Ayumi Ishida

was a Japanese actress and singer, whose real name was . She was the second among four daughters. She won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Yajūdeka. She also won the awards for best actress at the 29th Blue Ribbon Awards and the 11th Hochi Film Award for House on Fire and Tokei - Adieu l'hiver.

As for her musical career, she was best known for the singles "BLUE LIGHT Yokohama" (which topped the charts in 1968/1969 at #1), "Anata nara Dō Suru (#2), and "Sabaku no You na Tokyo de" (#3).

On March 17, 2025, her agency announced that she had died from hypothyroidism on March 11. She was 76.

Filmography Film 1973 – Submersion of Japan 1977 – Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen 1979 – Hunter in the Dark 1981 – Station 1982 – Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san 1982 – Yajū-deka 1986 – Tokei - Adieu l'hiver 1986 – House on Fire 1988 – Umi e, See You 1996 – Gakko II 1998 – Puraido: Unmei no Toki 2011 – Eclair 2024 – Shinji Muroi: Not Defeated 2024 – Shinji Muroi: Stay Alive

Television drama Ashura no Gotoku (1979–1980) Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka (1998), Dota Gozen Saiyūki (2006) Smile (2009)

Discography Singles "Taiyō wa Naiteru" (1968) (#18 Oricon charts) "Futari dake no Shiro" (1968) "BLUE LIGHT Yokohama" (1968) (#1) "Namida no Naka o Aruiteru" (1969) (#10) "Kyō kara Anata o" (1969) (#7) "Kenka no Aoto de Kuchizuke o" (1969) (#7) "Anata nara Dō Suru" (1970) (#2) "Kinō no Onna" (1970) (#8) "Nani ga Anata o Sōsaseta" (1970) (#12) "Tomenaide" (1971) (#20) "Sabaku no Yō na Tokyo de" (1971) (#3) "Omoide no Nagasaki" (1971) (#10) "Sasurai no Tenshi" (1972) (#18) "Marude Tobenai Kotori no Yō ni" (1972) (#45) "Umare Kawareru Mono Naraba" (1972) (#43) "Ai Shū" (1973) (#51) "Nagisa Nite" (1973) (#52) "Ai no Hyōga" (1973) (#42) "Shiawase Datta wa Arigato" (1974) (#42) "Koi wa Hatsukoi" (1974) (#54) "Utsukushii Wakare" (1974) (#74) "Ieji" (1974) "Machiwabite mo" (1975) "Toki ni wa Hitori de" (1975) (#83) "Tomadoi" (1976) "Chotto Sabishii Haru Desu ne" (1977) "Kō Sakamichi Ijinkan" (1977) "Konya wa Hoshizora" (1978) "Osaka no Onna" (1978) "MILD NIGHT" (1979) (#86) "MILD WOMAN ROCK" (1980) "Akai Giyaman" (1981) "Hagoromo Tennyo" (1985) (#78) "Wakare Michi" (1986)

Albums Blue Light Yokohama (1969) Lonely Night With Ayumi Ishida (1970) My First Recital (1970) Fantasy (1972) Ayumi Ishida Sings Her Best Hits (1972) Our Connection (with Tin Pan Alley, 1977) Ayumi Ishida (1981)

Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances

In other media Ayumi Ishida is mentioned in the 2017 crime/mystery novel Blue Light Yokohama by Nicolás Obregón to be printed in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph and Minotaur in the USA.

Ayumi Ishida is mentioned in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

Honours Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2021)