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is the tenth single by Japanese singer
Yōko Oginome , married name , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-1980s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. Her husband is Ryuso Tsujino. Career Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years ...
. 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 Akihiro Yoshimi, the single was released on October 29, 1986 by
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.


Background and release

"Roppongi Junjōha" peaked at No. 3 on
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's singles chart, making it Oginome's highest-charting single until " Sayonara no Kajitsutachi" hit No. 1 in 1987. It also sold over 261,000 copies. The song earned Oginome the Gold Award at the 29th Japan Record Awards, the Best Hit Song Award at the 1987
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, and the Wired Music Award at the 20th
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. Oginome performed the song on the 38th ''
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'' in 1986, making her second appearance on
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's New Year's Eve special. In addition to Oginome's achievements for the song, songwriter Akihiro Yoshimi won the Outstanding Composer Award for this song at the 20th Japan Composition Awards. The B-side, "Romantic Odyssey", was used as the theme song of the
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game . Oginome re-recorded the song in her 2014 cover album '' Dear Pop Singer''.


Track listing


Charts

;Weekly charts ;Year-end charts


Cover versions

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covered the song in Cantonese as "Tān, tān, tān" (貪、貪、貪, lit. "Greed, Greed, Greed") on her 1987 album ''Biàn biàn biàn'' (變變變, lit. ''Change, Change, Change''). *
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covered the song in English as "Roppongi Street" on their 1991 album '' Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo)''. * Ms. Ooja covered the song on her 2022 cover album ''Nagashi no Ooja 2: Vintage Song Covers''.


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* * * {{Authority control 1986 singles Yōko Oginome songs Songs in Japanese Songs with lyrics by Masao Urino Victor Entertainment singles