Yoshimi Tendo Explained

Yoshimi Tendo
Native Name:天童 よしみ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:Yoshimi Yoshida
Birth Date:26 September 1954
Birth Place:Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
Genre:Enka, anime song
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Singing
Years Active:1970 -

,[1] better known as, 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.

Discography

Singles

YearTitleNotes
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"

Albums

YearTitleNotesRef.
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

Filmography

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TitleNotes
Nobel Confectionery "VC3000 no Do Ame"
Seiwa Corporation
Pokka Crystal Black

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2023[3]
Bad Lands[4]
Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with LoveWakayama Liberation Front member[5]

TV series

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Yanchakure Sayuri Shiratori
heaven cannot wait Episode 6; Special appearance
Okan Mitsuko Kitamura Lead role
Yoshimi Tendo no Utahime Tantei Kozue Amakusa
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

Year/No.No.SingleOrder of appearanceOpponentRemarks
1993/44th 1st "Sake Kizuna" 4/26 Gen Takayama
1997/48th 2nd "Chindō Monogatari" 15/25
1998/49th 3rd "Jinsei Shimijimi..." 23/25
1999/50th 4th "Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni" 26/27 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 Tori-mae (3rd)
2003/54th 8th "Utsukushī Mukashi" 30/30 SMAP (2nd) Tori (2nd)
2004/55th 9th "Otoko no Yoake" 27/28 Tori-mae (4th)
2005/56th 10th "Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni" (2nd) 29/29 SMAP (3rd) Tori (3rd)
11th "Inochi no Kagiri" 24/27
12th "Chindō Monogatari: Kizuna" (2nd) 22/27 Saburō Kitajima (2nd)
13th "Dōtonbori Ninjō" (2nd) 25/26 Tori-mae (5th)
14th "Hanaikada" 8/25 Kenichi Mikawa (2nd)
15th "Jinsei-michizure" 12/24 Shinichi Mori (2nd) Zenhan Tori
16th "Ai SanSan" 24/25 Saburō Kitajima (3rd) Tori-ma (6th)
17th "Soran Matsuri-bushi" 18/25
2013/64th 18th "Furusato Ginga" 9/26 Linked Horizon
19th "Yappa Sukiya Nen" 10/25
20th "Jinsei Ichiro" 12/26 Zenhan Tori (2nd)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 歌手・天童よしみのお母さん・吉田筆子さん. ja. asahi.com. 5 May 2007. 8 Jun 2016.
  2. Web site: バイオグラフィー. ja. 8 Jun 2016.
  3. Web site: 湯道. September 13, 2023. eiga.com.
  4. Web site: BAD LANDS バッド・ランズ. July 21, 2023. eiga.com.
  5. Web site: 翔んで埼玉 琵琶湖より愛をこめて. August 16, 2023. eiga.com.