Sachiko Kobayashi

Sachiko Kobayashi (2017)

Sachiko Kobayashi ( Jpn. 小林幸子 , Kobayashi Sachiko * 5. December 1953 in Chuo-ku , Niigata ) is a Japanese Enka - singer and actress .

Life

1963 was Sachiko Kobayashi, a nine year-old student in the fourth year the selection process for the program Utamane Tokuhon ( 歌まね読本 , "Vorgesungenes Reader") of TBS and was the chairman of the jury Masao Koga recruited. The music programs of the time were broadcast live and there was a time slot for children. The nine-year-old girl was reminiscent of Misora ​​Hibari . Her imitations ensured that she beat adult contestants. The extraordinary singing talent as well as the successful imitations meant that she was later called the second Hibari. Masao Koga proclaimed her the winner of the competition.

When Sachiko Kobayashi went on a trip to Tokyo with her family in 1964, they visited Koga's office. Koga's composition Usotsuki Kamome made a brilliant debut for Sachiko Kobayashi. This recording was sold 200,000 times. Sachiko Kobayashi, who is considered Hibari the Younger, acted energetically with Daiei as a child actress. Chiyoko Shimakura immediately noticed her, as she herself admitted on the talk show Big show on NHK . “Saki, treat the cloakroom with as much respect as when you are on stage in front of the audience. Don't make any noise or anything in there. ”Shimakura warned her.

From that moment on, Sachiko felt moved to call Chiyoko Shimakura Kā-san ( 母 さ ん , "Mutti"). For her part, Chiyoko Shimakura always called Sachiko Kobayashi Sachi ( 幸 , luck). To date, Sachiko Kobayashi's friendly attitude towards Chiyoko Shimakura has remained as familiar as that of a daughter.

1968 Sachiko Kobayashi played the main role in the Supotu-Kon Dorama Aoi Taiyō ( 青 い 太陽 , "The Blue Sun").

Sachiko Kobayashi admitted on Itsu mite mo Haranbanjō ( い つ み て も 波 乱 万丈 ) that she hid her age when she was a minor and pretended to be 20 years old to take part in night activities.

Sachiko Kobayashi changed her name every time she registered with a new record label: ( 小 林幸 子 , Sachiko Kobayashi at Nippon Columbia and Warner Music Japan ; 小林 さ ち 子 , Sachiko Kobayashi at Victor Entertainment; 岡 真 由 美 , Oka Mayumi ?, at Teichiku Records ).

In 1974 she registered with the first production company. 1977 appeared nude pictures of her in the weekly magazine Heiban panchi ( 平凡 パ ン チ , "Average punch"). In 1979 her song Omoide Sake ( お も い で 酒 , "memory sake ") was sold 2 million times and thus became a million seller . Sachiko Kobayashi owed her first participation in the 30th Kōhaku Uta Gassen at the end of the same year to this success . At the 21st edition of the Japan Record Award , Sachiko Kobayashi won the Japanese Grand Prix (sales of Omoide Sake exceeded that of the winner 魅 せ ら れ て , Miserarete , Eng . Lured ).

In 1980 another big hit appeared, Tomarigi ( と ま り 木 , "bar stool"). This was followed by Futari wa hitori ( ふ た り は ひ と り , “Two are alone”), Moshikashite Part II ( も し か し て PartII , “Falls Part II”, duet with Katsuhiko Miki), Yukitsubaki ( 雪 椿 , “Snow camel”).

In 1983 she went on tour abroad in Brazil and Los Angeles . Having become independent from the production company in 1987, Sachiko founded her own advertising agency. In 1988 she appeared for the 10th time in the Kōhaku Uta alleys . In 1993 a concert was held on the occasion of her 40th birthday in the NHK hall in Shibuya . In December of the same year she performed for the 15th time in the Kōhaku Uta streets.

In 1996 Sachiko Kobayashi stopped her career as an enka singer and moved to Nippon Columbia .

In 1997, she sang the final title Pocket ni Fantasy ( ポ ケ ッ ト に フ ァ ン タ ジ ー , Poketto ni Fantajī , "Fantasy in Your Pocket") in the anime Pokémon broadcast by TV Tokyo . From then on, her activity was linked to this anime. Poketto ni Fantajī first aired in Dennō Senshi Porygon . In the same year, Imakuni? and the single Torikaekko purīzu ( と り か え っ こ プ リ ー ズ , “Exchange, please!”), written for Suziku-san ( ス ズ キ サ ン ), is sold.

1998 was the 35th anniversary of her stage career. The live concert 35th ANNIVERSARY Boogie & Blues took place in the Palais des Jazz in Tokyo . Sachiko Kobayashi appeared with the final title Kaze to issho ni ( 風 と い っ し ょ に , "Together with the wind") for the first Pokémon film. In the same year she took part in the 49th Kōhaku Uta alleys with this song.

In 1999 the film Karei naru Sachiku no Sekai ( 華麗 な る 幸 子 の 世界 , "The World of Magnificent Sachiko") was presented at the Shinjiku Koma Theater .

In 2001, Sachiko Kobayashi's mother died.

In 2003 the 40th anniversary of her stage career was celebrated. Together with her trusted friend Ken'ichi Mikawa she played a role in the 華 王 of the manufacturer of pachinko devices Kyōraku Sangyō . A memorial stone of the song Yukitsubaki with a waka inscription was erected in the city of Kamo .

In 2005, Sachiko Kobayashi was a judge at the 47th Japan Record Award .

In 2006 she was awarded the "Matsuo Prize for Stage Art" ( 松尾 芸 能 賞 , Matsuo Geinōshō ). She received a thank you note from the Minister for Construction and Transport. Sachiko Kobayashi received the medal on the dark blue ribbon .

Her song Echigo Zesshō ( 越 後 絶唱 , "Poem about Echigo ") was also dedicated to a memorial stone with a Waka inscription in Nagaoka in 2007 .

In 2008 Sachiko Kobayashi took part in the Kōhaku Uta streets with the song Rōran ( 楼蘭 ). That was her 30th appearance. Events on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of her career were held in three theaters .

On January 1, 2009, Sachiko Kobayashi performed during the closing ceremony of the 88th championship tournament for the Imperial Cup at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium .

On January 16 and 17, 2010, Sachiko Kobayashi appeared in Taipei in the midst of an international conference in front of 9,000 people wearing the same clothes that she wore during her performances in Kōhaku Uta alleys in 1993 and 2006.

In order to cheer up those affected by the Great Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011, Sachiko Kobayashi went to Sōma with her magnificent stage clothes and 10 tons of rice and took part in the preparation of the rice for 12,000 refugees. A large truck that she paid for herself was used to deliver goods for 9 refuges. Together with volunteers, Sachiko Kobayashi distributed food and sang Omoide sake and other songs to the victims .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 猛 吹 雪 に 負 け ず 幸 子 が 復興 応 援 歌 , Asahi Shimbun (Japanese)
2. ↑ 第 ５９ 回 紅白 歌 合 戦 出場 歌手 と 曲目 ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Singers participating in the 59th Kōhaku Uta Alleys , Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese) 
3. ↑ 小 林幸 子 紅白 ド 派 手 衣装 、 台湾 で も 大 ウ ケ , Sachiko Kobayashi with her clothes from Kōhaku Uta alleys popular even in Taiwan , Asahi Shimbun (Japanese)
4. ↑ ^{a b} 幸 子 が 米 10 ト ン！ 福島 に 恩 返 し , Sachiko brings 10 tons of rice! Gratitude to Fukushima! Asahi Shimbun (Japanese)
5. ↑ ７ 時間 移動 の 幸 子 被 災 地 で 「お も い で 酒」 , Sachiko sings "Omoide Sake" in the affected areas during a 7 hour hike , Asahi Shimbun

Web links

• Sachiko Kobayashi's website (Japanese)