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Miki Matsubara

1959 - 2004

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Miki Matsubara (松原 みき, Matsubara Miki; 28 November 1959 – 7 October 2004) was a Japanese singer, songwriter, and television personality from Kishiwada, Osaka. She participated in the opening and ending theme songs of the TV anime Gu-Gu Ganmo under the name "Suzie Matsubara". Her 1979 debut song "Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me)" became a hit, reaching number 28 on the Oricon chart, selling 104,000 copies according to Oricon survey, and selling 300,000 copies announced by Canyon Records. In addition, since around 2020, the song has become widely heard not only in Japan but also overseas thanks to the video sharing platform TikTok and the resurgence of city pop. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miki Matsubara is the 445th most popular composer, the 542nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 486th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Miki Matsubara ranks 445 out of 1,451. Before her are Alexandre Guilmant, Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Giovanni Pacini, and Hugo Riemann. After her are Grock, Johannes Tinctoris, Carl Loewe, John Blow, Antonio de Cabezón, and Pierre de la Rue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Miki Matsubara ranks 76. Before her are Ving Rhames, Mauricio Funes, Frank Darabont, Sam Raimi, Byung-Chul Han, and Nirmala Sitharaman. After her are Wim Hof, Rosanna Arquette, Victoria Abril, Donna Strickland, Satoru Iwata, and Donna Murphy. Among people deceased in 2004, Miki Matsubara ranks 72. Before her are Elmer Bernstein, Richard Avedon, Roque Máspoli, Nikolai Chernykh, Boris Trajkovski, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. After her are Marika Rökk, Lennart Bernadotte, Serge Reggiani, Thanom Kittikachorn, Sacha Distel, and Zenkō Suzuki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Miki Matsubara ranks 542 out of 6,245. Before her are Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Michio Ashikaga (1950), Takao Nishiyama (1942), and Iwasaki Yatarō (1835). After her are Hideo Shinojima (1910), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Michiyo Taki (null), Ōyama Iwao (1842), Seiichi Sakiya (1950), and Empress Masako (1963).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Miki Matsubara ranks 4. Before her are Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), and Toru Takemitsu (1930). After her are Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), and Koji Kondo (1961).

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