is a Japanese singer and tarento.
He is best known as the first lead vocalist of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five, which was formed in 1967 and debuted in 1969 with the Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Ame Datta". As a frontman of the band, he spawned multiple hit singles such as "Awazu ni Aishite", "Uwasa no Onna","Soshite, Kōbe", "Nakanoshima Blues" and "Tokyo Sabaku" during the 1970s. In 1982, he released his first solo single "Yuki Ressha" composed and produced by Grammy-winning musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, and left the group five years later. During his solo career, he released only one top-20 hit "Himawari" in 2002, a ballad contributed by Masaharu Fukuyama.
Aside from the recording career, Maekawa has also built up popularity as a TV star, appearing on some television shows hosted by comedians such as Kinichi Hagimoto and The Drifters, airing around the latter half of 1970s and the 1980s.
Personal life He is also known as a former spouse of the singer, Keiko Fuji, who later married Teruzane Utada and had a daughter Hikaru.
Notable singles
""(1987) "" (1988) "" (1988) "" (1989, remake of Cool Five hit) – No. 87 "" (1991) – No. 61 "" (1992) – No. 71 "" (1992) – No. 78 "" (1994) – No. 95 "" (1994) – No. 69 "" (1996) – No. 96 "" (1996) – No. 70 "" (1997) – No. 97 "" (1998) – No. 93 "" (2000) – No. 93 "" (2001) – No. 92 "" (2001) – No. 88 "" (2002) – No. 13 "" (2003) – No. 74 "" (2003) – No. 69 "" (2006) – No. 62
Notes Chart positions provided by the Oricon, and sources are from the archives on its official site (not available before 1988).
Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances Year#SongNo.VSRemarks1969 (Showa 44)/20th-Nagasaki Wa Kyoumo Amedatta19/23Pinky & KillersParticipate under the name of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five1970 (Showa 45)/21stUwasa No Onna (噂の女)13/24Ryoko Moriyama1971 (Showa 46)/22ndMinato No Wakareuta (港の別れ唄)-/25Fuji Keiko (original schedule)1974 (Showa 49)/25thUminari (海鳴り)18/25Mari Amachi1975 (Showa 50)/26thNaka No Shima Blues (中の島ブルース)12/24Mina Aoe1976 (Showa 51)/27thTokyo Sabaku6/24Naomi Sagara1977 (Showa 52)/28thOmoikiri Hashi (思い切り橋)17/24Mina Aoe (2)1978 (Showa 53)/29thHashigo Sake (さようならの彼方へ)15/24Hiromi Ōta1979 (Showa 54)/30thHashigo Sake (昔があるから)19/23Sayuri Ishikawa1980 (Showa 55)/31stHashigo Sake (魅惑・シェイプアップ)10/23Rumiko Koyanagi1981 (Showa 56)/32ndHashigo Sake (女・こぬか雨)19/22Sachiko Kobayashi1982 (Showa 57)/33rdUwasa No Onna (2)16/22Miyuki Kawanaka2006 (Heisei 18)/57th1Nagasaki Wa Kyou Mo Amedatta (长崎は今日も雨だった)12/27Masako Mori2007 (Heisei 19)/58th2Soshite Koube (そして、神戸)8/27Kaori Mizumori2008 (Heisei 20)/59th3Tokyo Sabaku (東京砂漠)8/27Miyuki Kawanaka
Filmography Film Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) Have a Song on Your Lips (2015) The Bucket List (2019)
Television Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978) (1 episode; episode 1) Shinzanmono (2010) Mito Kōmon (2010) Maiagare! (2022)
References
External links (in Japanese language)