is a Japanese chanson singer from Tokyo. She was the vocalist of the opening theme "Sazae-san" and the ending theme song "The Sazae-san Family" of the long-running anime television series Sazae-san.
Biography Uno was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 1947. She began performing children's songs when she was five years old.
She graduated from the Vocal Music Department at the Musashino Academia Musicae Junior College, with her mentor being chanson singer and composer Akira Ui. After honing her skills as a chansonnier at venues such as Ginparis, she established herself as one of Japan's leading chanson singers.
In 1968, Uno released her single "Como Esta Akasaka" as a member of the Mahalo Echoes.銀巴里アワー シャンソネットスペシャルin仙台 vol.3 (in English). PDF file. Chansonnette. September 6, 2018. She signed an exclusive contract with EMI Music Japan in 1969. Later that same year, she performed the vocals for the opening and ending theme songs of the Japanese anime television series Sazae-san.「サザエさん」主題歌＆BGM・効果音集、制作上の都合で発売中止に (in Japanese). Tower Records. Tower Records Online official website. (August 19, 2013). Accessed January 22, 2020.宇野ゆう子 (in Japanese). CDJournal. Accessed January 22, 2020. She also performed the vocals for the theme song of the TBS children's television drama The Ken-chan Series that ran from 1969 to 1982.宇野ゆう子-Official Site/Discography (in Japanese). Yuko Uno Official Website. January 22, 2020.
Discography Singles Side ASide BRelease dateRecord labelCatalogue numberNote Como Esta Akasaka Wakaretemo 1968 Victor Entertainment SV-713 Released under "Mahalo Echoes, Yuko Uno" Janken Ken-chan(Yasuyuki Miyawaki) Sayonara Mata Ashita 1969 Toshiba TC-1132 Theme song for Janken Ken-chan Sazae-san The Sazae-san Family November 10, 1969 Toshiba TC-1135 Theme song for Sazae-san Ken-chan Toko-chan Go! Go! Go! Papa to Mama Ga Chitchana Toki Asonda Uta 1970 Toshiba TC-1147 Theme song for Ken-chan Toko-chan Sazae-san The Sazae-san Family June 5, 1974 Toshiba TC-3030 Saikai Marine Blue 1980 Toshiba TP-17035 Sazae-san The Sazae-san Family September 23, 1992 Toshiba EMI TODG-2001 Min'na o Suki Ni 〜 Tsumottayuki Kodama de Seu Ka 〜 Suna no Ōkoku 1999 Toshiba EMI PCDLZ-1146 "Misuzu Kaneko/Yume no Sekai"作品集 詳細 No.2 - Eriko TSUKAYAMA (in Japanese). Accessed June 2, 2021.
Albums TitleRelease dateRecord labelCatalogue number First album Toshiba EMI LRS-820 Black Coffee May 21, 1990 Victor Entertainment VICP-41 Kouhii wa Ai no Kaori October 21, 1992 Victor Entertainment VICP-178 Ashita no Tobira o Akete 2008 EP TitleRelease dateLabelCatalogue numberNote Amefuri Otsukisan/Teru Teru Bōzu/Shikararete/Ashita Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. TH-3237 Performed "Amefuri Otsukisan" and "Shikararete"
References
External links Yuko Uno Official Website