Showing posts with label Kenji Kadoya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kenji Kadoya. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The Last Show -- Tomo ni Genki（ともに元気 ）

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  Some years ago, I mentioned a band by the name of The Last Show （ザ・ラストショウ） which was set up to act as backup for folk-rock singer Shigeru ...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Chika Ueda + Karyobin -- See You Again ~ Hatsukoi（シーユーアゲイン・初恋）

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  Ahhh...the image of the chaise lounge , international symbol for all things Fashion Music or the Japanese take on Baroque Pop . It's...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Last Show -- My Sweet Home

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  A little over three years ago, I featured a song by a band known as The Last Show（ザ・ラストショウ） led by Koichi Matsuda（松田幸一）and Ritsu Murakami（...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Mieko Nishijima -- Bishonure Waltz（びしょぬれワルツ）

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Among the many singers that I got to be introduced to via the radio program "Sounds of Japan" in the 1980s , one was singer-song...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Chika Ueda -- Classiest

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  I never thought that I would ever be able to get my hands on Chika Ueda's（上田知華） "Classiest" which had originally been relea...
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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Chika Ueda + Karyobin -- Sayonara Rainy Station（さよならレイニー・ステーション）

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  Hmmm...what did I say about half an hour ago? I was going to finish off my KKP day with my fifth article involving  Yukihiro Takahashi...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Mieko Nishijima -- Tentai Bouenkyou（天体望遠鏡）

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  I think that singer-songwriter Mieko Nishijima（西島三重子） has a very loyal cadre of fans but she's one of the more underrated talents that...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Mieko Nishijima -- Bye-Bye

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  Mieko Nishijima's（西島三重子） "Bye-Bye" has got quite the bouncy bass in there but I'm not quite ready to call it a City Pop...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

Yumiko Araki -- Ai shika nai no ni（愛しかないのに）

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  The above picture is an especially precious one for me since the structure no longer exists. It was the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, and I...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Masaki Niwa -- Koorogi Bashi（こおろぎ橋）

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  Singer-songwriter Masaki Niwa（丹羽応樹） made her first appearance on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" through her brassy composition of "Chin...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Love Potion -- Nightingale（ナイチンゲール）

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  As I've mentioned before in past articles, the 1980s were the most impressionable decade for me in terms of pop culture. There was al...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Kumiko Aimoto -- Itsutsu no Douka（5つの銅貨）

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Back in June 2019 , I wrote about aidoru Kumiko Aimoto's（相本久美子） "Mayonaka no Heroine" （真夜中のヒロイン） , an interesting synthpop ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

Mari Sono -- Nagasarete（流されて）

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Ah...l'amour. The delicious pain of love and all that mumbo-jumbo. I was never good at expressing romance in writing but the French s...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Mieko Nishijima -- Jealousy

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Completely forgot that I heard this old chestnut by Mieko Nishijima（西島三重子） on "Sounds of Japan" long ago. Nishijima has often ...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Mariko Kurata -- Sayonara Rainy Station （さよならレイニー・ステーション）

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I was going through YouTube last night looking for a video for another article when I encountered Mariko Kurata's（倉田まり子） name. It's...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Mieko Nishijima -- Self-Portrait

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It's been a good few days in terms of introducing some of these formerly long-lost songs from my memory. First, I was able to get Junko...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Mieko Nishijima -- Ikegami Sen （池上線）

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"Ikegami Sen" ( Ikegami Line ) is arguably Mieko Nishijima's（西島三重子） most famous hit. It was her 2nd single , originally from ...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Mieko Nishijima/Ruiko Kurahashi -- Chitose Bashi (千登勢橋）

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(karaoke cover) Both of my unsung heroines are represented here with this beautiful song. Mieko Nishijima（西島三重子) , a native of Nakano Wa...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Akira Fuse -- Kimi wa Bara yorimo Utsukushii　（君は薔薇よりも美しい）

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During the 70s , enka was the active traditional portion of kayo kyoku while the first big wave of aidoru washed ashore. There was also t...