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.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Junretsu -- Ai wo Kudasai ~ Don't You Cry(愛をください)

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  The vocal quartet Junretsu( 純烈 ) has become a regular presence on the annual Kohaku Utagassen over the past few years and once again, th...

Akiko Murata -- Watashirashikunakya!(私らしくなきゃ!)

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  The mid-1990s were known for the Komuro Boom with songwriter-producer Tetsuya Komuro(小室哲哉) leading the way with his dance-pop sounds as ...

Atsumi Kurasawa -- Genki desu ka(元気ですか)

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  "Genki desu ka?" (How are you?) was one of the first Japanese expressions that I ever learned as a kid, and I think the questi...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Yoko Ishino -- Kiss made Matenai ~ My World ~(KISSまで待てない )

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  Earlier this year, people in Japan and from what I've heard from my anime buddy, people in Taiwan were also stunned and saddened to he...

"Kayo Kyoku Plus" on "Come Along Radio"

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  I hinted at this in a past article (I forget which one) but last week, I had the honour of being interviewed by fellow City Pop fan and g...

Mari Yoshida -- Suteki na News(素敵なニュース)

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  I have to admit that this is a first for me but when I was looking up the songwriters for this particular song on the JASRAC database, I c...

SHE IS SUMMER -- Donuts(ドーナツ)

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  There was that one Friday in December 2009 . The news about it arriving had been coming at us for a few months but Krispy Kreme was ready...
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