Kayo Kyoku Plus

I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.

Friday, December 5, 2025

Kiyotaka Sugiyama -- This Song's for You

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  Kiyotaka Sugiyama(杉山清貴) is a singer that I usually associate with his old band Omega Tribe(オメガトライブ) through such City Pop classics as ...

Mariko Tone -- Setsunai Yoru(せつない夜)

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  When I think of singer Mariko Tone(刀根麻理子) , I usually think of her as a 1980s artist but she was releasing singles into the 1990s. In fac...

Galali -- Escape

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  Everyone needs an escape once in a while. Whether it be to a hot spring in Japan or just even meeting up with old friends in a restaurant ...

Yurie Kokubu -- Last Woman

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  After so long, I think that I may have finally come to the last or one of the very last tracks to be covered on Yurie Kokubu's(国分友里恵)f...

Toshiya Igarashi -- Kanojo no Nikka(彼女の日課)

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  I was flipping through the pages of the original "Japanese City Pop" once more and I came across singer Toshiya Igarashi's(...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Nash Music Library -- Havana Port

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  With a wind chill factor in the negative double digits today, it was about as far from summer as one could get, and I had to get a major e...
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Checkers -- Yoake no Breath(夜明けのブレス)

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  A couple of nights ago, I caught the penultimate episode of "Uta Con" (うたコン) for the year. Usually, the NHK music show alternat...
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