Ayumi Ishida (actress)

Ayumi Ishida (いしだ あゆみ, Ishida Ayumi, born March 26, 1948 in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan and raised in Ikeda, Osaka) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her real name is Yoshiko Ishida (石田 良子, Ishida Yoshiko). She is the second among four daughters. She won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Yajūdeka.[1] She also won the awards for best actress at the 29th Blue Ribbon Awards and the 11th Hochi Film Award for House on Fire and Tokei - Adieu l'hiver.[2][3]

Ayumi Ishida いしだ あゆみ
Birth name	Yoshiko Ishida (石田 良子)
Born	March 26, 1948 Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Origin	Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Genres	Enka, kayōkyoku
Occupation(s)	Idol, singer, actress
Labels	Victor Entertainment (1964–1968) Nippon Columbia (1968–1980) Alfa Records (1981–1984) Sony Music Records (1985) Taurus Records (1986)
Website	izawaoffice.jp/ishida

As for her musical career, she is best known for the singles "BLUE LIGHT Yokohama" (which topped the charts in 1968/1969 at #1), "Anata nara Dō Suru (#2), and "Sabaku no You na Tokyo de" (#3).[4]

Filmography

Cinema

• 1973 – Submersion of Japan
• 1981 – Station (film)
• 1982 – Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
• 1982 – Yajū-deka
• 1986 – Tokei - Adieu l'hiver
• 1986 – House on Fire
• 1996 – Gakko II
• 1998 – Puraido: Unmei no Toki
• 2011 – Eclair

TV drama

• Ashura no Gotoku (1979–1980)
• Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka (1998), Dota Gozen
• Saiyūki (2006)
• Smile (2009)

Discography

Singles

• "Taiyō wa Naiteru" (1968) (#18 Oricon charts)
• "Futari dake no Shiro" (1968)
• "BLUE LIGHT Yokohama" (1968) (#1)
• "Namida no Naka o Aruiteru" (1969) (#10)
• "Kyō kara Anata o" (1969) (#7)
• "Kenka no Aoto de Kuchizuke o" (1969) (#7)
• "Anata nara Dō Suru" (1970) (#2)
• "Kinō no Onna" (1970) (#8)
• "Nani ga Anata o Sōsaseta" (1970) (#12)
• "Tomenaide" (1971) (#20)
• "Sabaku no Yō na Tokyo de" (1971) (#3)
• "Omoide no Nagasaki" (1971) (#10)
• "Sasurai no Tenshi" (1972) (#18)
• "Marude Tobenai Kotori no Yō ni" (1972) (#45)
• "Umare Kawareru Mono Naraba" (1972) (#43)
• "Ai Shū" (1973) (#51)
• "Nagisa Nite" (1973) (#52)
• "Ai no Hyōga" (1973) (#42)
• "Shiawase Datta wa Arigato" (1974) (#42)
• "Koi wa Hatsukoi" (1974) (#54)
• "Utsukushii Wakare" (1974) (#74)
• "Ieji" (1974)
• "Machiwabite mo" (1975)
• "Toki ni wa Hitori de" (1975) (#83)
• "Tomadoi" (1976)
• "Chotto Sabishii Haru Desu ne" (1977)
• "Kō Sakamichi Ijinkan" (1977)
• "Konya wa Hoshizora" (1978)
• "Osaka no Onna" (1978)
• "MILD NIGHT" (1979) (#86)
• "MILD WOMAN ROCK" (1980)
• "Akai Giyaman" (1981)
• "Hagoromo Tennyo" (1985) (#78)
• "Wakare Michi" (1986)

Albums

• Blue Light Yokohama (1969)
• Lonely Night With Ayumi Ishida (1970)
• My First Recital (1970)
• Fantasy (1972)
• Ayumi Ishida Sings Her Best Hits (1972)
• Our Connection (with Tin Pan Alley, 1977)
• Ayumi Ishida (1981)

In other media

Ayumi Ishida is mentioned in the 2017 crime/mystery novel Blue Light Yokohama by Nicolás Obregón to be printed in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph and Minotaur in the USA.

Ayumi Ishida is mentioned in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

References

1. 第４回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８２年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
2. ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.
3. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
4. "Ayumi Ishida Discography" (in Japanese). Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.

External links

• Ayumi Ishida at IMDb
• at JMDb (in Japanese)