Top 10 Singles for 1982

1. Aming                                   Matsu Wa
2. Hiroko Yakushimaru            Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu
3. Hiromi Iwasaki                     Madonna tachi no Lullaby
4. Masatoshi Nakamura            Kokoro no Iro
5. Takashi Hosokawa                Kita Sakaba
6. Miyuki Nakajima                  Akujo
7. Masahiko Kondo                  Hi-Teen Boogie
8. Southern All Stars                Chako Kaigan no Monogatari
9. Masahiko Kondo                  Jounetsu Neppuu Serenade
10. Masahiko Kondo                Furarete BANZAI

Looks like Matchy was having a banner year with 3 singles in the Top 10, but it wasn't all aidoru up there. Enka was represented by Hosokawa's "Kita Sakaba", as well as good ol' pop by Nakajima and Nakamura.

Now, just for the heck of it, let's show what the Top 10 singles back in America were for 1982.

1. Olivia Newton-John                      Physical
2. Survivor                                     Eye of the Tiger
3. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts       I Love Rock N' Roll
4. McCartney and Wonder                Ebony and Ivory
5. J. Geils Band                              Centrefold
6. The Human League                      Don't You Want Me
7. John Cougar                              Jack & Diane
8. John Cougar                              Hurts So Good
9. Steve Miller Band                       Abracadabra
10. Chicago                                  Hard to Say I'm Sorry

(Billboard chart provided by www.musicoutfitters.com)