Ritsuko Kurosawa -- Hot Boy

 

I was never aware of this music variety show titled "Kayo Bin Bin House"（歌謡びんびんハウス）which was televised on TV Asahi on Sunday afternoons between 1986 and 1994. Most likely, when I was on the JET Programme back then, I was taking a leisurely nap in my room. But from what I've seen of this particular episode, it had quite a variety of musical guests running the gamut from aidoru to enka and having them go through different fun segments including the mini-golf at the beginning. One of them, enka diva Fuyumi Sakamoto（坂本冬美）, was someone that I saw on the Kohaku Utagassen some days ago.

Throughout its nearly eight years on the air, there were a number of ending themes for the show with one of them being Ritsuko Kurosawa's（黒沢律子）"Hot Boy". The song was also her 2nd single released in October 1990 and that coincided with the release of her 2nd album, "Confess", on the same day. Masami Kobayashi（小林まさみ）was responsible for the lyrics which talk about the titular hot boy or maybe the young lady involved getting all hot and bothered about love. Meanwhile, the music was provided by Hideya Nakazaki（中崎英也）. Not sure if it would fall under the category of City Pop, but there's a rather propulsive mix of R&B (maybe a touch of New Jack Swing?) and pop in there.