Junko Akimoto

Junko Akimoto (秋元 順子, Akimoto Junko, born June 21, 1947 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese kayōkyoku singer. She also sings jazz, chanson, canzone, and min'yō. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.^[1] Her song "Ai no Mama de" (愛のままで, Still in Love) reached number-one on the Japan's Oricon charts in January 2009. By this, she became the eldest singer to reach the number-one position on single charts in Oricon history.^[2] The single was on the charts for 64 weeks and sold 568,334 copies during that time.

Discography

Albums

• Madison-gun no Koi (マディソン郡の恋, Madison County Love) (2006)
• Second Story (2008)
• Aisuru Hito no Tame ni (愛する人のために, For the People I Love) (2009)
• Encore: Jazz Standard (2010)
• Live Best ~kawaranu-ai~ (ライブベスト～変わらぬ愛～)
• Hana roman ~ serenāde (華浪漫～セレナーデ)
• Dear Songs ~yume o tsunaide~ (Dear Songs～夢をつないで～)
• Junko Akimoto BEST (2014)

Singles

• "Madison-gun no Koi" (マディソン郡の恋, Madison County Love) (2005)
• "Ame no Tabibito" (雨の旅人, Rain Traveller) (2007)
• "Ai no Mama de" (愛のままで, Still in Love) (2008)
• "Tasogare Love Again" (黄昏Love again, Evening Love Again) (2009)
• "Ichimai no Shashin" (一枚の写真, One Photograph) (2010)
• "Sono hana wa...~kawaranu-ai~" (その花は…～変わらぬ愛～)
• "Karenai hana" (枯れない花)
• "24-ji no kodoku" (24時の孤独)
• "Merīgōrando ~namida no okurimono~" (メリーゴーランド～涙の贈りもの～)
• "Aikagi" (愛鍵) (2015)
• "Rose" (2015)
• "Ti amo ~kaze ga fuite~" (ティ・アモ～風が吹いて～) (2016)

References

1. ↑ 還暦過ぎで紅白初出場の秋元順子、息子のエールは「最初で最後のつもりで」. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 29, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2010. 
2. ↑ 「アラ還の星」　秋元順子、６１歳で最年長シングル首位 ["Star of Around 60" Junko Akimoto became the eldest musician to top the Single Charts at the age of 61] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 

External links

• (Japanese) Official website