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Occupation(s)
  
Singer, tarento

Spouse
  
Keiko Fuji (m. 1971–1972)

Years active
  
1967–present

Children
  
Hiroki

Name
  
Kiyoshi Maekawa

Movies
  
Kuchibiru ni uta o

Role
  
Singer


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Birth name
  
Kiyoshi Maekawa (前川 清, Maekawa Kiyoshi)

Born
  
August 19, 1948 (age 75) (
1948-08-19
)

Origin
  
Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Genres
  
Kayokyoku, enka, contemporary folk, rock, pop

Labels
  
Victor EntertainmentBMG JapanPony CanyonGauss Entertainment/Tokuma Japan CommunicationsTeichiku

Music group
  
Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five (1968 – 1987)

Similar People
  
Keiko Fuji, Hiroki, Hiroshi Uchiyamada, Miyuki Kawanaka, Hiroshi Itsuki

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

Contents

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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.　

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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.

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Personal life

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He is also known as a former spouse of the singer, Keiko Fuji, who later married Teruzane Utada and had a daughter Hikaru.

Notable singles

  • "Hana no Toki, Ai no Toki (花の時 愛の時)"(1987)
  • "Ai ga Hoshii (愛がほしい)" (1988)
  • "Namida (涙)" (1988)
  • "Koiuta (恋唄)" (1989, remake of Cool Five hit) - #87
  • "Otoko to Onna no Kakera (男と女の破片)" (1991) - #61
  • "Yume Ichibyou (夢一秒)" (1992) - #71
  • "Wakareuta Demo Utatte (別れ曲でも唄って)" (1992) - #78
  • "Koisuru Omise (恋するお店)" (1994) - #95
  • "Kanashimi no Koisekai (悲しみの恋世界)" (1994) - #69
  • "Shuchakueki Nagasaki (終着駅 長崎)" (1996) - #96
  • "Dakishimete (抱きしめて)" (1996) - #70
  • "Bara no Orgel (薔薇のオルゴール, Bara no Orugōru)" (1997) - #97
  • "Kōbe (神戸)" (1998) - #93
  • "Hayariuta (流行歌)" (2000) - #93
  • "Osaka (大阪)" (2001) - #92
  • "Rinrin to (霖霖)" (2001) - #88
  • "Himawari (ひまわり)" (2002) - #13
  • "Yakan Hikou (夜間飛行)" (2003) - #74
  • "Furusato no Hana no You ni (故郷の花のように)" (2003) - #69
  • "Mado (窓)" (2006) - #62

    • Notes

    1. Chart positions provided by the Oricon, and sources are from the archives on its official site (not available before 1988).

    References

    Kiyoshi Maekawa Wikipedia
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