Otowa Yurikago Kai () is a Japanese
children's choir
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, established in 1933. It is so named from Otowa-cho, a place name in
Bunkyō, Tokyo, where it was born, Yurikago, a Japanese word for
cradle, and Kai, meaning an association or group.
It has played an important role in
broadcasting
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and
recording
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Japanese and overseas children's songs in Japan. From 1943 to 1951, it also was
NHK Tokyo Children's Choir , or NHK Tokyo Children's Chorus, is the children's choir attached to the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (JOAK) of the NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation radio-TV network. Since 1943 NHK had used the Otowa Yurikago Kai, established in 1933, to be i ...
, attached to the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (JOAK) of the
NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation radio network. They are also well known for doing several theme songs for anime and tokusatsu shows, going by the name ''Columbia Yurikago Kai'', so named because they had a deal with
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
.
In 1990, it appeared in an independent
concert
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at
Carnegie Hall
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in
New York City
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.
Notable members
Members with participation at Zecchino d’Oro:
*Yumiko Ashikawa 芦川祐美子 (La pioggia, 1997, most notable member)
* Minori Nara 奈良実乃里 (Spunta la luna, 2000)
* Shiori Kitada 北田 栞 (Il mio amico samurai, 2005)
* Ryōma Kainuma 海沼 亮午 (La scimmia, la volpe e le scarpe, 2010)
See also
*
Children's choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
*
NHK Tokyo Children's Choir , or NHK Tokyo Children's Chorus, is the children's choir attached to the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (JOAK) of the NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation radio-TV network. Since 1943 NHK had used the Otowa Yurikago Kai, established in 1933, to be i ...
*
Beijing Angelic Choir The Beijing Angelic Choir () is a children's choir based in Beijing, China. It has toured extensively internationally.
It gained wider exposure when it won a National Association of Independent Record Distributors Award in the U.S. in 1995.
See a ...
*
Vienna Boys' Choir
The Vienna Boys' Choir (german: Wiener Sängerknaben) is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countr ...
*
Lullaby
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External links
Official Site(in Japanese)
NHK Tokyo Children's Choir(in Japanese)
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Music in Tokyo
Choirs of children
Japanese culture
Musical groups established in 1933
Nippon Columbia artists
Anime musical groups
1933 establishments in Japan