There was no source given behind the following comment in the J-Wiki article for this entertainer, but I can imagine that it was probably the Japanese entertainment media which gave the rather cruel snark that the 1983 group of new aidoru was a bad crop due to none of them having any notable hits. In the previous year, the geinokai had seen the arrival of Tomoyo Harada（原田知世）, Hidemi Ishikawa（石川秀美）, Kyoko Koizumi（小泉今日子）and Akina Nakamori（中森明菜）among others so perhaps the media got rather spoiled which probably led to the remark. Can't really imagine how some of those teenage singers took the news. I know that not all aidoru had the most talented voices but ouch!
One of those singers debuting that year was Itsumi Osawa（大沢逸美）from Hokkaido. She made her debut in February 1983 with "James Dean Mitai na Onna no Ko"（ジェームス・ディーンみたいな女の子...A Girl Like James Dean） which I will probably get around to sometime later on. However, I'd like to begin the Osawa file with the B-side to her 2nd single "Kiri Kiri Mai"（キリキリ舞い...Spin Dance） instead which was released in June.
That would be the cordial "Noppo no Captain" (The Tall Lanky Captain) which was written and composed by the husband-and-wife team of lyricist Yoko Aki（阿木燿子）and composer Ryudo Uzaki（宇崎竜童）. Aki and Uzaki penned a lot of 70s aidoru Momoe Yamaguchi's（山口百恵）hits in the latter half of that decade such as "Imitation Gold"（イミテイション・ゴールド）. Those Momoe songs had that line of kickass sultriness which also had an influence on how the singer performed on television.
However, "Noppo no Captain", the tale of a young girl having the hots for the captain of a high school cheerleading squad (although he's already attached) has got more of a French pop feeling which really stood out to me. Certainly, it's a song that I would have rooted for because it's one of the types of melody that I enjoy, no matter the genre, and I wouldn't have minded if it had gone on a tad longer than its 3 minutes and 6 seconds.
Osawa released a total of 11 singles up to May 1990, although the interval between her 10th and final singles was around 4 years. She also recorded two albums, both coming out in 1983. Osawa also did her fair share of acting on TV, movies and stage. According to both her J-Wiki and Wikipedia articles, she has also given lectures and written a book about her experiences dealing with her parents who had been in ailing health.
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