When I first wrote about professional wrestler/singer Devil Masami（デビル雅美）earlier in March, I pointed out that her "Star Jazz Waltz" from the end of 1985 was quite the remarkable mellow urban contemporary tune. That was also the case for her "J" song which I have yet to find on YouTube, although it is the first Devil Masami tune that I'd heard back in my university days.
Let's turn the clock back a few more years then. I discovered her debut single "Moetsukiru made" (Until It Burns) which was released in December 1982, and it's about as different in arrangement from "Star Jazz Waltz" as one can get. For one thing, it sounds as if Keiko Fuji（藤圭子）had decided to tackle something along the lines of a tokusatsu theme tune. However, as would be the case for a Japanese wrestler deciding to get behind the mike instead of an opponent, I think this is her theme song since it describes her role in the ring as a villain (I believe the Japanese term is "super heel"), taking on all comers in big bad Tokyo on her own terms.
Written and composed by Kaoru Kuramitsu（倉光カオル）, it's quite the grand musical entrance for Devil Masami with those trumpets ringing out their pearly tones like some epic fanfare preceding the entrance of a legend.
From what I gleaned from her J-Wiki article, Devil Masami retired from the industry in 2008. She then returned to her hometown of Kita-Kyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture to become the night manager of a supermarket. After that, she was scouted out by the president of a pickled vegetable company to become a manager of one of the shops. That shop closed its doors for good last month.
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