Also known as: Taeco Onuki · Taeko Ohnuki · Taeko Onuki · おおぬき たえこ · おおぬきたえこ · 大貫 妙子
Label: Nippon Crown
Biography
Taeko Oonuki (大貫妙子, born November 28, 1953, in Suginami, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician associated with city pop, j-pop, and jazz. Active since 1971, she emerged in the early 1970s and co-founded Sugar Babe in 1973. She began her solo career in 1976, releasing her first solo album, 『グレイ・スカイズ』, that year on Nippon Crown.
She was part of the city pop scene of the 1970s and 1980s, and later worked in film and anime-related music. In 1998, she won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Music for the film 『東京日和』. She also sang 『We miss you 〜愛のテーマ〜』 on the 2006 music CD 『MOTHER3+』 and performed the theme song 『森へ行こう』 for the 2006 film 『劇場版 どうぶつの森』. In anime, she performed "a life", the opening theme of "Nihon Chinbotsu".
