Yoshimi Tendo
天童 よしみ
Birth name Yoshimi Yoshida Born (1954-09-26 ) September 26, 1954 (age 69) Tanabe, Wakayama , JapanGenres Enka , anime songOccupation(s) Singer Instrument Singing Years active 1970– Labels Website Official website
Musical artist
Yoshimi Yoshida (吉田 芳美 , Yoshida Yoshimi , born September 26, 1954) ,[ 1] better known as Yoshimi Tendo (天童 よしみ , Tendō Yoshimi ) , is a Japanese enka singer. She made her debut in 1970, but only began to be recognised in 1985, after changing record company, releasing her hit single (道頓堀人情), which went on to sell over half a million copies.
She made her first NHK Red and White Song Festival performance in 1993, but was not selected to perform again until 1996, the year she released her biggest hit (珍島物語) and won the best singing award, establishing herself as one of the best female enka singer. And from 1996 onwards, Yoshimi has performed for 21 years consecutively in the prestigious year-end show.
Year
Title
Notes
1970
"Dai-chan Kazoeuta"
"Kazegafuku"
1971
"Umare Shōwadesu"
"Kore de Kettei Itashimasu"
1972
"Hitori Botchi no Onnanoko"
"Suna-iro no Shima"
1973
"Onna Tobaku-shi"
"Suteba Chi Urami Uta"
1974
"Umare Osaka desu"
1976
"Onna no Ura Machi"
1978
"Michinoku Bojō"
1980
"Mikoshi Yarō"
Duet with Joji Yamamoto
1981
"Kamome to Iu na no Sakaba"
1984
"Ninkyō Aizu Heya"
1985
"Dōtonbori Ninjō"
1986
"Tsumakoizake"
1987
"Matatabi"
"Hokkai Meoto-bushi"
1988
"Otoko Dōshi"
"Ko se Bangaichi"
"Miren-bashi Modorigawa"
Duet with Makoto Fujita
"Abare Genkai"
1989
"Ore no Michizure"
"Meoto Kaidō"
1991
"Omae"
"Kazaguruma"
1992
"Yoi-gokoro"
1993
"Sake Kizuna"
1994
"Mukai-fū"
"Wasure Sake"
1995
"Tabi Makura"
1996
"Chindo Monogatari"
1997
"Kyōshū: Ware-tachite"
1998
"2008-nen Osaka Hana Ondo"
"Jinsei Shimijimi..."
"Kita no Tomoshibi"
Duet with Hiroshi Itsuki
1999
"Yume Koi-uta"
"Itadakimasu"
2000
"Yoake"
2001
"Damatte Ore ni Tsuite Koi"
"Harugakita"
2002
"Anta no Hanamichi"
"Ume Ichi Rin"
"Onna no Hanagasaku"
2003
"Yume Uguisu"
"Chō Yanagi Monogatari"
"Utsukushī Mukashi"
2004
"Utsukushī Mukashi (New Version)"
"Otoko no Yoake"
2005
"Hanafubuki"
"Ki"
2006
"Inochi no Kagiri"
"Kurenai Zukin Sanjō"
2007
"Nande Naku"
"Kumori no Chi Hare"
"Biwa no Mi no Naru Koro"
2008
"Shiawase wa Sugu Soko ni..."
"Shiawase wa Sugu Soko ni... (Serif Iri)"
2009
"Hanaikada"
2010
"Jinsei-michizure"
"Bokoi Karasu"
2011
"Futari no Funauta"
"Pan no Mimi"
"Anjō Yaretara e Yanai no"
2012
"Onna no Sanga"
"Ginza no Koi no Monogatari"
Duet with Yujiro Ishihara
"Soran Matsuri-bushi"
2013
"Furusato Ginga"
"Matsuri-bayashi ga Kikoetara"
Duet with Masafumi Akikawa
"Kujakugai no Uta"
2014
"Hitokoe Ichi-dai"
Year
Title
Notes
Ref.
1971
Enka no Shinsei
Enka
1972
Enka no Shinzui
1973
Teppō-bushi
Osaka Enka
1974
Takashi Tendo Shin Kawachi Ondo/Shin Minyō Gōshūondo Kuzushi
1976
Shin Kawachi Ondo
1978
Takashi Tendo Shin Kawachi Ondo Kinokuniyabunzaemon Shimatsu-ki
[ 2]
1994
Enka Kiwametsuke
Takashi Tendo Shin Kawachi Ondo
1995
Nesshō! Yoshimi Tendo Gōshūondo Kuzushi Takashi Tendo Enka-shū
1999
Takashi Tendo no Genryū Makehen de!
2008
Best Collection
Title
Notes
Nobel Confectionery "VC3000 no Do Ame"
Seiwa Corporation
Pokka Crystal Black
Year
Title
Role
Network
Notes
Yanchakure
Sayuri Shiratori
NHK
heaven cannot wait
TBS
Episode 6; Special appearance
Okan
Mitsuko Kitamura
YTV
Lead role
Yoshimi Tendo no Utahime Tantei
Kozue Amakusa
Fuji TV
Mito Kōmon
Okou
TBS
Series 34 Episode 17
Imo Takona 'n Kin
Fukuko Minamino
NHK
Kiyoshi to Yoshimi no Naniwa Night Show
NHK
NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen[ edit ]
Year/No.
No.
Single
Order of appearance
Opponent
Remarks
1993/44th
1st
"Sake Kizuna"
4/26
Gen Takayama
1997/48th
2nd
"Chindō Monogatari"
15/25
Kenichi Mikawa
1998/49th
3rd
"Jinsei Shimijimi..."
23/25
SMAP
1999/50th
4th
"Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni "
26/27
Hiroshi Itsuki
Tori-mae (1st)
2000/51st
5th
"Dōtonbori Ninjō"
28/28
Hiroshi Itsuki (2nd)
Tori (1st)
2001/52nd
6th
"Harugakita"
26/27
Hiroshi Itsuki (3rd)
Tori-mae (2nd)
2002/53rd
7th
"Anta no Hanamichi"
26/27
Saburō Kitajima
Tori-mae (3rd)
2003/54th
8th
"Utsukushī Mukashi"
30/30
SMAP (2nd)
Tori (2nd)
2004/55th
9th
"Otoko no Yoake"
27/28
Ken Hirai
Tori-mae (4th)
2005/56th
10th
"Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni" (2nd)
29/29
SMAP (3rd)
Tori (3rd)
2006/57th
11th
"Inochi no Kagiri"
24/27
Kobukuro
2007/58th
12th
"Chindō Monogatari: Kizuna" (2nd)
22/27
Saburō Kitajima (2nd)
2008/59th
13th
"Dōtonbori Ninjō" (2nd)
25/26
Shinichi Mori
Tori-mae (5th)
2009/60th
14th
"Hanaikada"
8/25
Kenichi Mikawa (2nd)
2010/61st
15th
"Jinsei-michizure"
12/24
Shinichi Mori (2nd)
Zenhan Tori
2011/62nd
16th
"Ai SanSan"
24/25
Saburō Kitajima (3rd)
Tori-ma (6th)
2012/63rd
17th
"Soran Matsuri-bushi"
18/25
Kazuyoshi Saito
2013/64th
18th
"Furusato Ginga"
9/26
Linked Horizon
2014/65th
19th
"Yappa Sukiya Nen"
10/25
Hideaki Tokunaga
2015/66th
20th
"Jinsei Ichiro"
12/26
Kanjani Eight
Zenhan Tori (2nd)
International National Artists