Mainichi Shimbun. November 3, 2009.
  19. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  20. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  21. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  22. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  23. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  24. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  25. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  26. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  27. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  28. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 10, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  29. ^ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 10, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  30. ^ "【10月15日のレトロゲーム】今日はPs『サンパギータ』の発売23周年!".

External links edit

  • Official Site (Japanese)
  • Miyuki Nakajima Wikipedia (Japanese)

Miyuki Nakajima at IMDb

Nakajima, Miyuki discography at MusicBrainz

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translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at ja 中島みゆき see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated ja 中島みゆき to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Miyuki Nakajima 中島 みゆき Nakajima Miyuki born February 23 1952 Sapporo Hokkaidō Japan 1 is a Japanese singer songwriter and radio personality She has released 44 studio albums 48 singles 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2020 Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies 2 Miyuki NakajimaBirth name中島 美雪 Nakajima Miyuki Born 1952 02 23 February 23 1952 age 72 OriginSapporo Hokkaidō JapanGenresKayokyoku folk rock enkaOccupation s Singer songwriter radio DJInstrument s Vocals GuitarsYears active1975 presentLabelsAARD VARK Pony Canyon Yamaha Music CommunicationsWebsitewww miyuki jp In the mid 1970s Nakajima signed to Canyon Records and launched her recording career with her debut single Azami Jō no Lullaby アザミ嬢のララバイ Rising to fame with the hit The Parting Song Wakareuta released in 1977 she has since had a successful career as a singer songwriter primarily in the early 1980s Four of her singles have sold more than one million copies in the last two decades including Earthly Stars Unsung Heroes a theme song for the Japanese television documentary series Project X Nakajima performed in experimental theater Yakai every year end from 1989 through 1998 The idiosyncratic acts featured scripts and songs she wrote and have continued irregularly in recent years In addition to her work as a solo artist Nakajima has written over 90 compositions for numerous other singers and has produced several chart toppers Many cover versions of her songs have been performed by Asian particularly Taiwan and Hong Kong singers She is the only musician to have participated in the National Language Council of Japan 3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career as a recording artist 2 1 Early career 1975 1980 2 2 1980s Commercial peak 2 3 Project with Ichizo Seo and Yakai 2 4 1990s 2 5 2000s 2 6 2010s 3 Honors 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 5 Filmography 6 Live performances 6 1 Tours 6 2 Yakai 7 Awards 8 Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances 9 Video games 10 See also 11 Notes and references 12 External linksEarly life editMiyuki Nakajima 中島 美雪 Nakajima Miyuki was born in February 1952 in Sapporo the capital city of Hokkaidō Her grandfather Buichi 武市 was a Hokkaido politician and her father Shinichiro 眞一郎 ran a clinic in obstetrics and gynecology Her family moved to Iwanai when she was five and lived there for six years She spent most of her teenage years in the city of Obihiro where she was one of the most eminent graduates of Obihiro Hakuyou High School along with singer songwriter Miwa Yoshida and television announcer Shinichiro Azumi She graduated from Sapporo s Fuji Women s University in 1974 Nakajima gave her first live performance during her third year in high school playing a song she wrote titled Tsugumi no Uta onstage at a cultural festival In 1972 she played in a folk contest at the Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall in Tokyo winning the songwriting prize for her Atashi Tokidoki Omouno The song included in the contest album became her first recorded material After graduating college Nakajima continued to pursue a career as a professional musician for nearly a year Career as a recording artist editEarly career 1975 1980 edit In May 1975 her composition Kizutsuita Tsubasa Wings of Love I Knew Nothing won a prize at the 9th Popular Song Contest organized by the Yamaha Music Foundation After signing a contract with Yamaha and Canyon Records she debuted with a single Azami Jō no Lullaby which was released in September 1975 In October Nakajima entered the Popular Song Contest with another song Jidai which won the prize The song also won the grand prix of the 6th World Popular Song Festival another award organized by Yamaha which was held in December 4 In May 1976 she released her first studio album Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka In 1976 Nakajima composed her first number one hit single Abayo which was recorded by Naoko Ken and sold more than 700 000 copies Throughout her over 40 year career she has written over 100 songs for other artists including Shiawase Shibai recorded by Junko Sakurada Kamome wa Kamome a comeback single for Ken released in 1978 and If I Could Take to the Sky Kono Sora wo Tobetara performed by Tokiko Kato released in 1978 Nakajima occasionally released retrospective albums composed of songs written for other artists The first one Okaerinasai released in 1979 has sold more than 500 000 units and it became one of her best selling albums Miyuki Nakajima s fifth single Wakareuta The Parting Song released in September 1977 became her commercial breakthrough as a singer The song reached number one on the Oricon for one week in December 1977 knocking Wanted Shimei Tehai by Pink Lady from the top of the hit parade The Parting Song has sold more than 700 000 copies Her fourth studio album entitled Aishiteiru to Ittekure reinforced her enduring popularity as a performer The album which featured The Parting Song also included a protest song entitled Sejou World s Context which became popular after it was used in the TV drama Kimpachi Sensei in 1981 In addition to her career as a recording artist Nakajima has appeared as a personality on radio programs She hosted All Night Nippon one of the longest running programs aired by the Nippon Broadcasting System from April 1979 through March 1987 5 6 1980s Commercial peak edit Nakajima experienced her commercial heyday in the first half of the 1980s Seven of her studio albums that were released during this time from Ikiteitemo Iidesuka to Miss M reached number one on the Oricon Charts successively Akujo was released as a single in autumn 1981 and became her first number one on the Oricon singles chart since Wakareuta in 1977 Kansuigyo her eighth studio album featured another interpretation of Akujo and was her most commercially successful LP 7 The album peaked at number one on the Oricon for six weeks and reached the top of the Japanese year end albums chart of 1982 8 In the same year she produced a couple of top three charting singles Yuwaku and Unrequited Love As a composer and lyricist Nakajima continued to write for other artists Suzume Sparrow the first solo single for ex Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda led the performer to the top 10 spot once again In 1983 Nakajima won the 25th Japan Record Award for her songwriting on Haru na no ni a song sung by then teenage pop icon Yoshie Kashiwabara Cold Farewell Tsumetai Wakare released as a single in 1985 was the first song she produced in countries outside Japan The top 10 charting song features a lengthy harmonica solo performed by Stevie Wonder 9 He also played the synthesizer on Nakajima s subsequent single Atai no Natsuyasumi released the following year 10 In 1987 Nakajima contributed lyrics for a composition by Tsugutoshi Goto a bassist and a record producer who had been a longtime collaborator with her Nakajima wrote lyrics for pop song Fu ji tsu in 1988 It was released as a fourth single by teen idol Shizuka Kudo who was also well known as an ex member of Onyanko Club During the late 1980s and early 1990s Nakajima and Goto wrote 17 songs for Kudo and some of them topped the chart including Dōkoku I Cried All Night released in 1993 and certified quadruple platinum by the RIAJ for shipments of in excess of a million copies 11 Her songwriting partnership with Goto ended in 1993 but Nakajima has continued to write several songs for Kudo in later years 12 Project with Ichizo Seo and Yakai edit Nakajima worked with longtime co record producer Ichizo Seo for the first time on the album Goodbye Girl released in 1988 Nakajima highly satisfied with the recording of the album considered Seo to the most appropriate musical partner for her and she has been working with him since the end of the 1980s After enlisting a new collaborator Nakajima launched the experimental musical Yakai at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Tokyo Yakai was composed of intricate story lines she wrote and it started initially as jukebox music mainly comprising her previously released songs Her idiosyncratic efforts gradually became stage performances which she performed every December for 10 years Since the 7th act entitled 2 2 in 1995 Yakai was composed of new songs she composed especially for the performance Most of these performances have been released on DVDs 1990s edit Since the 1990s Nakajima gradually began to appear on several television programs and commercials although she continuously rejected offers to appear on the pop music television shows In 1992 Nakajima appeared on the television drama Shin ai Naru Mono e titled after her 1979 studio album performing a role as a doctor on the first and last episodes 13 From 1993 through 2000 Nakajima appeared regularly on TV commercials for the Japan s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications The commercials most of them featuring a new rendition of her early song Time Goes Around recorded in 1993 were aired during the Bon Festival and holiday seasons in Japan Asai Nemuri Shallow Sleep a theme song Nakajima wrote for the drama Shin ai Naru Mono e was released as a single and found success selling more than a million copies and peaking on the charts at number two It was included on her studio album East Asia released in October 1992 The album also featured Ito Tapestry one of her songs that has been covered by many artists especially famous for the interpretation by Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi s charity supergroup Bank Band In the middle of the decade she wrote a couple of theme songs for Ienakiko the TV drama series starring Yumi Adachi which was aired on the NTV The song titled Sora to Kimi no Aida ni Between the Sky and You was released as a single in May 1994 and debuted at number one on the Japanese Singles Chart The song became her most commercially successful record to date selling in excess of 1 4 million copies The other song her composition Wanderers Song was featured on the sequel of the drama series aired the following year It also gained similar success reaching number one on the charts and selling over 1 million units In March 1996 she released a greatest hits compilation Daiginjo which reached number one on the Oricon album chart making her the oldest female artist to produce a number one album on the Japanese music chart at that time the record was overtaken by Yumi Matsutoya and Mariya Takeuchi in later years However each of her studio albums released in the 1990s were commercially lackluster and some of them failed to reach the top 10 on the charts Sun Wings and Moon Wings released in 1999 were her lowest selling albums Both albums have sold less than 50 000 copies 7 She is known as the first and the only musician who was a participant of the National Language Council of Japan in which she took part in the late 1990s 14 2000s edit A quarter of a century after her debut Miyuki Nakajima left the Pony Canyon label and moved to the newly founded Yamaha Music Communications There she released a double A side single Earthly Stars Unsung Heroes Headlight Taillight which later became her most well known songs She wrote the songs as theme songs for Project X a television documentary program which premiered on NHK in March 2000 The single debuted at number 15 on the Oricon in July 2000 and it continued charting for over two years To express her thanks for the unexpected commercial success of the theme songs of Project X Nakajima decided to appear on the 53rd annual music program Kōhaku Uta Gassen aired by the NHK on New Year s Eve of 2002 her first live performance on television since the late 1970s In 2006 Nakajima wrote the song Sorafune Ship in the Air for the boy band Tokio The song was used as the closing theme for My Boss My Hero the TV drama starring the group s frontman Tomoya Nagase It became the second most commercially successful material for the band which followed their debut single and remained on the Oricon chart for more than a year selling approximately 480 000 copies Ship in the Air was also the first chart topper to which Nakajima contributed both lyrics and melody for other artists in 30 years since Abayo was recorded by Naoko Ken in 1976 15 A month after the release of her studio album Lullaby Singer which featured her own interpretation of Ship in the Air her contribution for the Tokio won best lyrics of the 48th Japan Record Award 16 The studio album entitled I Love You Do You Hear Me was released on October 3 2007 The album debuted at number four on the Oricon with in excess of 39 000 copies sold in its first week of release and it provided Nakajima with her 34th top ten hit on the Japanese albums charts 2010s edit In 2012 Nakajima wrote and performed the closing song Onshirazu 恩知らず for the Japanese television series Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo She also made a cameo appearance in the first episode 17 In 2014 Nakajima wrote and composed the song Naite mo Iin Da yo for the Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z It was released on May 8 2014 The song was used as the theme song for the film Akumu chan The Movie Nakajima performed the opening theme song to the 2014 NHK morning drama Massan entitled Mugi no Uta Wheat Song She performed this song at the 64th Kōhaku Uta Gassen in the same year Honors editIn November 2009 Nakajima was awarded a Medal of Honor with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan 18 Discography editMain article Miyuki Nakajima discography Studio albums edit Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka 私の声が聞こえますか 1976 Minna Itte Shimatta みんな去ってしまった 1976 A Ri Ga To U あ り が と う 1977 Aishiteiru to Ittekure 愛していると云ってくれ 1978 Shin ai Naru Mono e 親愛なる者へ 1979 Okaerinasai おかえりなさい 1979 Ikiteitemo Iidesuka 生きていてもいいですか 1980 Month of Parturition 臨月 Ringetsu 1981 Kansuigyo 寒水魚 1982 Hunch 予感 Yokan 1983 How Do You Do はじめまして Hajimemashite 1984 Change 御色なおし Oiro Naoshi 1985 miss M 1985 36 5 C 1986 Miyuki Nakajima 中島みゆき Nakajima Miyuki 1988 Goodbye Girl グッバイ ガール Gubbai Garu 1988 Kaikinetsu 回帰熱 1989 Yoru wo Yuke 夜を往け 1990 Utadeshika Ienai 歌でしか言えない 1991 East Asia 1992 Jidai 時代 Time Goes Around Time Goes Around 1993 Love or Nothing 1994 10 Wings 1995 Paradise Cafe パラダイス カフェ Paradaisu Kafe 1996 Be Like My Child わたしの子供になりなさい Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai 1998 Sun Wings 日 WINGS Hi Uingusu 1999 Moon Wings 月 WINGS Tsuki Uingusu 1999 Short Stories 短編集 Tanpenshu 2000 Lullaby for the Soul 心守歌 Kokoromoriuta 2001 Otogibanashi Fairy Ring おとぎばなし Fairy Ring Otogibanashi Feari Ringu 2002 Love Letter 恋文 Koibumi 2003 Ima no Kimochi いまのきもち 2004 Ten Sei 転生 Tensei 2005 Lullaby Singer ララバイSINGER Rarabai Shinga 2006 I Love You Do You Hear Me I Love You 答えてくれ Ai Ravu Yu Kotaetekure 2007 Drama 2009 Midnight Zoo 真夜中の動物園 Mayonaka no Dōbutsuen 2010 From the Icy Reaches 荒野より Kōya Yori 2011 Night Light 常夜灯 Jōyatō 2012 Hard Problems 問題集 Mondaishu 2014 Musical Suite 組曲 Suite Kumikyoku Suito 2015 Sōmon 相聞 Sōmon 2017 Contralto コントラアルト kontoraaruto 2020 The Day the World Looks Different 世界が違って見える日 sekaigachigattemieruhi 2023 Filmography editYear Title Role 1985 Yousei Florence Fairy Musica voice 1997 Tokyo Biyori Bar hostess 2005 Sayonara Color Doctor Iwaodake 2005 Glass no Tsukai Dreaming of Light Itoko the Fortune teller 2006 The Mamiya Brothers Junko MamiyaLive performances editTours edit 1977 Spring Concert 1977 Autumn Concert 1978 Spring Tour 1978 Autumn Tour 1979 Spring Tour 1979 Autumn Tour Miyuki Nakajima Concert 1980 Autumn Tour Sabishiki Tomo e 寂しき友へ 1981 Sabishiki Tomo e II 寂しき友へII 1982 Utahime 浮汰姫 1982 83 Nakajima Miyuki Concert Fuku Koro ni 蕗く季節に 1982 83 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 84 Asu wo Ute 明日を撃て 1984 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 84 Gekkou no Utage 月光の宴 1984 85 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 85 No Thank You のぅさんきゅう Nousankyu 1985 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 85 Utagoyomi 歌暦 Page 85 1985 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 86 Gobanme no Kisetsu 五番目の季節 1986 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 86 Utagoyomi 歌暦 Page 86 Koiuta 恋唄 1986 Miyuki Nakajima Concert 87 Suppin Vol 1 1987 Nakajima Miyuki Concert 1989 Nousagi no You ni 野ウサギのように 1989 Concert Tour 90 Night Wings 1990 Concert Carnival 1992 1992 Concert Tour 93 East Asia 1993 Concert 95 Love or Nothing 1995 Concert Tour 97 Paradise Cafe 1997 Concert Tour 98 1998 XXIc 1st 2001 Concert Tour 2005 Concert Tour 2007 Nakajima Miyuki Tour 2010 Nakajima Miyuki Enkai 縁会 2012 2013 Nakajima Miyuki Yakai Koujo 夜会工場 VOL 1 2013 Nakajima Miyuki Concert Ichi E 一会 2015 2016 Nakajima Miyuki Yakai Koujo 夜会工場 VOL 2 2018 Nakajima Miyuki 2020 Last Tour ラスト ツアー 結果オーライ Yakai edit Yakai 夜会 1989 Yakai 1990 夜会1990 1990 Yakai Vol 3 Kan Tan 邯鄲 1991 Yakai Vol 4 Kinkanshoku 金環蝕 1992 Yakai Vol 5 Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni 花の色はうつりにけりないたづらに わが身世にふるながめせし間に 1993 Yakai Vol 6 Shangri La シャングリラ 1994 Yakai Vol 7 2 2 1995 Yakai Vol 8 Tou Onna 問う女 1996 Yakai Vol 9 2 2 1997 Yakai Vol 10 Kaishou 海嘯 1998 Yakai Vol 11 Winter Garden 2000 Yakai Vol 12 Winter Garden 2002 Yakai Vol 13 24 ji Chaku 0 ji Hatsu 24時着0時発 2004 Yakai Vol 14 24 ji Chaku 00 ji Hatsu 24時着00時発 2006 Yakai Vol 15 Ganso Konbanya 元祖 今晩屋 2008 09 Yakai Vol 16 Honke Konbanya 本家 今晩屋 2009 Yakai Vol 17 2 2 2012 Yakai Vol 18 Hashi no shita no Arukadia 橋の下のアルカディア 2014 Yakai Vol 19 Hashi no shita no Arukadia 橋の下のアルカディア 2016 Yakai Vol 20 Little Tokyo リトル トーキョー 2019 Awards editJapan Record Awards Year Title Category Personnel 1976 18th Abayo 19 Vocal Performance Performer Naoko Ken Composer and lyricist Nakajima Arranger Kuni Kawauchi 1978 20th Shiawase Shibai 20 Gold Prize Performer Junko Sakurada Composer and lyricist Nakajima Arranger Kei Wakakusa 1981 23rd Month of Parturition Ringetsu 21 Best 10 Albums Performer composer lyricist and producer Nakajima Arrangers Katz Hoshi Hiromi Yasuda Mitsuo Hagita Masataka Matsutoya 1982 24th Kansuigyo 22 Best Albums Best 10 Albums Performer composer lyricist and producer Nakajima Arrangers Nozomi Aoki Masataka Matsutoya Tsugutoshi Goto 1983 25th Haru na no ni 23 Best Songwriting Lyricist and producer Nakajima Performer Yoshie Kashiwabara Arranger Katsuhisa Hattori 1984 26th Saiai 24 Gold Prize Performer Yoshie Kashiwabara Lyricist and composer Nakajima arranger Nobuo Kurata 1988 30th Mugo n Iroppoi 25 Gold Prize Performer Shizuka Kudo Lyricist Nakajima Composer producer and arranger Tsugutoshi Goto 1992 34th East Asia 26 Best 10 Albums Performer composer lyricist and producer Nakajima Co producer and arranger Ichizo Seo 2006 48th Ship in the Air Sorafune 27 Best Lyrics Performer Tokio Lyricist and composer Nakajima Arranger and producer Motoki Funayama Japan Gold Disc Award Year Song Category Personnel 1989 4th Kousa ni Fukarete 28 Five Best selling Singles of year Performer Shizuka Kudo Lyricist Nakajima Composer producer and arranger Tsugutoshi Goto 1994 9th Between the Sky and You Sora to Kimi no Aida ni Fight 29 Five Best selling Singles of year Performer composer lyricist and producer Nakajima Co producer and arranger Ichizo Seo Takayuki Inoue Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances editYear Song No VS Remarks 2002 Heisei 14 53rd 1 Chijou No Hoshi Heddoraito Teruraito 地上の星 23 27 Shinji Tanimura 2014 Heisei 26 65th 2 Mugi No Uta 麦の唄 22 23 Akihiro Miwa Second Finale Returned after 12 yearsVideo games editNakajima Miyuki Namiromu Sony PlayStation October 15 1998 30 See also edit nbsp Japan portal nbsp Music portal nbsp Biography portal List of best selling music artists in JapanNotes and references edit Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 1791 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 List of best selling music artists in the history of Japanese Oricon Charts in Japanese Retrieved October 9 2007 permanent dead link 国語を考える 時代 に Mainichi Shimbun Tokyo December 15 1998 List of the Performers at the 6th World Popular Song Festival List of the personalities of All Night Nippon during the 1970s allnightnippon com in Japanese Nippon Broadcasting System Archived from the original on August 17 2001 Retrieved January 14 2009 List of the personalities of All Night Nippon during the 1980s allnightnippon com in Japanese Nippon Broadcasting System Archived from the original on August 17 2001 Retrieved January 14 2009 a b Yamachan Land Archives of the Japanese record charts Albums Chart Daijiten Miyuki Nakajima in Japanese Archived from the original on June 19 2007 Retrieved January 24 2008 Yamachan Land Archives of the Japanese record charts Albums Chart Daijiten 1982 Oricon Year end Albums in Japanese Archived from the original on November 15 2007 Retrieved January 24 2008 Overview and Cover art of Cold Farewell cited on Japanese Stevie Wonder Fan Site wonderlove jp in Japanese Archived from the original on September 29 2007 Retrieved October 9 2007 Personnel of Miyuki Nakajima song Atai no Natsuyasumi in Japanese Retrieved October 9 2007 A nice relationship between Shizuka Kudo and Miyuki Nakajima oricon co jp in Japanese Retrieved November 24 2008 Shizuka Kudo new single Night Wing will be released on November 5 oops music co in Japanese Archived from the original on February 7 2010 Retrieved December 4 2008 TV 親愛なる者へ allcinema in Japanese Retrieved January 24 2008 朝日新聞 青鉛筆 Asahi Shimbun Tokyo February 20 1999 Miyuki Nakajima composition topped the chart for the first time in 357 months oricon co jp in Japanese Original Confidence August 29 2006 Retrieved September 9 2008 List of the 48th Japan Record Award winning songs Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japanese Retrieved September 9 2008 中島みゆきがドラマ 東京全力少女 に出演 トレンド図書館 in Japanese Retrieved March 3 2018 678 individuals 24 groups awarded Medals of Honor Archived November 3 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mainichi Shimbun November 3 2009 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 18th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on February 13 2012 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 20th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on June 5 2008 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 23rd Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on February 13 2012 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 24th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on June 11 2008 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 25th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on July 19 2011 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 26th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on February 13 2012 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 30th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on June 15 2008 Retrieved December 28 2008 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 34th Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on June 8 2008 Retrieved December 28 2008 The 48th Japan Record Award Best Lyricist in Japanese Archived from the original on October 8 2008 Retrieved December 28 2008 List of the 4th Gold Disc Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on November 10 2007 Retrieved December 28 2008 List of the 9th Gold Disc Award Winners in Japanese Archived from the original on November 10 2007 Retrieved December 28 2008 10月15日のレトロゲーム 今日はPs サンパギータ の発売23周年 External links editOfficial Site Japanese Nippop Profile Miyuki Nakajima Miyuki Nakajima Wikipedia Japanese Miyuki Nakajima at IMDbNakajima Miyuki discography at MusicBrainz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miyuki Nakajima amp oldid 1198434092, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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