Yoko Minamino -- Kaze no Madrigal（風のマドリガル）/Heroine no Densetsu（ヒロインの伝説）

 

Happy weekend to all of you and of course, Happy Pride weekend. Almost a decade ago, one of our first contributors, JTM, was kind enough to write up an epic article on the whole "Sukeban Deka"（スケバン刑事） franchise. He not only wrote about the series starring aidoru including Yuki Saito（斉藤由貴）and Yoko Minamino（南野陽子）, but he also provided some of the songs associated with "Sukeban Deka".

One of those songs that he mentioned was Nanno's "Kaze no Madrigal" (Madrigal of the Wind), her 4th single from July 1986 which became the theme song for "Sukeban Deka II" that starred the young aidoru. And to also quote my friend on the definition of a madrigal: "a medieval short lyrical poem". To be honest, I don't know very much at all on music of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, but as for "Kaze no Madrigal", the song by lyricist Reiko Yukawa（湯川れい子）, composer Daisuke Inoue（井上大輔）and arranger Mitsuo Hagita（萩田光雄）goes against my assumption of a "Sukeban Deka" theme being a kickass rock n' roll tune. Instead, the song is a fleet-footed number with hints of cowboy justice and Hiromi Ohta's（太田裕美）"Saraba Siberia Tetsudo" (さらばシベリア鉄道）originally created by the late Eiichi Ohtaki（大滝詠一）who had his own love for some cowboy Western twang.

The B-side is "Heroine no Densetsu" (Legend of a Heroine), something with some funk and urban contemporary in there that it could almost be a City Pop tune. It is indeed spirited and determined, befitting a song for a heroine. The same songwriters for "Kaze no Madrigal" were responsible for "Heroine no Densetsu" which peaked at No. 5 on Oricon.