Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Haruomi Hosono（細野晴臣）

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Three out of the four solo albums that Haruomi Hosono put out in the 1970s, "Tropical Dandy", "Bon Voyage Co." and "Paraiso", were set in Tokyo, but they were also notable for greatly absorbing a plethora of musical rhythms from all over the world. I am well aware that there is no point in forcibly categorizing them as City Pop, but if musical adventure has driven the evolution of Japanese pop, and the works introduced in this book are part of that, then there is no doubt that Hosono's bold challenge has become one of the guiding principles of City Pop. He truly is the King of Music in Japan.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).