Akiko Nakamura (Japanese: 中村晃子) is a Japanese singer and actress. Her song Nijiiro No Mizuumi (Japanese: 虹色の湖) (1967)Nijiiro No Mizuumi. Provided by King Records. reached number 3 on the Oricon Singles Chart.シングル売上TOP5作品. Oricon News.Billboard. 2 March 1968. p 44.
Discography Singles Aoi Ochiba (Japanese: 青い落葉) (1965)King Records catalogue number BS-314 Mujou (Japanese: 霧情) (1966)King Records catalogue number BS-370 Watashi No Sei Ja Nai (Japanese: 私のせいじゃない) (1966)King Records catalogue number BS-415 Watashi Wa Majoreena (Japanese: 私はマジョリーナ) (1966)King Records catalogue number BS-502 Anata Wa Doko E (Japanese: あなたはどこへ) (1967)King Records catalogue number BS-575 Taiyou Ni Koi Wo Shite (Japanese: 太陽に恋をして) (1967)King Records catalogue number BS-628 Nijiiro No Mizuumi (1967)King Records catalogue number BS-724 This single reached number 1 on the Cash Box local singles chart.Cash Box. 24 February 1968, p 70. 2 March 1968, p 60. 9 March 1968, p 54. Suna No Jujika (Japanese: 砂の十字架) (1968).King Records catalogue number BS-800 This single reached number 21 on the Oricon chart. Nageki No Shinju (Japanese: なげきの真珠) (1968).King Records catalogue number BS-880 This single reached number 20 on the Oricon chart. Namida No Mori No Monogatari (Japanese: 涙の森の物語) (1969)King Records catalogue number BS-934 This single reached number 39 on the Oricon chart. Rome No Tomoshibi (Japanese: ローマの灯) (1969)King Records catalogue number BS-991 Kaze To Bara No Kouya (Japanese: 風とバラの荒野) (1969)King Records catalogue number BS-1073 Itsuka Aishite (Japanese: いつか愛して) (1970)King Records catalogue number BS-1135 Ai No Shouzou (Japanese: 愛の肖像) (1970)King Records catalogue number BS-1225 Mizuumi Wa Tenshi No Namida (Japanese: 湖は天使の涙) (1970)King Records catalogue BS-1256 Hadashi No Blues (Japanese: 裸足のブルース) (1971)King Records catalogue number BS-1309 Utsukushiki Challenger (Japanese: 美しきチャレンジャー) (1971)King Records catalogue number ES(H)-1013 Jounetsu No Umi (Japanese: 情熱の海) (1971)King Records catalogue number BS-1389 Ryoshu-Rome (Japanese: 旅愁〜ローマ) (1971)King Records catalogue number BS-1440 Aishu No Tabi (Japanese: 哀愁の旅) (1971)King Records catalogue number BS-1472 Glass No Shiro (Japanese: ガラスの城) (1972)King Records catalogue number BS-1543 Ano Machi Wa Doko E Itta (Japanese: あの街はどこへいった) (1972)King Records catalogue number BS-1586 Kurashiki, Namida Mo Niou Machi (Japanese: 倉敷・涙も匂う町) (1972)King Records catalogue number BS-1630 Hageshii Koi (Japanese: 激しい恋) (1973)King Records catalogue number BS-1731 Bara No Sasayaki (Japanese: 薔薇の囁き) (1974)King Records catalogue number BS-1823 Koi Shigure (Japanese: 恋しぐれ) (1975)King Records catalogue number BS-1885 Tabiji (Japanese: 旅路) (1975)King Records catalogue number BS-1981 What Have They Done To My Song, Ma (Japanese: 傷ついた小鳥 (Kizutsuita Kotori)) (1976)King Records catalogue number GK-31 Meguri Awanainoni (Japanese: めぐり逢わないのに) (1977)King Records catalogue number GK-73 Jajauma Narashi (Japanese: じゃじゃ馬ならし) (1978)King Records catalogue number GK-212 "Through the Eyes of Love", Theme from Ice Castles (Japanese: この愛に生きる (Kono Ai Ni Ikiru)) (1979)King Records catalogue number GK-316 Koi No Tsunawatari (Japanese: 恋の綱わたり) (1980)Teichiku Records catalogue number RS-218 This single reached number 4 on the Oricon chart, the Music Labo chartBillboard. 2 August 1980. p 53. 9 August 1980. p 65. and the Cash Box of Japan chart.Cash Box. 9 August 1980. p 37. Sasayaki No Kubikazari (Japanese: ささやきの首飾り) (1981)Teichiku Records catalogue number RS-508
Duets: Midori No Tonbo (Japanese: みどりのとんぼ) (1972)King Records catalogue number BS-1575 Amai Sasayaki (Japanese: あまい囁き) (1973). Duet with Toshiyuki Hosokawa.King Records catalogue number BS-1737 Dakara Tango de... (Japanese: だからタンゴで… ) (1990)King Records catalogue number KIDD 136Oricon
Albums Nijiiro No Mizuumi: Akiko Nakamura Hit Album (虹色の湖: 中村晃子ヒット・アルバム) (1968).King Records catalogue number SKD 2 Reissued on vinyl in 1984King Records catalogue K20A-590 and in the 2020s.Ship To Shore Phono Co catalogue number STS-072E H. Our 10 favourite new vinyl releases this week (22nd January). The Vinyl Factory. 2021.For a review of this album, see Hannah Vettese, "Akiko Nakamura: Hit Album" in "Archives", Uncut, April 2021, p 49. Akko Wa Utau: Akiko Nakamura Hit Album Vol. 2 (Japanese: アッコはうたう〜中村晃子ヒット・アルバム第2集〜) (1970)King Records catalogue number SKD-31 Akiko Nakamura Double Deluxe (Japanese: 中村晃子ダブル・デラックス) (1970)King Records catalogue number SKW-19~20 Akiko Nakamura Attack Schubert (Japanese: 中村晃子 アタックシューベルト) (1971)King Records catalogue number SKD-73 Hadashi No Blues: Akiko Nakamura Hit 14 (Japanese: 裸足のブルース〜中村晃子 ヒット14〜) (1971)King Records catalogue number SKD-99 Amai Sasayaki: Akiko Nakamura Best Album (Japanese: 「あまい囁き」〜中村晃子ベストアルバム〜) (1974)King Records catalogue number SKA-71 Akiko! Jane Birkin mitai dane (Japanese: AKIKO!－ジェーン・バーキンみたいだね－) (1977)King Records catalogue number SKA-169 Mokuyōza (Japanese: 木曜座) (1980)Teichiku Records catalogue number GM-106 Koi-tachi Onna-tachi (Japanese: 恋たち・女たち) (1981)Teichiku Records catalogue number GM-117 Rokku Tengoku (Japanese: ロック天国) (1998)For a review of this album, see 中村晃子 ／ ロック天国, CDJournal. Nijiiro No Mizuumi (Japanese: 虹色の湖) (2002)King Records catalogue number KICX-7094中村晃子 ／ 虹色の湖 (廃盤). CDJournal.
Films She co-starred with The Jaguars in the film Susume! Jagazu Tekizen Joriku (Japanese: 進め!ジャガーズ 敵前上陸) (Shochiku, 1968),銀幕を彩る映画人たち: はりま・シネマの夢. 2005. p 36. also called Make Way For The Jaguars.Yomota Inuhiko. What Is Japanese Cinema?: A History. She also starred in Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (1982).映画『コブラ』公開40周年記念で12月に4K特別上映 主人公・コブラ役は松崎しげる【予告映像公開】. アニメ&ゲーム by Oricon News. 4 November 2022. Other film roles include, in particular, Detective Story (1983).松田優作さん：薬師丸ひろ子と共演 1983年の大ヒット映画「探偵物語」がBS12 トゥエルビで. Mantan Web. 5 October 2023.
Television She performed in the 19th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (1968).中村晃子、キングレコードからリリースしたシングル＆アルバムのサブスク解禁. Musicman. 31 January 2025. She appeared on Yoru no Hit Studio.中村晃子は密かに…巨泉も称えた話術の名人「マエタケ」. Zakzak. 8 August 2011.小林大輔が『夜のヒットスタジオ』最高視聴率を叩きだした夜. 週刊女性Prime. 27 March 2015. She starred in an episode of Ima Mo Tokimeki Waga Kokoro No Poppusu (Japanese: 今もトキメキ・我が心のポップス) on NHK.今もトキメキ・我が心のポップス. NHK. Broadcast 5 September 1993.朝日新聞縮刷版 (Asahi Shimbun shukusatsuban). Number 867. 1993.
References 中村晃子. CDJournal. 1967年10月10日、中村晃子の「虹色の湖」が発売～“一人GS”と呼ばれる理由. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 October 2018. GS時代のガールズ歌謡を代表する名曲、中村晃子「虹色の湖」. 大人のMusic Calendar. 10 October 2015. 中村晃子さん（「虹色の湖」がヒットした）. Yahoo! Japan. 13 January 2008. From Nikkan Gendai. 中村晃子、キングレコードからリリースしたシングル・アルバムがサブスク解禁. CDJournal. 31 January 2025. 中村晃子『ハイレゾ・ベストコレクション』配信スタート、細川俊之とのカヴァー「あまい囁き」も収録. CDJournal. 13 July 2015. 紅白歌合戦「女たちの熾烈バトル」全秘話（3）＜直撃3・中村晃子＞. Asagei plus. 14 December 2017. 現代女性名鑑. 野田経済データサービス株式会社. 1988. p 40. 早田雄二. Danʼyū, gaikoku, kashu hen. 1992. p 195. 日本映画人名辞典. 科学書院. 2005. vol 3. p 1313.