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Friday, July 18, 2025

Mami Koyama -- Twilight Train(トワイライト・トレイン)

 

Well, it was just on Tuesday that Mami Koyama(小山茉美)had another posting on KKP under her guise as the precocious android Arale-chan(アラレちゃん)from "Dr. Slump"(Dr.スランプ ). She was providing another cute and adorable march for her island neighbour Suppaman.

But now that it's Urban Contemporary Friday on "Kayo Kyoku Plus", Koyama is back in her City Pop form, thanks to her debut album "Yurete Mami"(ゆ・れ・てMami...Sway Mami) from 1982. One of the tracks is "Twilight Train", and it's about as urbane as one can get in a Japanese pop song. Resonant keyboards, beefy bass and Koyama's light vocals help this smooth-as-butter track go down nice and slowly. Lyricist Machiko Ryu(竜真知子)and composer Ken Sato(佐藤健)were behind this one.

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