J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...

artist Mayumi Iizuka's first

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, and it has the title song.

Exposition

* This is the first

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and original work as a singer of Mayumi Iizuka, because it was released earlier than her first single. * The first released CDs contains an additional little box-style package and

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s. After the second press, a picture on back side of the box package and the postcards are not available. * "SALAD DAYS" (#2) and "Aoi Yugure" (#9) are lyrics by Mayumi Iizuka. * The title song "Kataomoi" (#4) was used for the

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of an

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, ''

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'' (1997).) was used in a

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for which she served as a radio personality.

Track listing

# Kampekina Smile (完ペキなスマイル / Perfect Smile) #* Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement:

Tomoki Hasegawa is a Japanese composer and arranger of music from Osaka Prefecture, Japan, best known for his work on anime soundtracks. He has also done sound production work on albums for Mayumi Iizuka. Works Anime *''Pygmalio'' (opening and ending themes ...

# SALAD DAYS #* Lyrics: Mayumi Iizuka #* Composition: Mari Konishi #* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Tenshi no Paradise (天使のパラダイス / Angel's Paradise) #* Lyrics: Erina Nakajima #* Composition and Arrangement: Mitsukuni Murakami # Kataomoi (かたおもい / The Unrequited Love) #* Lyrics and Composition: Miki Otsu #* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Romantic dane (ロマンチックだね / What a Romantic) #* Lyrics: Ayumi Murou #* Composition and Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Shoshu (初秋 / The Early Autumn) #* Lyrics and Composition:

Ritsuko Okazaki was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. She first made her professional debut with the single, ''Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku''. She is also known as the Shelby Flint of Japan. Biography Early life ...

#* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Itai no Tondeke (いたいのとんでけ / Make It Go Away) #* Lyrics: Beans Mameda #* Composition: Miki Otsu #* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Kuchibue de Lu La La (口笛でル・ラ・ラ / Whistle Lu La La) #* Lyrics and Composition: Ritsuko Okazaki #* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Aoi Yugure (青い夕暮れ / Blue Twilight) #* Lyrics: Mayumi Iizuka #* Composition:Yasuya Kaira #* Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa # Blue no Story (ブルーのストーリー / Blue Story) #* Lyrics: Miki Otsu #* Composition and Arrangement: Tomoki Hasegawa

References

1997 albums Mayumi Iizuka albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub