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Okumura Chio

Okumura Chio (奥村チヨ) is a Japanese pop singer.

Profile

  • Real Name: Konno Chiyo (金野智代)
  • Birthdate: February 18, 1947 (1947-02-18) (age 76)
  • Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture
  • Family: Aso Yumi (Niece)

Information

Okumura Chio first got her career in music when she was auditioning and won the chance to sing in a energy drink commercial while in high school. After graduating from high school in 1965, she debuted as a singer with the single "Anata ga Inakute mo" as a Japanese made Sylvie Vartan.[1] Her first hit came only a couple months later with the single "Gomen ne Jero" and later "Kitaguni no Aoi Sora" in 1967. Her next hit was in 1969, entitled Koi no Dorei, and became super hit for Okumura by selling over a million hits. By the end of the year, she would make her first appearance on the end of the year special Kouhaku Uta Gassen.

At the start of the 1970s, Okumura switched lyricists and started to work with Hama Keisuke. Soon after in 1974, Okumura took a pause in show business after the two became an hit and getting married. However, six years later, she would comeback as a singer under the label Victor Entertainment with the single "Semete Sayonara wa...".

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "奥村チヨ". Japanese Wikipedia: 奥村チヨ. 2005-12-11. Retrieved 2012-08-14.

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