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This article is from the NAKAJIMA Miyuki, Sakamotos, and Japanese music abroad FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu with numerous contributions by others.

05 Pop composers (Japanese music)

------ Nakajima Miyuki
i'll list her covers abroad.
Zhou Wei Ming (sp?), etc

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/5819/Nakajima-Miyuki.html
http://www.silcom.com/~edlee/miyuki.html

http://ink.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=nakajima+miyuki

(i'm looking for other pages on Nakajima Miyuki in English.)

additional Nakajima Miyuki tidbits

--- she's an extremely pretty woman. and she's never been married.

--- radio show
for many (over 20?) years she did a late night radio talk
show. since her (early?) songs are mostly sad songs of
lost love, many people are surprised by her show's jolly
tone. on many nights i've lost sleep not being able to
turn off the radio until her show ends at 5am.

--- novels, books
she's written at least two novels (collections of short
stories). many "fan books" are published, as well as
several books containing words to her songs.

------ Nakamura/Ei rokusuke's "Sukiyaki"
the cover by New Kids on the Block (?)

"Sukiyaki" was #1 hit in the US charts in 1963.

http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/lyrics/s/sukiyaki.txt

Sukiyaki
[sung by] Kyu Sakamoto
- words by Rokusuke Ei, music by Hachidai Nakamura
[...]
ue o muite arukou
namida ga kobore naiyouni
omoidasu harunohi
hitoribotchi no yoru
[...]

------ YMO
there are many MIDI files on www for YMO.

------ Sakamoto Ryuuiti
------ Yano Akiko

------ SAS
Southern All Stars

------ Shonen Knife

from: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/sci-fi-refs/
| SF-references-in-music List
|
| Shonen Knife:
| A Japanese band, they often sing about space travel and other
| SF-ish themes. "Parallel Woman" (Japanese) from the "Shonen
| Knife" album, is about a superheroine in a parallel universe.
| "Riding on the Rocket" (japanese), on "Pretty Little Baka Guy",
| is about visiting different planets in a space ship. "The Moon
| World" (japanese), on "712", is about visiting the Moon. "Neon
| Zebra", a single, is about a zebra who gets transformed by
| aliens. In "Space Christmas" (english), a single, Naoko asks
| for a space ship for Christmas so she can visit Pluto. Their
| latest album, "Let's Knife", includes an English-language
| version of "Riding on the Rocket", as well as "I am a Cat"
| (english), about turning into a cat and dancing on a flying
| saucer. The CD single "Riding on the Rocket" also includes an
| instrumental called "Milky Way".
|
| Sweet, Matthew:
| "Children Of Time (Forever)" from "Earth" is a story of the
| future. The video for "I've Been Waiting" is loaded with clips
| from the Japanese Animation series "Urusei Yatsura"; the video
| for "Girlfriend" has clips from another anime, "Space Adventure
| Cobra".
|
| [this list contains many more references to Japan.]

------ Kinki Kids

http://ink.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=kinki+kids

Joanna Lai <joannala@netvigator.com> wrote:
>
> They are even cuter than the sound of their name... Gorgeous guys
> with good singing and acting skills plus a great sense of humour.
>
> KinKi Kids are a singing/dancing duo from the Johnny's Production
> Company which is renowned for managing top boy groups in Japan.
> They took the name of "KinKi Kids" as they come from the KinKi area of
> the Kansai region of Japan. All their singles and albums hit the
> million mark and reached the Number One spot in the Japanese chart.
> Members: Dohmoto Kohichi (Birth date: 1 Jan 1979), Dohmoto Tsuyoshi
> (Birth date: 10 April, 1979)
>
> Singles: 1. Garasu no Shounen
> 2. Ai sareru yori ai shitai
> 3. Jetcoaster Romance
> 4. Zenbu Dakishimete/ Ao no jidai
> Albums: 1. A Album
> 2. B Album
>

------ Komuro Tetsuya, Amuro, Globe, etc http://www.komuro.com

------ The Yellow Monkey

http://jpop.hatch.co.jp/scripts/jsearch1.pl?keyword=yellow+monkey

1. The Yellow Monkey
2. http://www.bmgjapan.com/funhouse/home/artist/yellow/yellow.htm
3. UK concert in July 98 (see website for further details...)

From: "Dave Fossett" <dajf@REMOVE_THISpo.teleway.ne.jp>

------ Pizzicato Five

http://jpop.hatch.co.jp/scripts/jsearch1.pl?keyword=pizzicato+five

i think i've seen them on MTV Beavis and Butthead.

[other musicians that are successful abroad]

 

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