Mako Ishino

Mako Ishino 石野 真子
Born	(1961-01-31) January 31, 1961 Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Victor Come True Records Pony Canyon
Website	Official site

Mako Ishino (石野真子, Ishino Mako, born January 31, 1961), is a Japanese singer and actress. She is the elder sister of actress Yōko Ishino. Ishino is affiliated with From First Production Co., Ltd.

Discography

Albums

• Smile (07-25-1978)
• Mako II (12-05-1978)
• Mako Live I (06-01-1979)
• Mako III (08-25-1979)
• Koi no Disc Jockey MAKO IV (03-05-1980)
• Watashi no Shiawase MAKO 5 (07-21-1980)
• Twenty MAKO 6 (02-21-1981)
• Jeans ni Hakikaete MAKO 7 (07-05-1981)
• BYE BYE MAKO LIVE ~ 8 tsuki no taiyō yori moete ~ (10-05-1981)
• Saffron (10-21-1985)
• Truth (10-25-2003)
• Memories of the Sea (海の記憶, Umi no Kioku) (2004)
• Mako Revival (2005)
• Mirai (2006)
• Love Merry-go-round (08-20-2008)
• Watashi no Shiawase (2008)
• Life Is Beautiful (2010)

Singles

• "Ōkami nanka kowaku nai" (狼なんか怖くない) (1978) (Oricon: 17)
• "Watashi no Don" (わたしの首領) (1978) (Oricon: 26)
• "Shitsuren kinenbi" (失恋記念日) (1978) (Oricon: 24)
• "Nichiyōbi wa Stranger" (日曜日はストレンジャー) (1979) (Oricon: 19)
• "Pretty Pretty" (プリティー・プリティー) (1979) (Oricon: 26)
• "Wonder Boogie" (ワンダー・ブギ) (1979) (Oricon: 22)
• "Julie ga Rival" (ジュリーがライバル) (1979) (Oricon: 24)
• "Haru La! La! La!" (春ラ!ラ!ラ!) (1980) (Oricon: 16)
• "Heart de shōbu" (ハートで勝負) (1980) (Oricon: 15)
• "Memai" (めまい) (1980) (Oricon: 24)
• "Kare ga hatsu koi" (彼が初恋) (1980) (Oricon: 22)
• "Foggy Rain / Koi no Happy Date" (フォギー・レイン/恋のハッピー・デート) (1980) (Oricon: 27)
• "Omoikkiri Samba" (思いっきりサンバ) (1981) (Oricon: 42)
• "Irodori no toki" (彩りの季節) (1981) (Oricon: 35)
• "Koi no Summer Dance" (恋のサマー・ダンス) (1981) (Oricon: 41)
• "Burning Love" (バーニング・ラブ) (1981) (Oricon: 38)
• "Watashi no shiawase PART II" (私のしあわせ PART II) (1981) (Oricon: 56)
• "Ashita ni nareba" (明日になれば) (1982) (Oricon: 52)
• "Meguri ai" (めぐり逢い) (1985)
• "Glass no kanransha" (ガラスの観覧車) (1987)
• "Sora ni Canvas" (空にカンバス) (1987)
• "Kira Kira ∞" (2001)
• "Eve" (2005)
• "Pointing at Me" (こっちを向いて, Kotchi wo Muite) (2007)
• "My Friend ~Go on a Journey~" (My Friend ～旅に出よう～, My Friend ~Tabi ni Deyō~) (2010)

Videos

• Singact 2009 Pan・Dora ~Mako's Breakthrough~ (SINGACT 2009 PAN・DORA～真子の反抗期～, SINGACT 2009 PAN・DORA ~Mako no Hankō-ki~) (2010)
• Band Tour 2010 Life Is Beautiful ~First Live Tour in 29 Years~ (BAND TOUR 2010 Life is beautiful ～29年ぶり素顔のライブツアー～, BAND TOUR 2010 Life is beautiful ~29-Nen-buri sugao no raibutsuā~) (2010)
• Mako Ishino Live & Document 2009 at Shinagawa Church Gloria Chapel ~My Happy Guitar~ (石野真子 LIVE & DOCUMENT 2009 at 品川教会 グローリアチャペル ～MY HAPPY GUITAR～, Ishino Mako LIVE & DOCUMENT 2009 at Shinagawa Kyōkai Gurōriachaperu ～MY HAPPY GUITAR～) (2010)

Selected filmography

Television

• The Kindaichi Case Files (1995) – Yumiko Ono
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004) – Swan Shiratori/Deka Swan
• Boys Over Flowers (2005) - Makino Chieko
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – Konishi "Magdalena" Wakusa
• Lost Man Found (2022) – Satoru's mother
• Dear Radiance (2024) – Fujiwara no Mutsuko

Film

• Hachiko Monogatari (1987) – Chizuko Ueno
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004) – Swan Shiratori
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger (2005) – Swan Shiratori
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger vs. Dekaranger (2006) – Swan Shiratori
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 Years After (2015) – Swan Shiratori
• Bittersweet (2016)
• Neet Neet Neet (2018)
• Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2021)
• The Pearl Legacy (2023) – Mitsuyo Ōgame

Dubbing

• Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005, 2011) – Narrator

External links

• Official website (Victor Entertainment) (in Japanese)
• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Profile at From First Production Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
• Mako Ishino at IMDb
• JMDb profile (in Japanese)