Asami Kobayashi

Japanese singer and composer (born 1953)

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Asami Kobayashi
小林麻美
Born	29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) (age 70) Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Toshiko Tanabe

Asami Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林麻美; born 29 November 1953), which is the stage name for Toshiko Tanabe (Japanese: 田邉稔子), is a Japanese singer, actress and model.

Life and career

Born in Kōriyama, Kobayashi started her career as an idol while still at high school;^[1] she made her record debut in 1972 with "Hatsukoi no merodī" (初恋のメロディー; "Melody of First Love"),^[1]^[2] which reached the 18th position on the Oricon Singles Chart.^[3] She eventually had her breakout in the late 1970s as a model and an actress for commercials of major brands such as Shiseido and Parco.^[2]^[4]

Kobayashi's major hit was the 1984 song "Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe" (雨音はショパンの調べ; "The Sound of Rain is Chopin's Music"), a cover of Gazebo's "I Like Chopin" with Japanese lyrics by Yumi Matsutoya;^[2]^[4] the song peaked at the top of the Oricon Singles Chart for three weeks.^[5] She also worked as an actress in TV dramas and films.^[1]^[3] In 1991, she married and retired from show business to focus on her family.^[4]

Kobayashi made her official comeback in 2016, posing on the cover of the magazine Kunel.^[2]^[4] In 2020, she was the subject of a biography, Kobayashi Asami ― dai ni-maku (小林麻美―第二幕; "Kobayashi Mami ― The Second Act"), written by Hiroshi Nobue.^[2]^[4]

Discography

Singles

#	Title	Release Date
1	Hatsukoi no Melody (初恋のメロディー, Melody of First Love) Debut single	1972-08-05
2	Rakuyō no Melody (落葉のメロディー, Melody of Falling Leaves)	1972-12-20
3	Koi no Lesson (恋のレッスン, Love Lesson)	1973-04-20
4	Aru Jijō (ある事情 , Certain Circumstances)	1974-10-05
5	Apartment no Kagi (アパートの鍵, The Apartment Key)	1975-02-20
6	Watashi no Kanashimi (私のかなしみ , My Sadness)	1975-07-05
7	Yume no Atosaki (夢のあとさき, After the Dream)	1976-02-20
8	Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe (雨音はショパンの調べ, The Sound of Rain is Chopin's Music) Biggest hit	1984-04-21
9	Kanashimi no Spy (哀しみのスパイ, Spy of Sadness)	1984-11-21
10	Chiffon no Sasayaki (シフォンの囁き, Chiffon Whispers)	1985-05-22
11	Utsuri Yuku Kokoro (移りゆく心, A Changing Heart)	1987-03-05
12	I Miss You (アイ・ミス・ユー)	1987-06-21

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Okamura, Yasuyuki (31 July 2020). "「産もうと。結婚なんてしなくてもいいからって」時代のミューズ・小林麻美が37歳で親友ユーミンにも芸能界にも別れを告げた理由". Shūkan Bunshun. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hayashi, Mariko (29 March 2020). "「母親の日常しかやってなかった」小林麻美が電撃引退後の生活を林真理子に語る〈週刊朝日〉". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "休養を振り返った２１歳の小林麻美「人間は何か仕事をしてなくちゃいけない」". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "「雨音はショパンの調べ」小林麻美、25年ぶり復活雑誌の表紙飾る". Huffington Post (in Japanese). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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