The male trios had an original Gosanke（御三家...The Big Three） and then a new Gosanke for the next generation, so the same thing happened with the female trios. In the 1950s, there was the Ganso Sannin Musume（元祖三人娘...The Original Three Girls） starring Hibari Misora（美空ひばり）, Chiemi Eri（江利チエミ）and Izumi Yukimura（雪村いづみ）. But then in the early 1970s came the birth of the Shin Sannin Musume (The New Three Girls) featuring aidoru Rumiko Koyanagi（小柳ルミ子）, Mari Amachi（天地真理）and Saori Minami（南沙織）.
Unlike the original Sannin Musume, Koyanagi, Amachi and Minami never appeared in any rom-com movie, but they did have their opportunities to show up in magazines and TV music shows, including the 1972 Kohaku Utagassen. In the article for the Shin Sannin Musume on J-Wiki, I was even able to find the catchphrases for each of them:
Rumiko Koyanagi: Minna no Koibito（みんなの恋人...Everyone's Lover）
Mari Amachi: Anata no Kokoro no Tonari ni Iru Sony no Shirayuki Hime（あなたの心の隣にいるソニーの白雪姫...The Snow White of SONY, Close to Your Heart）
Saori Minami: Minami no Shima kara Kita Cynthia（南の島からきたシンシア...Cynthia from the Southern Islands）
All of them had their singing debut in 1971 with Amachi having the latest one in October.
Rumiko Koyanagi -- Watashi no Joukamachi (わたしの城下町）
Saori Minami -- Juu-nana Sai （17才）
Mari Amachi -- Hitori Janaino (ひとりじゃないの）
Masako, Junko and Momoe were promoted as a trio. Were any others from that generation also grouped in that way?
ReplyDeleteHey, Jim. Merry Christmas by the way. Yup, I was thinking of doing Masako, Junko and Momoe next. Interestingly enough, there was another trio created with Masako and Momoe but the third was Sayuri Ishikawa during her own aidoru days. I can see another couple of trios from the decade as well. If you want to take a look at my source, it's at
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Thanks for the link! Very interesting this really makes me curious I wonder if Yumi Arai or Nakajima Miyuki were ever included in any trio's?
DeleteNo problems here. I don't think Yuming or Nakajima were ever officially placed in a trio but then again, neither of them struck me as being particularly media-enthusiastic. However, I was also thinking of putting up some imagined trios later on into 2023, and those two along with one other singer could be great as a New Music Sannin Musume.
DeleteAh, by the way, totally different topic, but I noticed that at least some of your comments from way back have been erased although my responses to them are still intact. I don't have any particular problem with that and if it was by your choice, that's fine, but I was a little curious.