Megumi Asaoka (麻丘めぐみ, Asaoka Megumi) is a Japanese pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 singer, and actress. Her real name is Kayoko Fuji.

She made her entrance in showbusiness in June, 1972, with her debut single Mebae.

Her biggest hit would be Watashi No Kare Wa Hidarikiki, which peaked at no. 1, on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts, in July, 1973.

She married Mitsuo Watanabe in September 1979, and divorced him in February 1982. She has one daughter.

Singles

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Debut single||align="right"|1972-06-05 (#3)
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|2||align="left"|||align="right"|1972-10-05 (#6)
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|3||align="left"|||align="right"|1973-01-15 (#7)
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|4||align="left"|||align="right"|1973-04-30 (#7)
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|5||align="left"|
Biggest hit||align="right"|1973-07-05 (#1)
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|6||align="left"|||align="right"|1973-10-15 (#8)
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|7||align="left"|||align="right"|1974-01-15 (#6)
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|8||align="left"|'||align="right"|1974-04-05 (#13)
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|9||align="left"|
||align="right"|1974-09-10 (#10)
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|10||align="left"|||align="right"|1974-12-15 (#16)
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|11||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-03-05 (#14)
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|12||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-06-05 (#24)
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|13||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-08-15 (#37)
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|14||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-10-25 (#44)
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|15||align="left"|||align="right"|1976-02-05 (#63)
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|16||align="left"|
||align="right"|1976-06-05 (#64)
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|17||align="left"|||align="right"|1976-09-05 (#83)
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|18||align="left"|
||align="right"|1977-01-25 (#77)
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|19||align="left"|||align="right"|1977-10-05 (#-)
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|20||align="left"|||align="right"|1984-05-25 (#-)
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|21||align="left"|||align="right"|1985-05-25 (#-)
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|22||align="left"|||align="right"|1986-08-21 (#-)
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|23||align="left"|||align="right"|1991-09-26 (#-)
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Studio albums

#	Title	Release Date/Chart Position
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Debut album||align="right"|1972-08-05 (#9)
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|2||align="left"|||align="right"|1972-12-20 (#6)
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|3||align="left"|||align="right"|1973-05-25 (#12)
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|4||align="left"|||align="right"|1973-08-25 (#13)
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|5||align="left"|
||align="right"|1974-04-25 (#22)
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|6||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-04-25 (#39)
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|7||align="left"|||align="right"|1975-07-05 (#28)
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|8||align="left"|'||align="right"|1976-07-01 (#-)
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|9||align="left"|
||align="right"|1976-07-01 (#92)
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|10||align="left"|||align="right"|1976-11-15 (#-)
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Live albums

#	Title	Release Date
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First live album||align="right"|1974-04-25
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|2||align="left"|||align="right"|?
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|3||align="left"|||align="right"|1983-05-01
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External links

• Megumi Asaoka's IMDB page