is the sixth single by Japanese entertainer

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the tal ...

. Written by

Masao Urino is a Japanese lyricist, screenwriter, script writer, and film director. He has written lyrics for many musical groups and individual musician, artists, sometimes under the pen name, pseudonym . After graduating from Tochigi Prefectural Ashikaga ...

and

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop f ...

, the single was released on September 7, 1983, by

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through the

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label. It was also the third single from her first

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'' Best Akina Memoires''.

Background

Nakamori performed the song on the 34th ''

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'', making her debut on

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's New Year's Eve special. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .

Chart performance

"Kinku" became Nakamori's third No. 1 on

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's weekly singles chart and sold over 511,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Cover versions

Kinku

Pai Bing-bing Pai Hsueh-hua (born 17 May 1955), born Pai Yueh-o, better known by her stage name Pai Bing-bing (also spelled Pai Ping-ping), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, media personality and social activist. Life and career Born to an impoverished family ...

covered the song on her 1984 album ''Zuìxīn dōngyáng jīnqǔ'' (最新東洋金曲). Her version is a mix of Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Japanese. * Hong Kong singer Sara Lee covered the song in Cantonese as "Liàn'ài rèxiàn" (戀愛熱線, "Love Hotline") on her 1985 album ''Gàobié lǐlìruǐ'' (告別李麗蕊, ''Farewell to Li Lirui''). *

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (born Cheung Fat-chung; 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone, Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanor, flamb ...

covered the song in Cantonese as "Dì yī cì" (第一次, "The First Time") on his 1985 album ''Wèi nǎi zhōngqíng'' (為妳鍾情, ''My Love for You''). He also covered it in Mandarin as "Bèiqì mìngyùn" (背棄命運, "Betrayal of Fate") on his 1986 Taiwan album ''Yīngxióng běnsè dāngnián qíng'' (英雄本色當年情, ''The True Nature of the Hero'') and Mandarin-language Hong Kong album ''Àimù'' (愛慕, ''Love''). *

Morio Agata Agata Morio (, born 12 September 1948) is a Japanese folk rock singer-songwriter and actor. He also directed three films. Biography Agata was born in Rumoi, Hokkaido. His 1972 debut single ''Sekishoku Erejī'' (literary translated as ''Red Ele ...

covered the song on his 1993 cover album ''Imitation Gold''.

Ame no Requiem

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covered the song on his 2025 self-cover album "Tamaki Koji no Ongaku Sekai II".

Release history

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinku 1983 singles 1983 songs 1983 in Japanese music Akina Nakamori songs Songs in Japanese Songs with lyrics by Masao Urino Warner Music Japan singles Reprise Records singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles