Yoshiko Miura | |
Native Name: | 三浦徳子 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Name: | Yoshiko Takahara |
Birth Place: | Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Other Names: | Ailin |
Occupation: | Lyricist |
Yoshiko Takahara (1949 – November 6, 2023), better known under the stage name Yoshiko Miura, was a Japanese lyricist.
Born in Hirosaki, Miura started her professional career in 1978, and the same year she had her breakthrough penning the Junko Yagami's hit "Mizuiro no Ame".[1] She is internationally best known for her anime theme songs, notably Anri's "Cat's Eye" and Takako Ōta's "LOVE Sarigenaku" (from Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel).[2]
Miura penned songs for Yōko Oginome, Yu Hayami, Hiromi Go, Seiko Matsuda, Miki Matsubara, Shizuka Kudo, Kenji Sawada and Yoshie Kashiwabara, Junko Yagami among others.[3] Among her later hits, was Sexy Zone's "Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu". She died of pneumonia on 6 November 2023, at the age of 75.