Otowa Yurikago Kai () is a Japanese

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 ...

, 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

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and

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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

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. In 1990, it appeared in an independent

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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)

External links

Official Site
(in Japanese)
NHK Tokyo Children's Choir
(in Japanese) {{Authority control Music in Tokyo Choirs of children Japanese culture Musical groups established in 1933 Nippon Columbia artists Anime musical groups 1933 establishments in Japan

Notable members

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