One of those 80s singers who quickly came and went, Kyoko Isobe（磯部恭子）first started out as a member of an aidoru trio known as BiOSPECIAL in 1987. At around the same time, she also worked as a model for the brand Mademoiselle NONNON【マドモアゼルノンノン】 .
Then in 1988, she made her start as a solo singer releasing just two singles. The second single was "Fujun?" (Impure? or Dishonest?) which was released in March 1989, and though it's been categorized as a funk/soul boogie on Discogs, I think that it sounds more like a Eurobeat/pop mix. The lyrics were provided by Sakiko Iwamuro（岩室先子）with Ichiro Hada（羽田一郎）as the composer. It's not a bad song at all although it apparently didn't measure up to any ranking on Oricon. Her debut single from October 1988, "CRUSH on LOVE" peaked at No. 93.
Isobe made a few appearances on "Music Station" and "Yoru no Hit Studio"（夜のヒットスタジオ）among other shows with a couple of appearances on one drama. However, she suddenly opted to get out of show business in 1989 and so a debut album that had already been titled "Spitz"（スピッツ）for release in June that year was given the hook. Strangely enough, a guitar pop/rock band would make better use of that album title in the 1990s as their own name.
Not my exact taste in music, but this is much better than similar stuff.
ReplyDeleteI hope it was not an unseemly reason of nasty management abuse as the reason her career ended.
One never knows. Songwriter Tetsuji Hayashi appeared on a show that I saw last night and he mentioned how harsh the music industry can be. I think there was quite a fast-spinning revolving door for the industry especially in the 1980s.
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