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On April 21, 1984, Okada debuted with a single, "First Date". She was known as "Yukko" in the beginning of her career as a result of her mispronouncing her stage name, Yukiko, due to her nervousness on her first television appearance on "[[The Best Ten]]", which aired on [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]. The name Yukko had a ring to it and was her nickname by her fans. Her smile was named to "The Yukko Smile". |
On April 21, 1984, Okada debuted with a single, "First Date". She was known as "Yukko" in the beginning of her career as a result of her mispronouncing her stage name, Yukiko, due to her nervousness on her first television appearance on, ザ・ベストテン(Za Besuto Ten) or "[[The Best Ten]]", which aired on [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]. The name Yukko had a ring to it and was her nickname by her fans. Her smile was named to "The Yukko Smile". |
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Yukiko won the Rookie of the Year-title on that same year, and was awarded honors of "the [[26th Japan Record Awards]], ''Grand Prix Best New Artist Award''" for her 3rd hit single, -Dreaming Girl- Koi, Hajimemashite. at the end of her debuting year. |
Yukiko won the Rookie of the Year-title on that same year, and was awarded honors of "the [[26th Japan Record Awards]], ''Grand Prix Best New Artist Award''" for her 3rd hit single, -Dreaming Girl- Koi, Hajimemashite. at the end of her debuting year. |
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Yukiko Okada (岡田有希子, Okada Yukiko, August 22, 1967 - April 8, 1986) was a Japanese Idol singer.
Biography
Early life
On Tuesday, August 22, 1967, Yukiko was born as the second daughter of the Satō family at the Ichinomiya-shi Hospital in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. She weighed 2,7 kg and was 47cm tall. In the days of her elementary school life, Yukiko loved to read books, especially comic books and she had talent to draw pictures. In the days of her junior high school life, Yukiko began to yearn for becoming a singer and applied for every possible audition out there. Yukiko went to anything from a big major audition to an audition of the slightest talent recruitment, as she thought it was her chance for becoming a star. Audition after audition she was rejected. However, she was finally accepted to a TV program much like American Idol is nowadays. That program was Star Tanjō! on Nippon Television. On March, 1983, she won the "Star Tanjō!".
However, she was now facing a difficult situation. Her parents told her to give up one of her dreams as a result of her wanting to become a singer, and these dreams all had to do with studying:
1. Being the number-one on a test in the school.
2. Entering by taking a mock exam of the prefecture within best 5 in the school.
3. Entering her parent's desired Koyo senior high school.
She wanted to please everyone and so she did the unthinkable, and was able to carry out her dream and reach all the other three of her major goals.
Professional career
On April 21, 1984, Okada debuted with a single, "First Date". She was known as "Yukko" in the beginning of her career as a result of her mispronouncing her stage name, Yukiko, due to her nervousness on her first television appearance on, ザ・ベストテン(Za Besuto Ten) or "The Best Ten", which aired on TBS. The name Yukko had a ring to it and was her nickname by her fans. Her smile was named to "The Yukko Smile".
Yukiko won the Rookie of the Year-title on that same year, and was awarded honors of "the 26th Japan Record Awards, Grand Prix Best New Artist Award" for her 3rd hit single, -Dreaming Girl- Koi, Hajimemashite. at the end of her debuting year.
Yukiko also played the leading role on her first television drama "Kinjirareta Mariko" in 1985. Her 1986 song Lip Network was written by Seiko Matsuda and was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The two were very well known people in the music industry and famed celebrities. The single reached number one spot on the Oricon weekly single charts of February 10, 1986.
Death
Around 10 o'clock April 8, 1986, the 18-year-old Yukiko was found with a slashed wrist in her gas-filled Tokyo apartment, crouching in a closet and sobbing. Two hours later, Okada jumped to her death from the seven-story Sun Music Agency building. [1][2] The reason for the suicide is still unknown. Her untimely death resulted in many copycat suicides and the christening of the neologism Yukko Syndrome (in reference to copycat suicides) in Japan. [3]
Yukiko Okada is to this day known as the "Legendary Seitouha (pure style) Idol".
Discography
Singles
In chronological order
- First Date (4/21/1984) [Glico's Cafe Jelly advertisement song] Lyrics and Composer: Mariya Takeuchi, Arranger: Hagita Mitsuo
- Little Princess (7/18/1984) Lyrics and Composer: Mariya Takeuchi, Arranger: Ōmura Masaaki
- -Dreaming Girl- Koi, hajimemashite (9/21/1984) [Glico's Special Chocolate advertisement song] Lyrics and Composer: Mariya Takeuchi, Arranger: Hagita Mitsuo
- Futari Dake no Ceremony (1/16/1985) [Toshiba's Let's Chat advertisement song] Lyrics: Jun Natsune, Composer: Ami Ozaki, Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya
- Summer Beach (4/17/1985) [Glico's Cafe Jelly advertisement song] Composer: Ami Ozaki, Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya
- Kanashii Yokan (7/17/1985) Lyrics and Composer: Mariya Takeuchi, Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya
- Love Fair (10/5/1985) [Glico's Cecil Chocolate advertisement song] Lyrics and Composer: Kashibuchi Tetsurō, Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya
- Kuchibiru Network (1/29/1986) [Kanebo's Lipstick commercial] Lyrics: Seiko Matsuda, Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Arranger: Kashibuchi Tetsurō
- Hana no Image (5/14/1986) [Released posthumously] Lyrics, Composer and Arranger: Kashibuchi Tetsurō
- Believe in You (2002 strings version) (12/4/2002) [Released posthumously] Lyrics: Yoshizawa Kumiko, Composer: Umegaki Tatsushi, Arranger: Hattori Takayuki
Albums
- Cinderella (シンデレラ)
- Okurimono (贈りもの, Gift)
- Fairy
- Jyūgatsu no Ningyo (十月の人魚, October Mermaid)
- Okurimono II (贈りものII, Gift II)
- Venus Tanjō (ヴィーナス誕生, Birth of Venus)
- Okurimono III (贈りものIII, Gift III) (heritage, Released posthumously)
- All Songs Request (posthumous singles collection)