Seeing that I've written about a couple of songs, "DEAR FUTURE" and "Yokogao kara I LOVE YOU"（横顔から I LOVE YOU） written by longtime lyricist Yuuho Iwasato（岩里祐穂）in as many days, I decided to take a glimpse at her J-Wiki profile. What I found out that she did have a brief dalliance as a singer in the early 1980s.
Under the name Yuuko Iwasaki（いわさきゆうこ）, her profile states that she released one album and three singles before taking on her current nom de plume in 1983, although it only lists one single plus the 1980 album "Magical Liqueur"（マジカル・リキュール）.
The one single that's on the board is luckily represented on YouTube and here it is, "Ikusenman no Yoru wo Koete" (Beyond Tens of Millions of Nights). Of course, Iwasato/Iwasaki took care of everything on the song including getting behind the mike for this light and mellow ballad that also got released in 1980. She actually has a very pleasantly smoky voice for this languid tune mixing in feelings of folk and West Coast AOR and soft country.
Lyrically, it looks like the protagonist has gone all "Sleepless in Seattle" and started looking up at the night sky wondering whether true love is out there. Yup, I guess we've all been there. Incidentally, her lone album "Magical Liqueur" is displayed on her website, and in fact, there are a number of tracks up on YouTube. I will be more than interested in having a hear-see of those in the coming weeks and months since it looks like it's all about the City Pop and J-AOR.
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