Harumi Miyako
Person · female · Japan · Kyoto · born 1948 · recording since 1990
Japanese singer and actress (1948-)
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Also known as 都はるみ · Harumi Kitamura · Harumi Miyako · きたむら はるみ · みやこ はるみ · 北村 春美 · +3 more
Timeline
1940s
1970s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: スーパー・ツインDX 小樽運河/千年の古都
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
Biography
Biography
Harumi Miyako (都 はるみ, Miyako Harumi; born 22 February 1948), born Harumi Kitamura (北村春美, Kitamura Harumi) in Kyoto, is a Japanese enka singer. She made her debut in 1964. She has appeared on the annual television special Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Retirement and return to singing
In 1984, Miyako announced that she would retire. Three years later, she returned to the music industry as a producer, conducting nationwide auditions and launching the short-lived career of her protégé Sakura Yamato. In 1989, Miyako appeared on the 40th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, and in 1990, she officially resumed her singing career.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:55
1Birthday5:162小樽運河4:253忘れていいの4:574Zutto5:005愛より青い海4:476蛍4:437王将一代小春しぐれ(浪曲歌謡篇)8:598北の宿から3:539大阪しぐれ4:0110花あやめ4:4811浮草ぐらし3:3912みちのく風の宿4:2713夫婦坂4:3514千年の古都5:25
Album · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | スーパー・ツインDX 小樽運河/千年の古都Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:44:54Disc 1 1アンコ椿は恋の花4:04 2さすらい小鳩3:02 3馬鹿っちょ出船3:52 4涙の連絡船4:49 5アラ見てたのね3:18 6さよなら列車3:27 7白樺に涙あり4:31 8初恋の川3:39 9好きになった人3:41 10はるみの三度笠3:32 11惚れちゃったんだョ3:39 12ゆうがおの丘4:14 13おんなの海峡4:27 Disc 21北の宿から3:53 2雨やどり3:36 3しあわせ岬3:55 4大阪しぐれ4:02 5浮草ぐらし3:41 6ふたりの大阪3:57 7東京セレナーデ3:36 8浪花恋しぐれ4:19 9道頓堀川4:25 10ふたりのラブソング4:47 11夫婦坂4:36 12小樽運河4:27 13千年の古都5:25 | Compilation | 1 December 1990 | |
| 1998 | 古賀メロディ~誕生70周年記念~Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 47:481誰か故郷を想わざる3:20 2影を慕いて4:11 3人生劇場3:24 4緑の地平線2:57 5恋の曼珠沙華3:21 6男の純情3:05 7湯の町エレジー4:12 8新妻鏡3:47 9酒は涙か溜息か2:50 10人生の並木路3:17 11サーカスの唄3:11 12無法松の一生3:25 13あけみの歌4:15 14二人は若い2:33 | Compilation | 20 June 1998 | |
| 2003 | オリジナル大全集~デビュー40周年記念Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2 April 2003 | |
| 2005 | スペシャルベストSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:41Disc 1 1アンコ椿は恋の花4:04 2涙の連絡船4:50 3好きになった人3:41 4おんなの海峡4:31 5北の宿から3:53 6大阪しぐれ4:02 7浪花恋しぐれ4:20 8夫婦坂4:36 9小樽運河4:26 10千年の古都5:29 11邪宗門6:58 12散華5:33 13ムカシ5:26 14今ひとたびの~Vaya Con Dios~4:43 15抱きしめて4:18 16命ゆきどまり5:51 Disc 21命ゆきどまり<プロモーション・ビデオ> 2好きになった人<2003.1.8 日本武道館> | Compilation | 20 July 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Harumi Miyako head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Japan Record Award | won | |
| 2010 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako-Harumi-1.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/601cf2a4-f817-4d6f-ab8f-74f891265edfdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/601cf2a4-f817-4d6f-ab8f-74f891265edfcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181434genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181434seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harumi_Miyakobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harumi_Miyako
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: 国際情報社 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q181434 · MusicBrainz: 601cf2a4-f817-4d6f-ab8f-74f891265edf
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