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Mizue Takada

Mizue Takada (高田 みづえ Takada Mizue, born June 23, 1960) is a former Japanese female singer and idol.

Mizue Takada
Birth nameTakada Mizue (高田みづえ)
Born (1960-06-23) June 23, 1960 (age 63)
Kagoshima, Japan
GenresKayokyoku
Occupation(s)
  • TV personality
  • singer
  • idol
Years active1977–1985

Biography edit

She debuted on March 25, 1977 with the single Garasu Zaka (The Slopes Of Glass) which became an Oricon top 10 hit. Between 1977 and 1985 she released 26 singles. All of these charted on the Oricon top 100 chart list and 17 reached the top 40. Her music was an unusual blend between Kayōkyoku and Enka.

At the 1977 Japan Record Awards, the FNS Music Festival, the Tokyo Music Festival, the Nippon Television Music Festival, the Ginza Music Festival, the Shinjuku Music Festival and at the Japan Cable Awards, Takada all won the Best Newcomer award.[1]

Takada was promoted alongside Idols Ikue Sakakibara and Yukiko Shimizu, who also debuted in 1977. They were dubbed the "Fresh San'nin Musume" (three fresh girls). Before them Junko Sakurada, Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori were promoted in the same fashion.

She performed for a total of 7 times at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen festival between 1977 and 1984.

Mizue Takada retired from show business in 1985 after marriage to Wakashimazu Mutsuo, and is the okamisan at Nishonoseki stable.

On August 8, 2015 she sang at the NHK "Omoide no Melody" music show, her first public performance in 30 years.[2]

Discography edit

Singles edit

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Single Peak chart positions Formats
JPN
Physical
[3]
1977 "Garasu Zaka (硝子坂, The Slopes Of Glass)"
 9 CD, LP, Cassette
"Dakedo... (だけど…, But...)"
 6 CD, LP, Cassette
"Vidro Kozaiku (ビードロ恋細工, Love Crafted Vidro)"
 9 CD, LP, Cassette
1978 "Hana Shigure (花しぐれ, Flower Drizzle)"
  • Performed at the 29th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 10 CD, LP, Cassette
"Purple Shadow"
 16 CD, LP, Cassette
"Onna Tomodachi (女ともだち, Girlfriend)"
 19 CD, LP, Cassette
1979 "Shiosai No Melody (潮騒のメロディー, Melody Of The Sea)"
 25 CD, LP, Cassette
1980 "Watashi Wa Piano (私はピアノ, I Am A Piano)"
  • Performed at the 31st edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 5 CD, LP, Cassette
1981 "Ai No Imagination (愛のイマジネーション, Imagination Of Love)"
 19 CD, LP, Cassette
"Namida No Jitterbug (涙のジルバ, Jitterbug Of Tears)"
  • Performed at the 32nd edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 22 CD, LP, Cassette
"Persian Blue"
 28 CD, LP, Cassette
1982 "Ai No Owari Ni (愛の終りに, At The End Of I Love You)"
 28 CD, LP, Cassette
"Garasu No Hana (ガラスの花, The Flowers Of Glass)"
  • Performed at the 33rd edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 34 CD, LP, Cassette
1983 "Torisugita Kaze (通りすぎた風, The Wind Passes Through)"
 28 CD, LP, Cassette
"Sonna Hiroshi Ni Damaserete (そんなヒロシに騙されて, I've Been Cheated On By Hiroshi)"
  • Performed at the 34th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen
 6 CD, LP, Cassette
1984 "Akifuyu (秋冬, The Fall)"
 22 CD, LP, Cassette
"Harajuku Memory"
 35 CD, LP, Cassette

Albums edit

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[3]
Original First -
Video Zaiku -
Dream of Dream -
Furimukeba Aki -
Imagination -
Koibitotachi -
Prism -
Glass no Hana/Natsu no Owari ni -
Ai wo Atatamete -
Ai no Monologue -

Cover albums edit

List of cover albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[3]
Ano Hi ni Kaeritai -
Seishun no Uta wo Utau (青春の詩を唄う) -

Live albums edit

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[3]
First Concert -
Final Concert -

Compilation albums edit

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[3]
Mizue no Heya (みづえの部屋) -
Shiosai no Melody/Original Best 12 (潮騒のメロディー／オリジナル･ベスト12)
  • Released: May 25, 1980
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP
 -
Yume Densetsu: Persian Blue (夢伝説〜ペルシャン・ブルー)
  • Released: November 25, 1981
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP
 -
Super Hit 12/Junai Sagashi (スーパー・ヒット12／純愛さがし)
  • Released: June 21, 1983
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP
 -
Sonna Hiroshi ni Damasarete: Private Collection (そんなヒロシに騙されて〜プライベート・コレクション)
  • Released: October 21, 1983
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP
 -
Akifuyu: Kisetsu Meguri (秋冬〜季節めぐり)
  • Released: April 21, 1984
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP
 -
My Memory (マイ・メモリー)
  • Released: May 5, 1985
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
 -
Zenkyokushuu (全曲集)
  • Released: October 21, 1986
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Best Collection (ベスト・コレクション)
  • Released: August 21, 1988
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Best Collection II (ベスト・コレクション II)
  • Released: June 22, 1994
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Memoria Best (メモリアル・ベスト) released only for FC members
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Super Selection Vol.1
Super Selection Vol.2 (スーパー・セレクション)
  • Released: June 21, 1999
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Single Best 30 (シングル・ベスト30)
  • Released: March 26, 2003
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Tenban Best (定番ベスト)
  • Released: September 1, 2004
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Complete Singles (コンプリート・シングルズ)
  • Released: October 26, 2005
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: 3CD
 -
Tenban Best Single Watashi wa Piano/Glass Zaka
Sonna Hiroshi ni Damasarete/Shiosai no Melody (定番BEST SINGLE 私はピアノ／硝子坂/そんなヒロシに騙されて／潮騒のメロディー)
  • Released: December 7, 2005
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD, Cassette tape
 -
Complete Singles & More
(コンプリート･シングルズ&モア)
  • Released: August 27, 2008
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: 3CD, Cassette tape
 -
Teichiku Million Series
(テイチク ミリオンシリーズ)
  • Released: September 23, 2009
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -
Best☆BEST
  • Released: December 21, 2010
  • Label: Teichiku Records
  • Formats: CD
 -

Box sets edit

List of box sets, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
Oricon
[3]
Takada Mizue Zenshuu (高田みづえ全集) -

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ さくらじま第5号. 新潮社. 1977.
  2. ^ "高田みづえ30年ぶり歌番組で硝子坂～一夜限り復活" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "高田みづえのCD・DVDリリース一覧". Oricon. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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