Azusa Nakamura（中村あずさ）is an actress, emcee and tarento who I used to see all the time on dramas and variety shows when I was living in Japan. She stood out for that wide-as-the-Mississippi smile and those twinkling eyes.
Little did I know though that she had released a few singles in the 1980s at least, although I should have known since anyone who's anyone on television in Japan was famous enough to be obliged to cut a few records here and there. And sure enough, Nakamura did sing behind the mike although her J-Wiki account doesn't mention anything about singles although there is a mention of a 1990 album.
However, YouTuber DJ Squall mentions that the above was her 2nd single from December 1988, "Fu......". And please, before anyone imagines that Ms. Nakamura was gauche enough to almost throw out a well-worn swear word as a song title, she's actually giving out a sigh as the title...kinda like "Whew!". I couldn't find the lyrics by singer-songwriter Mayo Shouno（庄野真代）but I could imagine that with the refined Riviera-friendly melody that was also provided by Ms. Shouno, who knows a fair bit about exotic kayo herself, the song might be all about the ups and downs of romance. As for the cover showing the singer being caught in the act of something, I'm not judging.
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