Akina Nakamori, the Showa-era diva, lost consciousness due to overwork and went to the hospital with a sprained right knee during rehearsals… “Kohaku” of Akina Nakamori, the Showa-era diva

Kohaku,” which became a two-part show, and its back program, “Kinkyaku’s Return to the Golden Screen.”

Although “Oricon” No. 1 was restored with “LIAR” released in April 1989, on July 11, she attempted suicide at the apartment where her boyfriend, Masahiko Kondo, lived. He decided to suspend his entertainment activities. It was in this year that there were calls for the “end of Kohaku” due to the new era name and the death of Hibari Misora.

The first part was called “Kohaku in the Showa Era,” and featured a VTR of Hibari, her best friend Izumi Yukimura singing “Ai San,” Harumi Miyako (who had retired), the Tigers (who had disbanded), Pink Lady, and others. The revival of “Kohaku” was planned, and from 9:00, “Heisei no Kohaku” was held as usual, focusing on the hits of the year.

Before the announcement of the members, there were rumors that Akina, who had been on a leave of absence, would make a comeback in “Kohaku,” but in the end, Akina’s name, along with Match’s, was not on the list.

However, Akina held a press conference at 10:00 a.m. on TV Asahi’s “New Year’s Eve Live TV Special,” which was the program behind the “Kohaku” event. Despite the fact that a gold folding screen had been erected at the venue, she stated that “nothing happened between the two of us. The instantaneous viewership rating was 19.7%, which was a blow to “Kohaku”.

Time passed and in 2002, Akina returned to “Kohaku”. It was the 20th anniversary of her debut.

She moved to Universal Music Japan, the record company to which she still belongs, and released the album “-ZEROalbum- Utahime 2”. The album, which covered works such as Momoe Yamaguchi’s “Akizakura”, Seiko Matsuda’s “Ruri-iro Chikyu”, Saki Kubota’s “Heterojin”, and Sakiko Ito’s “Otome no Waltz”, made the Top Ten for the first time in seven years, and was included in the best album “Akina Nakamori – Utahime” released in December in the “Kohaku” series. In the “Kohaku” show, Akina Nakamori performed a new version of “Tears Are Not Decorations” from her best album “Akina Nakamori – Utahime Double Decade,” which was released in December. Akina Nakamori sang her signature song for the first time in Kohaku, and it was the first time in 14 years that she sang it in Kohaku in a glamorous and glamorous manner.

The baton of the “diva” had been passed from Akina to Namie Amuro and then to Ayumi Hamasaki, and this was the memorable “Kohaku” year when the three of them stood on the same stage.

In August, two albums with new songs were released, and in November, she appeared on NHK’s “SONGS” as a surprise guest for the first time in 12 years on “Kohaku”. In November, she appeared as a surprise guest on NHK’s “SONGS” and performed her new song “Rojo -Tierra-” from a studio in the U.S., resuming her singing career for the first time in four years and two months.

We can’t wait to see Akina in singing form. The “diva” who ran through the Showa era is still a “dream” for those who lived through that era, and for young people who don’t know what she was like in her active days, the “legendary star” herself is Akina Nakamori. ……