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Yoshimoto Miyoko, nickname: Micchon, born: March 18, 1969, was a moderately popular idol active in the second half of 1980s. 

When she was a kid, she was a fan of late 1970s idol Ishino Mako and aspired to become a singer like her. In the third grade of elementary school, she participated in kids singing / celebrity impersonating competition "Zennihon Senbatsu Chibiko Monomane Uta Gassen". She won the Hiroshima regional round and advanced to the national round held in Tokyo. After the competition, she became famous locally in her hometown. It also changed her from a boyish girl to start to learn to dress up and took lessons in music school. In 1983, while in her third year of junior high school, she applied for the 5th "Fukuoka Music Festival" and made it to the final. She was signed by the record company Teichiku Records which later reccomended her to the big talent agency Gei-ei (*the same agency as Iwasaki Hiromi, Kawai Naoko, Ishikawa Hidemi). She also transfered to Nakano High School (*the highschool that had the second most idol students at that time after Horikoshi High School). She made her debut as idol singer on March 21, 1985 (*debuted the same year as Nakayama Miho, Nanno, Saito Yuki, Honda Minako, Asaka Yui, Onyanko Club, Matsumoto Noriko, etc).

*trivia:  At her debut, she was promoted as fellow idol Ishikawa Hidemi's "younger sister". Back then, it wasn't rare to promote new artist using the label of the "younger sister" of some big name artists from the same agency to endorse them. 

About this song

Released on June 4, 1986, this song reached #10 on Oricon chart and sold 58,040 copies. The song was composed by the legendary composer Tsutsumi Kyohei. 

The PV:

Her live performances: 

*This song was actually ranked on "The Best Ten". It was ranked at #10. Unfortunately, the video is not available. 

^ on "Uta no Top Ten" 

^ on "Gokigen TV" 

^ on "Kokonchi Planet" (*a short lived variety show that aired on Nippon TV from April to August 1986 that combined comedy skits and singing segment) 

In her career, she has released a total of 19 singles and 10 albums. Her total sales (all singles + all albums) are 857,440 copies. Five of her singles managed to enter Oricon chart top 10, with the highest chart position was #5, and two of her singles were ranked on "The Best Ten" music program. Entering 1990s, she switched her focus to acting. She has starred in a total of 22 dramas as regular cast (1992 - 2016), 85 dramas as guest / single appeareance (1986 - 2023) and 11 movies (1995 - 2026). 

Yoshimoto Miyoko in dramas: 

"Tsuki to Suppon" (1986)

https://ameblo.jp/hongkongmovie/entry-11957208798.html

^ drama debut 

"Kokoro wa Lonely, Kimochi wa... VII" (1988)

^ (0:20, 0:33) Micchon 

"...Hitori de ii no" (1992)

^ (1:11) Yoshimoto Miyoko. The lead role was played by Sawaguchi Yasuko 

"Woman Dream" (1992) 

^ (0:58) Micchon 

Micchon in commercials: 

Miscellaneous videos:

Yoshimoto Miyoko 

...and decades have passed...  

This is Yoshimoto Miyoko in 2025 who just celebrated her 40th career anniversary!~ 

Micchon singing debut songs of fellow idols debuted the same year as her