Yutaka Mizutani -- Futsu no Love Song（普通のラブソング）

 

When it comes to veteran actor-singer Yutaka Mizutani（水谷豊）, I will always think of him as the refined and cultured detective on "Aibou"（相棒）or as a rarin-to-go rookie cop in his younger days. Certainly, the song here would tend to emphasize my opinion.

Ironically, "Futsu no Love Song" (Just a Regular Love Song) wasn't used for a cop show. It was actually used for a 1982 NTV series titled "An-chan"（あんちゃん）which dealt with Mizutani's character who had been a pro wrestling manager and trainer before becoming a head priest and a counselor for troubled youth. But there's no doubting that the theme song sounds quite urban and urbane as crooned by the actor himself; it would sound just as fine as a theme for a regular detective show set in Tokyo. "Futsu no Love Song" was created by the golden duo of lyricist Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆）and composer Kyohei Tsutsumi（筒美京平）.

One interesting tidbit of trivia is that Mizutani had just gotten married to his first wife, actress Miki McKenzie, in early 1982 but were soon separated within half a year, when he co-starred in "An-chan" with former Candies' member Ran Ito（伊藤蘭）. Some years later after the divorce had been finalized in 1986, Mizutani and Ito would get married following a long courtship in 1989.