Masako Mori

• Name — Masako Mori • Birth Name — Masako Morita (森田 昌子) • Native Name — 森 昌子 • Born — 13 October 1958 • Origin — Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan • Genre — * Enka • kayōkyoku • Occupation — * Idol singer • enka singer • actress • Years Active — 1972–1986, 2006–2019

She debuted in 1972, at age 13, with the song Sensei (Masako Mori song) (Professor), receiving numerous music awards for it. The song reached the #3 position on the Oricon charts. Other hits include Dōkyūsei (Masako Mori song) (Classmates), "Chugaku Sannensei" (Junior High School Third Grade), "Okaasan (Masako Mori song)" (Mother) and "Ettou Tsubame" (The Wintering Swallow). In 1973, she was part of "a hit female trio", which also included musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Junko Sakurada. The music trio became popular as part of the television program Producing the Stars (Star Tanjō!); they were known as "The Trio of Third-Year Junior High School Students" ("Hana no Chu 3 Trio"). She won the Best Singer prize for "Ettou Tsubame" (越冬つばめ) at the 25th Japan Record Awards. She retired when she married Shinichi Mori in 1986, but in 2006 returned to the stage with the single "Bara Iro no Mirai". The song reached the #14 position on the Oricon charts. In addition to being a singer, she has acted in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas. Masako Mori has performed a total of 15 times at Kōhaku Uta Gassen. In March 2019, Masako Mori announced that she was retiring from showbusiness again.

She married fellow singer Shinichi Mori in 1986, they had three sons together, ONE OK ROCK vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, Tomohiro (who works at TV Tokyo) and MY FIRST STORY vocalist Hiroki Moriuchi. The couple divorced in 2005. Through her third son, actress and model Maika Yamamoto is her daughter-in-law.

• #||Title||Date/Position — |Sales • |1 — Sensei (せんせい) Debut single and signature song — 72-07-01 (#3) — 541,000 • 2 — Dōkyūsei (同級生) — 72-10-05 (#4) — 367,000 • 3 — Chūgaku Sannensei (中学三年生) — 73-02-05 (#3) — 329,000 • 4 — Yūgao No Ame (夕顔の雨) — 73-05-05 (#7) — 202,000 • 5 — Shirakaba Nikki (白樺日記) — 73-08-25 (#11) — 166,000 • 6 — Kinenjyu (記念樹) — 73-10-30 (#13) — 136,000 • 7 — Shitamachi No Aoi Sora (下町の青い空) — 74-04-20 (#15) — 119,000 • 8 — Kyō Mo Egao De Konnichiwa (今日も笑顔でこんにちは) — 74-07-01 (#12) — 129,000 • 9 — Okaasan (おかあさん) — 74-09-01 (#21) — 104,000 • 10 — Haru No Mezame (春のめざめ) — 75-03-01 (#20) — 101,000 • 11 — Omokage No Kimi (面影の君) — 75-06-01 (#15) — 137,000 • 12 — Anata Wo Matte Sannenmitsuki (あなたを待って三年三月) — 75-04-01 (#15) — 149,000 • 13 — Ano Hito Fune Itchatta (あの人の船行っちゃった) — 75-12-01 (#22) — 101,000 • 14 — Yūbue No Oka (夕笛の丘) — 76-03-01 (#18) — 99,000 • 15 — Namida No Sanbashi (なみだの桟橋) — 77-07-25 (#28) — 97,000 • 16 — Tameiki Bashi (ためいき橋) — 79-10-21 (#28) — 82,000 • 17 — Kanashimi Honsen Nihonkai (哀しみ本線日本海) — 81-07-10 (#36) — 143,000 • 18 — Ettou Tsubame (越冬つばめ) — 83-08-21 (#27) — 111,000 • 19 — Bara Iro No Mirai (バラ色の未来) — 06-06-07 (#14) — 22,000