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Also known as Matsubara Miki

Japanese singer-songwriter (1959-2004)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Madagascar

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1,018,166
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Miki Matsubara (松原みき, Matsubara Miki) (November 28, 1959 – October 7, 2004) was a Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer from Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Matsubara was born November 28, 1959[2] in Kishiwada, Osaka in Japan. She spent her childhood in Hiraoka Town, Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka. She grew up in a family of four, including a father, a mother and a younger sister. Her father was a board member of a hospital and her mother was a jazz singer who had sung with the Japanese jazz band and

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Key facts

Born
( 1959-11-28 ) 28 November 1959, Kishiwada, Osaka , Japan
Died
7 October 2004 (2004-10-07) (aged 44), Sakai, Osaka , Japan
Other name
Suzie Matsubara ( スージー・松原 )
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Spouse
Masaki Honjo
Genres
J-pop city pop jazz
Instruments
Vocals piano keyboards
Years active
1978–2000
Label
Pony Canyon

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Kishiwada
Place of death
Sakai
Languages spoken
Japanese
Genre
jazz
Record label
Pony Canyon
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start of work period
1979-00-00
date of birth
1959-11-28
name in kana
まつばら みき
name in native language
松原 みき
social media followers
124000
date of death
2004-10-07
cause of death
cervix uterine cancer
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Miki Matsubara
pseudonym
スージー・松原
place of burial
Aoyama Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview

Miki Matsubara (松原 みき, Matsubara Miki; 28 November 1959 – 7 October 2004) was a Japanese singer and songwriter. She contributed to the opening and ending theme songs of the anime Gu-Gu Ganmo under the name Suzie Matsubara. Her 1979 debut song "Mayonaka no Door" became a hit, reaching No. 28 on the Oricon chart.

Believing that her cancer diagnosis was the result of the lifestyle she lived during her career, Matsubara retired and severed all connections to the music world in 2000, dying from cervical cancer four years later at the age of 44. Since 2020, "Mayonaka no Door" has become widely known overseas due to its use on TikTok and the resurgence of the city pop genre.

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