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Mayumi Itsuwa

Mayumi Itsuwa is a Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist who made her debut in 1972. Her first studio album entitled Shoujo was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Grammy Award winner John Fischbach, with distinguished musicians such as David Campbell, Carole King and Charles Larkey who was King's husband at that time. Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with other Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya (who had worked under her birth name "Yumi Arai" during the mid-1970s) and Minako Yoshida.

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Mayumi Itsuwa

Name
Mayumi Itsuwa
Occupation
Singer, composer, lyricist, keyboardist
Born
1951 · Nakano.
Nationality
Japan
Fields
J-pop
Languages
Japanese

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Mayumi Itsuwa is a Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist who made her debut in 1972. Her first studio album entitled Shoujo was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Grammy Award winner John Fischbach, with distinguished musicians such as David Campbell, Carole King and Charles Larkey who was King's husband at that time. Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with other Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya (who had worked under her birth name "Yumi Arai" during the mid-1970s) and Minako Yoshida.

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Mayumi Itsuwa (born 1951) is a Japanese composer, musician and recording artist, among other activities. The composer was born in Nakano.

Genres include J-pop. Languages used include Japanese.

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