Tomoyo Harada -- Tokimeki no Accident（ときめきのアクシデント）

I realize that this Easter isn't a normal one and people are missing the big extended family get-togethers, but if I can provide a bit of Easter chocolate-y sweetness to your day, I will be quite happy.

So, why not start with some 80s aidoru goodness then? I found this 2nd single for Tomoyo Harada（原田知世）, "Tokimeki no Accident" (Heartthrob Accident) which was released back in October 1982. This was the opening theme song for a Fuji-TV school drama "Nerawareta Gakuen"（ねらわれた学園...Target Academy） starring the aidoru, and in an example of the typical observation of strong melodic arrangements surrounding some not-so-strong teenybopper vocals in that decade, Harada's flighty delivery fulfills the adorable aidoru quotient against a fairly lush AOR-esque melody made by Takao Kisugi（来生たかお）arranged by Katsu Hoshi（星勝）. The lyrics by Etsuko Kisugi（来生えつこ）relate the usual puppy love situation.

I have to say thought that although I realize that this is an aidoru tune, there is quite a bit more bubbliness in "Tokimeki no Accident" than I thought there would be for a song penned by the Kisugis. Still, those serious piano chords that I've expected from Takao Kisugi are right in there. The single peaked at No. 67 with 15,000 records sold.