Minako Yoshida

Minako Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 美奈子, Hepburn: Yoshida Minako; born 7 April 1953) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer. She made her professional debut as a singer after meeting Happy End members Haruomi Hosono and Takashi Matsumoto during high school. Following her 1973 debut album Tobira no Fuyu , she released a few dozen albums and singles under RCA Victor, Alfa Records, MCA Victor, and Avex IO, and won the 1985 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Silver Award. She also worked as a composer and lyricist, with her work including the Tatsuro Yamashita albums Circus Town (1976), Spacy (1977) and For You (1982), as well as a music producer, arranger, and backup singer.