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Tokiko Iwatani
Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator
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Masaharu Fukuyama
Masaharu Fukuyama
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
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Osamu Yoshioka
Osamu Yoshioka
Japanese lyricist
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Hibari Misora
Hibari Misora
Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989)
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Naomi Chiaki
Naomi Chiaki
Japanese singer and actress (1947-)
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Keiko Fuji
Keiko Fuji
Japanese enka singer and actress (1951-2013)
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Amii Ozaki
Amii Ozaki
Japanese singer-songwriter, songwriter, composer (1957-)
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Shinichi Mori
Shinichi Mori
Japanese singer (1947-)
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Naotarō Moriyama
Naotarō Moriyama
Japanese singer-songwriter
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Jero
Jero
American singer
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Yui Sakakibara
Yui Sakakibara
Japanese choreographer, dancer, singer, songwriter, and voice actress
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Masashi Sada
Masashi Sada
Japanese musician
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Rie Tomosaka
Rie Tomosaka
Japanese actress
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Keiko Masuda
Keiko Masuda
Japanese actress and singer
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Aiko
Aiko
Japanese singer-songwriter (1975-)
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Minako Honda
Minako Honda
Japanese singer and actress
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Aya Ueto
Aya Ueto
Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality (1985-)
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Tomomi Itano
Tomomi Itano
Japanese singer
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Ai Shimizu
Ai Shimizu
Japanese voice actress and professional wrestler
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Momoe Yamaguchi
Momoe Yamaguchi
Japanese singer and actress (1959-)
Kiyoshi Maekawa
Japanese singer, actor, talent (1948-)

Kiyoshi Maekawa

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Japanese singer, actor, talent (1948-)
Member of, past and present
Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five

Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five

Kiyoshi Maekawa (前川 清, Maekawa Kiyoshi) (born (1948-08-19)August 19, 1948) is a Japanese singer and tarento.

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. During his solo career, he released only one top-20 hit "Himawari" in 2002, a ballad contributed by Masaharu Fukuyama. 

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.