Showing posts with label Kei Ogura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kei Ogura. Show all posts
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Kei Ogura -- Yama ni Dakarete（山に抱かれて）

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  Japan has yet another long weekend for vacationers to savor during the holiday month of August . Monday August 11th is officially Mountai...
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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Hiroko Mita -- Hatachi no Mae de（20才の前で）

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  Yes, indeed. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Hiroko Mita（三田寛子） . And she is an 80s aidoru that I haven't covered in a few years now, so...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

"Seishun" Songs by J-Canuck

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  First off, I heard about the major quake in southern Japan so I'm hoping that folks there are doing OK. January 13th 2025 has been se...
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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Billy Joel -- The Stranger (album) Side B

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  Well, the usual occupational hazard has happened again on KKP where I mention that I will follow up on something soon enough and actually ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Anzen Chitai -- First Love Twice

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  For all of those Anzen Chitai（安全地帯） fans as well as any casual purveyors of Japanese pop and rock in the 1980s, do you remember "Reme...
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Friday, May 12, 2023

Hi-Fi Set -- Danro de Marshmallow（暖炉でマシュマロ）

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  Yes, I realize that it's hardly the time to think of fireplaces. Toronto is reporting 27 degrees Celsius out there with lots of summe...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Kei Ogura -- Shiosai no Uta（しおさいの詩）

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  For the second time in as many weeks, NHK's "Uta Con" （うたコン） was the setting for a major singer to give his farewells. Last ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Takao Horiuchi -- Itoshiki Hibi（愛しき日々）

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  The various genres listed in the Labels section on the right side, I confess, aren't a totally comprehensive group of the different ki...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Marie Igarashi -- Kibouhou made（喜望峰まで）/Mujin Ressha（無人列車）

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  Just a little over a year ago, I introduced singer and host Marie Igarashi（五十嵐麻利江） who I encountered through a snazzy City Pop number tit...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Flying Kitty Band -- Boku wa Uchuu Hikoushi, Parts 1 and 2（僕は宇宙飛行士）

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  A couple of years ago, I wrote about Flying Kitty Band (フライング・キティ・バンド） , a trio which consisted of singer-songwriter Kei Ogura  (小椋佳）, Hir...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Marie Igarashi -- Juu-roku-sai no Aki（16才の秋）

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  Over the years, I've heard of folk singers and aidoru getting their opportunities to sing under that huge musical umbrella called Cit...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Makiko Takada -- Okuri Kaze（送り風）

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  I was reading on one Ameblo blog where the author believed that this track from Makiko Takada's（高田真樹子）1977 2nd album "Fukigen na...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Hiroshi Itsuki -- Sanga（山河）

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  On a recent "Uta Kon" （うたコン） , both enka singer Hiroshi Itsuki（五木ひろし） and veteran singer-songwriter Kei Ogura（小椋佳） appeared with...
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Monday, August 3, 2020

Junko Sakurada -- Mayuzukiyo（眉月夜）

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https://music.apple.com/jp/album/thanks-40-aoitori-tachi-e/720746096 (excerpt only) I bookmarked this particular song by aidoru Junko S...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Miwa Kawagoe -- Yume Dake Miteru (夢だけ見てる)

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This week, while updating some of my 80s aidoru files, and doing some research on the internet, I discovered that aidoru Miwa Kawagoe ...
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Flying Kitty Band -- Boseki wo Sora ni (墓石を空に）

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Grand summer day for those who love it hot and humid out there. Up to now, I had always thought of bank employee-and-respected songw...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

Kei Ogura -- Saraba Seishun （さらば青春）

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With the works of singer-songwriter Kei Ogura（小椋佳） , the words "heartfelt" and "emotional" come to mind. The ballad...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Masatoshi Nakamura -- Ore tachi no Tabi （俺たちの旅）

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I used to hear excerpts of this song a fair bit over the years on TV but didn't hear the whole thing until just recently. Masatoshi N...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Hibari Misora -- Ai San San (愛燦燦)

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To commemorate Hibari Misora's (美空ひばり)  passing 26 years ago , the " Kayo Concert " episode a couple of days ago had just ...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

Akira Fuse/Kei Ogura -- Cyclamen no Kaori （シクラメンのかほり）

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I've heard this haunting song off and on for years but only made the connection between "Cyclamen no Kaori" (Cyclamen Kaori)...
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