Welcome to the 1601st aidoru article on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" and this one has got a style or panache that actually sent up a thrill up my back when I first heard it. And it all comes down to the observation that a lot of the aidoru tunes especially in the late 1980s have had some really lush arrangements.
Actress and singer Ryoko Sano（佐野量子）hasn't been seen as one of the superstar aidoru along the lines of Seiko Matsuda（松田聖子）or Miho Nakayama（中山美穂）but having covered a few of her tunes on the blog over the past few years, she's got some gems as well. "Mayonaka no Bouquet" (Midnight Bouquet) is an upbeat and dramatic tune which was included on her April 1987 album "Moderato". Written by Masumi Kawamura（川村真澄）, composed by Tsunehiro Izumi（和泉常寛）and arranged by Motoki Funayama（船山基紀）, I've simply declared it an aidoru tune but one with some sophistication and class...maybe a bit of City Pop here (especially with that guitar and bass) and a bit of Fashion Music there. Sano does indeed sound like a cute teenybopper singer but she's surrounded by a melody which gives the appearance of a lass out in the big city and marveling at the infrastructure.
J-Canuck I think you are right. In her younger years Ryoko Sano（佐野量子）always seemed like she could the girl next door much more so than the likes of Seiko Matsuda（松田聖子 who was always the above life superstar aidoru 24/7.
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