Showing posts with label Taku Izumi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taku Izumi. Show all posts
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Kyu Sakamoto -- Benkyo no Cha Cha Cha（勉強のチャチャチャ）

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  As I've mentioned before, "Ue wo Muite Arukou" (上を向いて歩こう) will always be Kyu Sakamoto's（坂本九） most famous kayo kyoku b...
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Monday, March 17, 2025

Ayumi Ishida -- Nee, Kiite yo Mama（ネエ、聞いてよママ）

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  Since "Kayo Kyoku Plus" began in early 2012 , we've had to say goodbye to a lot of singers and other people who've had a...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Izumi Taku Singers/Candies -- Kaerazaru Hi no Tame ni（帰らざる日のために）

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  This will be the late Taku Izumi's（いずみたく）23rd article on "Kayo Kyoku Plus", and the composer has been responsible for a lo...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Ernest Gold -- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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  When this movie hit the theatres in late 1963 , I was unfortunately yet to arrive on this mad, mad, mad, mad world for several more months...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Various -- Meiji Chocolate Theme（明治チョコレート・テーマ）

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  There are a number of reasons that I actually gained weight while living in Japan instead of the opposite and probably healthier direction...
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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Yoko Kishi/Four Saints -- Kibou（希望）

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  Glad to see that NHK's "Shin Nihon BS no Uta" （新日本BSの歌...Songs of Japanese Spirit） kayo kyoku program is returning to a mo...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Tamaki Sawa -- Bed de Tabako wo Suwanai de（ベッドで煙草を吸わないで）

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  It's almost become cliché that Japanese celebrities have often decided to go the political route and run for public office. For exampl...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Bonny Jacks/Mariko Miyagi & Victor Jidou Gasshoudan -- Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni（手のひらを太陽に）

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  Well, I've had one representative song from the currently running anime "Tomo-chan wa Onna no Ko!" （トモちゃんは女の子！...Tomo-chan i...
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Monday, November 28, 2022

Taku Izumi -- "Tetsuko no Heya" no Tehma（徹子の部屋のテーマ）

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  When it comes to the TV legend that is Tetsuko Kuroyanagi（黒柳徹子） , my first thought will always go to her duties as host for the long-runni...
Saturday, February 13, 2021

Naomi Sagara -- Watashi no Suki na Mono（私の好きなもの）

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  I gather that we are continuing on the Valentine's Day weekend kick from the previous article with Hideki Saijo （西城秀樹） . When it come...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Naomi Sagara/Saori Yuki/Masako Mori -- Ii Janai no Shiawase Naraba（いいじゃないの幸せならば）

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Last night, I was writing about Hiromi Go's（郷ひろみ） "Samui Yoake" （寒い夜明け） and mentioned that I couldn't find a number by ...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Pinky and Killers -- Tanjoubi wa Ii Mon da （誕生日はいいもんだ）

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Normally I wouldn't tout my birthday...but it looks like SNS like Facebook are more than happy to do the touting for me. And frankly ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Duke Aces -- Mambo U (マンボ鵜)

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" Mambo U " is another entry from Duke Aces' "Nihon no Uta Series" ( 「にほんのうた」シリーズ )and the prefecture of focus w...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Duke Aces -- Ichou Namiki/Ii Yu Dana (銀杏並木/いい湯だな)

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Friday, January 16, 2015

Duke Aces -- Wakareta Hito to （別れた人と）

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(cover version) One of the interesting things about Mood Kayo group, Duke Aces（デューク・エイセス） , is that from 1966 to 1969 , they were inv...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Duke Aces -- Tsukubasan Rokugashodan (筑波山麓合唱団)

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Out of all the songs from Duke Aces' (デューク・エイセス) 'Nihon no Uta series' , the one representing Ibaraki prefecture has got to b...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Duke Aces -- Onna Hitori (女ひとり)

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I would have to say that ' Onna Hitori ' (' Woman by herself/alone'  when literally translated) by Duke Aces (デューク・エイセス) ...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Masatoshi Nakamura -- Fureai （ふれあい）

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It's been almost a couple of years since I put up Masatoshi Nakamura's （中村雅俊）17th single , "Koibito mo Nureru Machikado...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Yoko Kishi/Kyu Sakamoto/Dionne Warwick -- Yoake no Uta （夜明けのうた）

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I was watching a televised kayo charity concert on NHK which took place in Saitama recently, and there were the usual enka performances a...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Kazuo Kumakura/Ikuzo Yoshi -- Theme from "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" （ゲゲゲの鬼太郎）

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Long ago in an apartment far far away (actually St. James Town ), I was reading one of those Japanese kindergarten readers that my parents...
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