Masako Mori (singer)
Masako Mori is a Japanese idol, enka singer, and actress.
Biography
In 1973, she was part of "a hit female trio", which also included musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Junko Sakurada. The music trio became popular as part of the television program Producing the Stars ; they were known as "The Trio of Third-Year Junior High School Students".She debuted in 1972, at age 13, with the song ', receiving numerous music awards for it. The song reached the #3 position on the Oricon charts. Other hits include ', "Chugaku Sannensei", "Okaasan" and "Ettou Tsubame". She won the Best Singer prize for "Ettou Tsubame" at the 25th Japan Record Awards. She retired when she married Shinichi Mori in 1986, but in 2006 returned to the stage with the single "Bara Iro no Mirai". The song reached the #14 position on the Oricon charts.
In addition to being a singer, she has acted in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas. ONE OK ROCK vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi and MY FIRST STORY vocalist Hiroki Moriuchi are her and Shinichi Mori's sons.
Masako Mori has performed a total of 15 times at Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
In March of 2019, Masako Mori announced that she was retiring from showbusiness.
Discography
Biggest hits
| # | Title | Date/Position | Sales |
| 1 | Sensei Debut single and signature song | 72-07-01 | 541,000 |
| 2 | Dōkyūsei | 72-10-05 | 367,000 |
| 3 | Chūgaku Sannensei | 73-02-05 | 329,000 |
| 4 | Yūgao No Ame | 73-05-05 | 202,000 |
| 5 | Shirakaba Nikki | 73-08-25 | 166,000 |
| 6 | Kinenjyu | 73-10-30 | 136,000 |
| 7 | Shitamachi No Aoi Sora | 74-04-20 | 119,000 |
| 8 | Kyō Mo Egao De Konnichiwa | 74-07-01 | 129,000 |
| 9 | Okaasan | 74-09-01 | 104,000 |
| 10 | Haru No Mezame | 75-03-01 | 101,000 |
| 11 | Omokage No Kimi | 75-06-01 | 137,000 |
| 12 | Anata Wo Matte Sannenmitsuki | 75-04-01 | 149,000 |
| 13 | Ano Hito Fune Itchatta | 75-12-01 | 101,000 |
| 14 | Yūbue No Oka | 76-03-01 | 99,000 |
| 15 | Namida No Sanbashi | 77-07-25 | 97,000 |
| 16 | Tameiki Bashi | 79-10-21 | 82,000 |
| 17 | Kanashimi Honsen Nihonkai | 81-07-10 | 143,000 |
| 18 | Ettou Tsubame | 83-08-21 | 111,000 |
| 19 | Bara Iro No Mirai | 06-06-07 | 22,000 |