Mayumi Itsuwa

Kayōkyoku, Musical Artist

1951 –

64

Who is Mayumi Itsuwa?

Mayumi Itsuwa is a Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist who made her debut in 1972.

Her first studio album entitled Shoujo was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Grammy Award winner John Fischbach, with distinguished musicians such as David Campbell, Carole King and Charles Larkey who was King's husband at that time. Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with other Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya and Minako Yoshida.

Itsuwa gained moderate success on the Japanese albums chart in her early career, and received massive popularity and acclaim through a single "Koibito yo" released in 1980. A song topped the Japan's Oricon chart for three consecutive weeks, and won the 22nd Japan Record Award for "Gold Prize" in a same year. It was covered by the country's legendary singers including Hibari Misora and Noriko Awaya in later years, and became a signature song for Itsuwa. in 1981 her song "Revival" also become a very will recognizable hit.

After "Koibito yo" became a hit, Itsuwa gained popularity also in non-Japanese Asian countries during the 1980s.

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Born
Jan 24, 1951
Tokyo
Also known as
  • 五轮真弓
  • ÎåÂÖÕæ¹­
  • Itsuwa Mayumi
  • Itsuwa, Mayumi
Spouses
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession

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on July 23, 2013

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