| Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five | |
| Alias: | Kiyoshi Maekawa and Cool Five Cool Five |
| Origin: | Japan |
| Genre: | Kayōkyoku, enka, pop |
| Years Active: | 1967 - 1990s 2006 - present |
| Label: | Victor Entertainment BMG Japan |
| Current Members: | Kiyoshi Maekawa Etsuro Miyamoto Masaki Kobayashi Masashi Osawa Ryoma Nishida Tetsuya Yamagami |
| Past Members: | Hiroshi Uchiyamada Takayuki Miyauchi Shigemi Iwaki Shigeru Morimoto |
are a Japanese kayōkyoku group, formed by Hiroshi Uchiyamada (born Michio Uchiyamada, 1936–2006) in 1967 and fronted by the lead vocalist Kiyoshi Maekawa.
In 1969, the group debuted with the 11th Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyou mo Ame datta".[1] They enjoyed a highly successful career mainly during the first half of the 1970s, producing numerous hit singles including "Awazu ni Aishite", "Uwasa no Onna","Soshite, Kōbe", "Nakanoshima Blues" and "Tokyo Sabaku". They lost popularity after the departure of their frontman in the late 1980s, and their career went into hiatus after the band lineup was radically altered around the 1990s.
After the band's founder died of lung cancer in 2006, the remaining members, including Maekawa, reunited.[2] [3]
| Year | Single | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| JP [4] | ||
| 1969 | "" | 2 |
| "" | 32 | |
| "" | 1 | |
| 1970 | "" | 4 |
| "" | 2 | |
| "" | 10 | |
| 1971 | "" | 24 |
| "" | 43 | |
| "" | 26 | |
| "" | 11 | |
| "" | 22 | |
| 1972 | "" | 7 |
| "" | 14 | |
| "" | 6 | |
| 1973 | "" | 14 |
| "" | 15 | |
| "" | 24 | |
| "" | 32 | |
| 1974 | "" | 41 |
| "" | 64 | |
| "" | 45 | |
| 1975 | "" | 41 |
| "" | 31 | |
| "" | 9 | |
| "" | 44 | |
| 1976 | "" | 40 |
| "" | 19 | |
| "" | 53 | |
| 1977 | "" | 20 |
| "" | 57 | |
| "" | 45 | |
| "" | 76 | |
| 1978 | "" | 91 |
| "" | 56 | |
| "" | 91 | |
| 1979 | "" | 83 |
| 1980 | "Last Song" | 87 |
| "" | 93 | |
| 1984 | "" | 58 |
| Year | Song | No. | VS | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 (Showa 44)/20th | 1 | Nagasaki Wa Kyoumo Amedatta (长崎は今日も雨だった) | 19/23 | Pinky & Killers | ||
| 1970 (Showa 45)/21st | 2 | Uwasa No Onna (噂の女) | 13/24 | Ryoko Moriyama | ||
| 1971 (Showa 46)/22nd | - | Minato No Wakareuta (港の別れ唄) | -/25 | Fuji Keiko (original schedule) | Absent because of Kiyoshi Maekawa's illness. Replaced by Fuji Keiko and Four Leaves. | |
| 1974 (Showa 49)/25th | 3 | Uminari (海鳴り) | 18/25 | Mari Amachi | Returned after 3 years | |
| 1975 (Showa 50)/26th | 4 | Naka No Shima Blues (中の島ブルース) | 12/24 | Mina Aoe | ||
| 1976 (Showa 51)/27th | 5 | Tokyo Sabaku (東京砂漠) | 6/24 | Naomi Sagara | ||
| 1977 (Showa 52)/28th | 6 | Omoikiri Hashi (思い切り橋) | 17/24 | Mina Aoe (2) | ||
| 1978 (Showa 53)/29th | 7 | Hashigo Sake (さようならの彼方へ) | 15/24 | Hiromi Ōta | ||
| 1979 (Showa 54)/30th | 8 | Hashigo Sake (昔があるから) | 19/23 | Sayuri Ishikawa | ||
| 1980 (Showa 55)/31st | 9 | Hashigo Sake (魅惑・シェイプアップ) | 10/23 | Rumiko Koyanagi | ||
| 1981 (Showa 56)/32nd | 10 | Hashigo Sake (女・こぬか雨) | 19/22 | Sachiko Kobayashi | ||
| 1982 (Showa 57)/33th | 11 | Uwasa No Onna (2) | 16/22 | Miyuki Kawanaka | ||
| 2006 (Heisei 18)/57th | rowspan=3 | - | Nagasaki Wa Kyou Mo Amedatta | 12/27 | Masako Mori | Participate under the name of Kiyoshi Maekawa |
| 2007 (Heisei 19)/58th | Soshite Koube (そして、神戸) | 8/27 | Kaori Mizumori | |||
| 2008 (Heisei 20)/59th | Tokyo Sabaku | 8/27 | Miyuki Kawanaka |