Personal life Minami is married to photographer Kishin Shinoyama, and has a son, Akinobu Shinoyama. She took English classes at Sophia University, and in her performance years, she sang many folk/pop songs in English, and at one point travelled to Los Angeles, California to record her album Cynthia Street. Minami received strict instruction on perfecting her accent, which, during the time, she was speaking intermediately. Along with English, she also speaks Spanish at an intermediate level. Minami is a Catholic, and used her baptismal name Cynthia throughout her career as an idol. Partial discography Singles Studio albums EPs Live albums Compilations References External links (Sony Music Entertainment Japan) Minami Saori's Fan Site Japanese women pop singers Japanese idols 1954 births Living people Musicians from Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyuan people 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers