1. Mr. Children Innocent World
2. Kohmi Hirose Romance no Kamisama
3. Ryoko Shinohara Koishisa to Setsunasa to Kokorotsuyosa to
4. B'z Don't Leave Me
5. Miyuki Nakajima Sora to Kimi no Aida ni
6. Yumi Matsutoya Hello, My Friend
7. trf Survival Dance
8. Maki Ohguro Anata dake Mitsumeteru
9. trf Boy Meets Girl
10. WANDS Sekai ga Owaru made wa
A lot of new faces on this list at the time but Yuming and Miyuki are still there. I have a few stories about one of Tetsuya Komuro's "children", the technopop dance group, trf. The Komuro Family was one of the big things in J-Pop for a number of years during the 90s. And Mr. Children was making a huge splash on the scene. All of these people in the Top 10 started off my most recent phase in my J-Pop education. There are some of the other folks who didn't make the Top 10 but are still in my memories like ZARD, WANDS, and Fumiya Fujii.
I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
Credits
I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Friday, September 21, 2012
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