About Yoshiko Miura
Lived 1949 – 2023 (aged 73–74). Yoshiko Miura was a Japanese lyricist and film actor.
Yoshiko Takahara (, 1949 – November 6, 2023), better known under the stage name Yoshiko Miura , was a Japanese lyricist.
Life and career 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". 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).
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. 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.
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Who was Yoshiko Miura?
Japanese lyricist
When was Yoshiko Miura born?
Yoshiko Miura was born in 1949 in Aomori.
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Yoshiko Miura died on 6 November 2023.
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Yoshiko Miura was a lyricist and film actor.
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Yoshiko Miura was Japanese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Yoshiko Miura. https://biography.guide/yoshiko-miura/
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