Takai Mamiko

Takai Mamiko (高井麻巳子) was a J-Pop singer and Onyanko Club member #16.

Profile

• Married Name: Akimoto Mamiko (秋元麻巳子)
• Birthdate: December 28, 1966
• Birthplace: Obama, Fukui Prefecture

Information

Mamiko first worked at a bicycle that her parents owned. Once in college, she went to the College of Arts in Tokyo while her sister was a dancer on the show Yoru no Hit Studio. Wanting to be like her older sister and enter the world of show business, Mamiko auditioned and passed the Idol wo Sagase audition for Oyanko Club in 1985 to become the 16th member of the group. Later on the year, Iwai Yukiko and her formed the subgroup Ushirogumi Sasaregumi and released their self-titled single that same month.

In 1986, Mamiko released her first single Cinderella-tachi e no Dengon. She later graduated from Onyanko Club in March 1987 and went on to star in many doramas. In 1988, she married her producer Akimoto Yasushi and suddenly retired from show business. She gave birth to a daughter in 2001.

Discography / Works

Singles

• [1986.06.25] Cinderella-tachi e no Dengon (シンデレラたちへの伝言)
• [1986.09.21] Melody {メロディ)
• [1986.12.21] Yakusoku (約束)
• [1987.03.18] Kagerou {かげろう}
• [1987.06.10] Jyounetsu Rainbow (情熱れいんぼぅ)
• [1987.09.21] Usotsuki {うそつき}
• [1987.10.01] Tender Rain (テンダー・レイン)
• [1988.04.06] Komorebi no Season {木洩れ陽のシーズン}

Albums

• [1987.01.21] Itoguchi (いとぐち)
• [1987.05.05] Kokoro Hiyori {こころ日和}
• [1988.01.21] Watashi no Mama de... (私のままで…)
• [1988.06.05] Message
• [2002.02.20] MY Kore! Kushon Takai Mamiko BEST (MYこれ!クション 高井麻巳子BEST)
• [2004.05.19] Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi Uta no Oomoka Sono 2 Takai Mamiko (うしろゆびさされ組★うたの大百科 その2 高井麻巳子)
• [2007.08.17] Takai Mamiko SINGLES Complete (「高井麻巳子」SINGLESコンプリート)

Video

• [1987.07.05] Tokei Jakake no Koakuma (Phantom) (時計じかけの小悪魔（ファントマ）)
• [1987.07.21] First Concert DO RA MA {ファースト・コンサート DO・RA・MA}

Books

• [1987.07.05] Soleil (ソレイユ)
• [1991.01] Mikazuki Furu Furu (三日月ふるふる)
• [1992.10] Kisu made no Kyori (キスまでの距離)
• [2000.06] Futari Kureshi no Otoriyose (二人暮しのお取り寄せ)
• [2002.12] Zou Neko Akimoto Yasushi (ぞうネコ　秋元康)
• [2003.06] Ocha no Jikan no Otoriyose (お茶の時間のお取り寄せ)
• [2004.03] Koufuku no Otoriyose Akimoto Mamiko (幸福のお取り寄せ　秋元麻巳子)

Filmography

• [1986.12.13] Koisuru Onna Darou
• [1987] Announcer Buttsun Monogatari
• [1987] Okusama no Aki Koimonogatari
• [1987.08.10] Ova no Mahoutsukai

External Links

• Wikipedia.jp: 高井麻巳子
• Encyclopedia Idollica: Takai Mamiko