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Shōnan Heartbreak
is the 18th single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome, released on June 7, 1989 by Victor Entertainment. Written by Masao Urino and Yūji Ōtaguro, it is a cover of Chika Takeuchi's 1988 single "No, No, No" with different lyrics. Background and release Chika Takeuchi's "No, No, No", originally written by Reiko Yukawa and Yūji Ōtaguro, won the Japanese Grand Prix at the 18th World Popular Song Festival in 1987. The song was given new lyrics by Masao Urino as "Shōnan Heartbreak", which references the Sagami Bay region of Shōnan and is the lyrical sequel to Oginome's 1987 single " Wangan Taiyōzoku". "Shōnan Heartbreak" peaked at No. 7 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 72,000 copies. The song earned Oginome the 8th Pops Award at the Megalopolis Song Festival. The song was performed with different lyrics on the TBS variety show ''Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV was a Japanese television variety show aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System around the mid-1980s. Starring Ken Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōko Oginome
, real name , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-1980s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. She is represented by the talent management firm Rising Production. Career Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years living in the town of Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture, though she attended school in the city of Sakura. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo. While in elementary school, Oginome won a contest and was selected to be part of a three-member group called under the CBS/Sony label. She took the nickname and partnered with and . The group only released two singles and broke up a little over a year after forming. During junior high, Oginome auditioned for a part in Kitty Film's live action movie ''Shonben Rider'', and was subsequently voice cast in their new anime series '' Miyuki'' in the role of the heroine, Miyuki Wakamatsu. This led to roles in the anime film '' Baribari Densetsu'' and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnan
is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, including Ōiso, Hiratsuka, and Chigasaki. Because of the bay, the region benefits from a mild climate and long beaches covered with dark volcanic sand. Regions of Japan Overview The name "Shonan" of this Japanese region already existed in the 17th century, relative to Shigitatsu-an, according to Ōiso Town. During the 1880s, when the custom of swimming in the ocean was introduced into Japan, the "Shonan" region became a resort area for the politicians and rich people from Tokyo. In postwar times, the Shōnan region gained prominence in Ishihara Shintaro's prize-winning 1955 novel, '' Taiyō no Kisetsu'' (''Season of the Sun''). The novel, which was also made into a popular movie, portrayed the hedonistic lifestyle of young sun-wors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs In Japanese
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōko Oginome Songs
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1989 Singles
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Tetsuji Hayashi
Tetsuji Hayashi (林哲司, ''Hayashi Tetsuji''; born on August 20, 1949) is a Japanese composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger. Hayashi got his start after he was influenced by American pop music when he was kid. He started to compose and arrange for artists like Yukie Nakama, Momoko Kikuchi, Kiyotaka Sugiyama, and others during his career. He is credited for bringing the golden age of 80's J-Pop. Biography Hayashi was born as the youngest of five siblings, growing up listening to American pop music from an early age under the influence of his brother. By the time he was 20, he entered the Yamaha Music School, which was sponsored by the Yamaha music magazine ''Light Music'', which he would then go on to edit. After that, he began his activities as a composer and arranger, becoming his main activity in the 1980s. He composed song such as Anri's "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai," Akina Nakamori's "Kita Uingu," and Tomoyo Harada "Aijō Monogatari." He wrote songs such as Momoko Kikuchi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV
was a Japanese television variety show aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System around the mid-1980s. Starring Ken Shimura and Cha Kato, former members of the group The Drifters from ''Hachiji Dayo! Zen'in Shugo'', the irreverent and satirical program would poke fun at contemporary society in Japan, and would feature comedy vignettes similar to those found on ''The Benny Hill Show'' or ''The Carol Burnett Show''. Leslie Nielsen once made a special appearance on the show as well. The duo also had a PC Engine video game, '' Kato-chan and Ken-chan'', based on their antics, filled with toilet humor, and featuring them as the game's playable characters. It was translated and censored for a Western TurboGrafx-16 release as ''J.J. & Jeff'' due to copyright issues and the toilet humor. Home videos segment As the home camcorder became more popular in Japan, the show included a segment featuring viewer-submitted funny home videos (home movies), on which Ken and Kato would comment. In 1989, Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wangan Taiyōzoku
is the 11th single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Written by Masao Urino and Minoru Yamazaki, the single was released on March 3, 1987 by Victor Entertainment. The song references the . Background and release Like her previous single "Roppongi Junjōha", "Wangan Taiyōzoku" peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's singles chart, making it Oginome's highest-charting single until "Sayonara no Kajitsutachi is the 12th single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi with lyrics by Masao Urino, the single was released on June 21, 1987 by Victor Entertainment. Background and release "Sayonara no Kajitsutachi" became Oginome's f ..." hit No. 1 later that year. It also sold over 162,000 copies. The B-side, "Konayuki no Resort", was used as an image song for Morinaga High Crown Chocolate. Track listing Charts ;Weekly charts ;Year-end charts References External links * * * {{Authority control 1987 singles Yōko Oginome songs Songs in Japanese Songs with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagami Bay
lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the island of Izu Ōshima marks the southern extent of the bay. It lies approximately southwest of the capital, Tokyo. Cities on the bay include Odawara, Chigasaki, Fujisawa, Hiratsuka, Itō, and Kamakura. History The center of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 was deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay. It devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. The shallow nature of the seabed on the north of the bay, and the funnelling effect of tsunami and typhoon wave energy, contributed to certain parts of the Shonan coast having suffered considerable damage, including the destruction of the Kōtoku-in temple hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'91 Oginome Collection
''91 Oginome Collection'' is a compilation album by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on December 16, 1990, the album compiles Oginome's singles from 1985 to 1990, plus the new songs "Rock My Love", "This Girl", and "More More Shiawase". The album peaked at No. 29 on Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...'s albums chart and sold over 56,000 copies. Track listing Charts References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:91 Oginome Collection 1990 compilation albums Yōko Oginome compilation albums Japanese-language compilation albums Victor Entertainment compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
