Osamu Yoshioka (吉岡 治, Yoshioka Osamu, February 19, 1934 — May 19, 2010) was a renowned Japanese lyricist. Vice-president of the Japan Lyricists' Association. Earlier he used the pen name "吉岡オサム" (pronounced the same).
Kazuhiko Shima “Etsuraku no Blues" (悦楽のブルース)
Sayuri Ishikawa "Hatoba Shigure" (波止場しぐれ), "Amagigoe" (天城越え), "Meoto Zenzai" (夫婦善哉), "Taki no Shiraito" (滝の白糸)
Seri Ishikawa "Hachigatsu no Nureta Suna" (八月の濡れた砂)
Hiroshi Itsuki "Sasame-yuki" (細雪)
Eisaku Ōkawa "Sazanka no Yado" (さざんかの宿)
Miyuki Kawanaka "Hanasaki Minato" (花咲港), "Echizen Misaki" (越前岬), "Shinobu-gawa" (忍ぶ), "Naniwa-akari" (浪花灯り)
Eiko Segawa "Inochi Kurenai" (命くれない)
Kaoru Chiga "Mayonaka no Guitar" (真夜中のギター)
Kenji Niinuma "Nasake-gawa" (情け川)
Nobue Matsubara "Enka Michi" (演歌みち)
Hibari Misora "Makkana Taiyō" (真赤な太陽), "Ryōmazan'ei" (龍馬残影)
Harumi Miyako (さよなら海峡), "Ōsaka Shigure" (大阪しぐれ), Otaru Unga (小樽運河)
Shin'ichi Mori "Hakusetsu Kusa” (薄雪草)
George Yamamoto "Toki wa Nagarete mo" (時は流れても)
The King Tones (Tatsurō Yamashita) "Let's Dance Baby" (LET' S DANCE BABY)
Cute "Edo no Temari Uta II"
"Omocha no cha-cha-cha" (おもちゃのチャチャチャ), co-lyricist with Akiyuki Nosaka
1989: 31st Japan Record Awards — Lyrics Award — for Akari Uchida's "Kōshoku Ichidai Onna" (好色一代女)
1980: 13th Japan Lyrics Award — for Miyako Harumi's "Ōsaka Shigure" (大阪しぐれ)
1990: 23rd Japan Versification Award — for Sayuri Ishikawa's "Utakata" (うたかた)
2003:
36th Japan Versification Award — for Miyuki Kawanaka's "Onna no Isshō (Ase no Hana)" (おんなの一生～汗の花～)
Medal with Purple Ribbon
