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.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Computer Tunes

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Wikimedia Commons via Adam Schuster Hello there! Some of you faithful viewers of KKP may have noticed that I was absent yesterday from any n...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025

HALCALI -- Twinkle Star

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  Some call it the best Western ever made with one of the best theme songs ever made. Elmer Bernstein's contribution for "The Magn...
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Mariko Takahashi -- Birthday(誕生日)

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  For the record, and forgive me for sounding like a particular segment on "Entertainment Tonight" , actors Jon Favreau and John L...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Fuyumi Sakamoto -- Horoyoi Mangetsu(ほろ酔い満月)

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  Getting drunk under a full moon, eh? Must be a September in Ueno Park then during tsukimi season. It probably does happen a fair bit altho...
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Flat Face -- Ike wo Koete(池を越えて)

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  It's been about 18 months since I last wrote about the duo Flat Face and their distinctive style of music. The last article I wrote ab...
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Friday, October 17, 2025

Masaaki Hirao -- Disco Train

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  Well, I figure if kayo kyoku composing legend Kyohei Tsutsumi(筒美京平) can have his disco period, why not someone like the former rockabilly...
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Ryusenkei feat.Yasuyuki Horigome -- Futari no Silhouette(ふたりのシルエット)

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  Coming ahead to the Neo-City Pop of the 21st century , we have another winner with Ryusenkei(流線形) and their frequent collaborations with o...
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