Mayumi Itsuwa

is a Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist who made her debut in 1972.

Her first studio album entitled Shoujo was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Grammy Award winner John Fischbach, with distinguished musicians such as David Campbell, Carole King and Charles Larkey who was King's husband at that time. Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with other Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya (who had worked under her birth name "Yumi Arai" during the mid-1970s) and Minako Yoshida.

Itsuwa gained moderate success on the Japanese albums chart in her early career, and received massive popularity and acclaim through the single "Koibito yo" released in 1980. The song topped Japan's Oricon chart for three consecutive weeks, and won the 22nd Japan Record Award for "Gold Prize" in the same year. It was covered by the country's legendary singers including Hibari Misora and Noriko Awaya in later years, and became a signature song for Itsuwa. In 1981 her song "Revival" also became a very well recognized hit.

After "Koibito yo" became a hit, Itsuwa gained popularity also in non-Japanese Asian countries during the 1980s.

In Indonesia, "Kokoro No Tomo", "Amayadori" and "Rebaibaru" become the most popular songs ever released by her. In 2006, Mayumi Itsuwa and Delon Thamrin recorded an Indonesian and Japanese version of the song. This was later included on the 2006 compilation album "Duet Love Songs". Many of her songs would fall into the musical genre of torch songs because they often describe the lingering memory of past loves.

Discography Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JP Released: 1972 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, Cassette tape, digital download, streaming 6 Released: 1973 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 14 Released: 1974 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 25 Released: 1975 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 37 Released: 1977 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 34 Released: 1977 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 50 Released: 1978 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 17 Released: 1979 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 17 Released: 1980 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 1 Released: 1981 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 5 Released: 1982 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 6 Released: 1983 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 15' Released: 1985 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 31 Released: 1986 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 12 Wind and Roses Released: 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 31 Released: 1988 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, CT, digital download, streaming 29 Released: 1990 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD, CT, digital download, streaming 47 The Memorial Album Released: 1992 Label: Sony Formats: CD, CT, digital download, streaming 70 Personal Released: 1994 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download, streaming - Released: 1996 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download, streaming - Time to Sing Released: 2003 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download, streaming - Welcome Released: 2007 Label: Sony Music Direct Formats: SACD, digital download, streaming 6

Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JP Released: 1974 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 9 Released: 1975 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 9 The SHOW - best concert album '75 Released: 1975 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming - Released: 1981 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 9 Live '83 Released: 1983 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 32 Released: 1984 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 15 Released: 1984 Label: Sony Music Direct Formats: CD, digital download, streaming -

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JP Collection Released: 1981 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette tape 17 Collection '82 Released: 1981 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette tape, LP 64 Best Released: 1985 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette tape 33 Best Collection Released: 1986 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD 64 Best Selection Released: 1986 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette tape 36 Singles Released: 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD 67 New Best Collection Released: 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD 64 Anniversary Eve Released: 1991 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD 82 Anthology Vol. 1/2 Released: 1993 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD - Now And Forever Released: 1996 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD - Mayumi Classics Released: 2002 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD - Blue Anthology Released: 2003 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD -Mayumi the Best: Kokoro no Tomo Released: 2006 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD - Released: 2009 Label: Sony Music Direct Formats: CD - Released: 2013 Label: Sony Music Direct Formats: CD 5 Released: 2015 Label: Sony Music Direct Formats: CD -

Singles

Collaboration singles with -Sony Music

Songwriting credits + List of songs written and composed for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 1980 Nana Kinomi Suna no Shiro 1982 , Mirei Kihara Ai no Saffron Noriko Awaya Ame no Hi ni Wakare 1983 nihongo|Marianne'''|マリアンヌ

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Videography Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JP Released: 1983 Label: CBS Sony Formats: VHS, LD - Released: 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LD - Wind And Roses Released: 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CDV - Master Piece Released: 1988 Label: CBS Sony Formats: VHS - Released: 1993 Label: Sony Formats: VHS -