Chieri Ito -- Mahou wo Kakete（魔法をかけて）

 

It's been a while since I put up an article regarding late 1980s aidoru Chieri Ito（伊藤智恵理）. The last time was back around Christmas 2020 when things weren't looking so chipper in the world at the time.

However, this particular track from Ito's debut album "Hello" from December 1987 is quite chipper. "Mahou wo Kakete" (Cast a Spell) made me wonder initially from the intro whether this was going to be a City Pop tune but instead it goes into a pretty jaunty aidoru state. Written by Masami Tozawa（戸沢暢美）and composed by Akira Nishihira, there are some pretty strong vocals from Ito, so I'm not surprised that she's been able to go beyond her aidoru years to take part in a number of projects in the 1990s and 2000s.