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Kayōkyoku

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is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. [1]

100 relations: Akiko Wada, Akina Nakamori, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Bass guitar, Blues, British Hong Kong, Candies (group), Chiemi Eri, China, Chinese Civil War, Clarinet, Classical music, Communist Party of China, Dreams Come True (band), Drum kit, Electric guitar, Enka, Europop, Far East Network, Fiddle, Finger 5, Flute, Frank Nagai, Goro Noguchi, Gosanke, Group Sounds, Hachiro Kasuga, Hibari Misora, Hideki Saijo, Hideo Murata, Hikaru Genji (band), Hiromi Go, Hong Kong University Press, Izumi Yukimura, J-pop, Japanese economic miracle, Japanese idol, Jazz, Johnny & Associates, Junko Akimoto, Junko Sakurada, Kazuo Funaki, Kazuo Taoka, Keiko Fuji, Keisuke Kuwata, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Kuroneko no Tango, Kyu Sakamoto, Latin pop, Lied, ..., Linda Yamamoto, Mainland China, Mari Amachi, Masaharu Fukuyama, Masahiko Kondō, Masako Mori (singer), Michiya Mihashi, Momoe Yamaguchi, Music of Latin America, NHK, Niji/Himawari/Sore ga Subete sa, Nishinippon Shimbun, Occupation of Japan, Onyanko Club, Oricon, Pepper Keibu, Pink Lady (band), Politics of China, Pop music, Rock and roll, Rock music, Rumiko Koyanagi, Ryūkōka, Saburō Kitajima, Saori Minami, Saxophone, Seiko Matsuda, Shanghai, Shōwa period, Shidaiqu, Shinichi Mori, Singing, Southern All Stars, Teruhiko Saigō, The Checkers (Japanese band), The Japan Times, The Peanuts, The Tigers (Japanese band), Three crows, Toshiba, Traditional pop music, Ukulele, United Kingdom, United States Army, World War II, Yakuza, Yū Aku, Yellow Music, Yukio Hashi, 29th Japan Record Awards. Expand index (50 more) »

Akiko Wada

(born April 10, 1950) is a female Japanese singer and television performer from Tsuruhashi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka.

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Akina Nakamori

is a Japanese pop singer and actress.

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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong was the period during which Hong Kong was under British Crown rule, from 1841 to 1997 (excluding the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945).

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Candies (group)

Candies (キャンディーズ) was a famous Japanese idol group formed in 1973, their first single being "あなたに夢中" (Anata ni Muchu).

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Chiemi Eri

, was a Japanese popular singer and actress.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a war fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China (CPC), also referred to as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.

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Dreams Come True (band)

are a Japanese new wave/rhythm and blues band formed in 1988, originally consisting of Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass), and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards).

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals.

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Enka

is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically.

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Europop

Europop (also Euro pop) refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s.

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Far East Network

The Far East Network (FEN) was a network of American military radio and television stations, primarily serving U.S. Forces in Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Guam.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Finger 5

was a Japanese pop group, composed of the four Okinawan Tamamoto brothers, Kazuo, Mitsuo, Masao, Akira, and sister Taeko.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Frank Nagai

Frank Nagai (フランク 永井; March 18, 1932 – October 27, 2008) was a Japanese singer.

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Goro Noguchi

is a Japanese singer and actor.

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Gosanke

The, also called simply, or even, were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shogun in case of need.

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Group Sounds

Group Sounds, often abbreviated as G.S. or G-Sound, is a genre of Japanese rock music which became popular in the mid to late 1960s and initiated the fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and Western rock music.

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Hachiro Kasuga

, born Minoru Watabe, was a Japanese enka singer.

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Hibari Misora

was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon.

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Hideki Saijo

was a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song "Y.M.C.A.", called "Young Man".

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Hideo Murata

was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer.

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Hikaru Genji (band)

was a Japanese musical idol group named after the character Hikaru Genji of The Tale of Genji.

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Hiromi Go

is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

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Hong Kong University Press

Hong Kong University Press is the university press of the University of Hong Kong.

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Izumi Yukimura

is a Japanese popular singer and actress.

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J-pop

J-pop (often stylized as J-POP; ジェイポップ jeipoppu; an abbreviation for Japanese pop), natively also known simply as, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.

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Japanese economic miracle

The Japanese economic miracle was Japan's record period of economic growth between the post-World War II era to the end of Cold War.

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Japanese idol

In Japanese pop culture is a term typically used to refer to young manufactured stars/starlets marketed to be admired for their cuteness.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Johnny & Associates

is a Japanese talent agency, formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which trains and promotes groups of male entertainers known as.

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Junko Akimoto

is a Japanese kayōkyoku singer.

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Junko Sakurada

is a Japanese singer and actress.

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Kazuo Funaki

is a Japanese Enka singer.

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Kazuo Taoka

was one of the most prominent yakuza godfathers.

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Keiko Fuji

(5 July 1951 – 22 August 2013), known primarily by the stage name was a Japanese enka singer and actress.

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Keisuke Kuwata

is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band.

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Kiyoshi Maekawa

(born) is a Japanese singer and tarento.

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Kuroneko no Tango

"Kuroneko no Tango" (黒ネコのタンゴ "Black Cat Tango"; originally Volevo un gatto nero "I wanted a black cat") is a tango song recorded in 1969 by young children in Italy and Japan.

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Kyu Sakamoto

was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies.

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Latin pop

Latin pop (Spanish and Portuguese: Pop latino) refers to pop music that contains sounds or influence from Latin America, but it can also mean pop music from anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world.

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Lied

The lied (plural lieder;, plural, German for "song") is a setting of a German poem to classical music.

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Linda Yamamoto

is a Japanese singer and actress whose latest hit song was in 1973.

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Mainland China

Mainland China, also known as the Chinese mainland, is the geopolitical as well as geographical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Mari Amachi

is a Japanese female singer and actress, who was famous in 1970s' Japan.

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Masaharu Fukuyama

is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor from Nagasaki.

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Masahiko Kondō

or Matchy is a Japanese singer, lyricist, actor, racing car manager and former semi-professional racing driver represented by Johnny & Associates.

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Masako Mori (singer)

is a Japanese idol, enka singer, and actress.

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Michiya Mihashi

Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 – January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa Michiya) in Kamiiso, Hokkaidō, was a famous enka singer in postwar Japan.

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Momoe Yamaguchi

is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980.

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Music of Latin America

The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean south of the United States.

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NHK

is Japan's national public broadcasting organization.

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Niji/Himawari/Sore ga Subete sa

is the eighteenth single by Japanese artist Masaharu Fukuyama.

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Nishinippon Shimbun

The is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the.

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Occupation of Japan

The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth.

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Onyanko Club

was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s.

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan.

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Pepper Keibu

the debut single by the Japanese hit duo Pink Lady.

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Pink Lady (band)

is a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto ("Mie", born March 9, 1958) and Keiko Masuda ("Kei", born September 2, 1957).

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Politics of China

The politics of the People's Republic of China takes place in a framework of a socialist republic run by a single party, the Communist Party of China, headed by General Secretary.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rumiko Koyanagi

is a Japanese actress and singer.

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Ryūkōka

is a Japanese musical genre.

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Saburō Kitajima

is a well-known Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami (南 沙織 Minami Saori; Real Name: Akemi Uchima (内間明美); Christian Name: Cynthia) was born in Okinawa on July 2, 1954 to Japanese parents.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Seiko Matsuda

is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Shōwa period

The, or Shōwa era, refers to the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 until his death on January 7, 1989.

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Shidaiqu

Shidaiqu is a type of Chinese folk/American jazz fusion music that originated in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s.

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Shinichi Mori

is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Southern All Stars

, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, is a Japanese rock band that first formed in 1974.

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Teruhiko Saigō

is a Japanese singer and actor.

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The Checkers (Japanese band)

The Checkers (Japanese: チェッカーズ) was a Japanese band famous in the 1980s.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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The Peanuts

were a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Itō (Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō (Itō Yumi).

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The Tigers (Japanese band)

The Tigers were a popular Japanese band during the Group Sounds era in the late 1960s.

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Three crows

Three crows are a symbol or metaphor in several traditions.

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Toshiba

, commonly known as Toshiba, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Traditional pop music

Traditional pop (also classic pop or pop standards) is music that was recorded or performed after the Big Band era and before the advent of rock music.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh); variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of instruments.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yakuza

, also known as, are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.

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Yū Aku

(occasionally credited as You Aku) (February 7, 1937 – August 1, 2007), was a Japanese lyricist, poet, and novelist.

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Yellow Music

Yellow Music is a genre of popular music.

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Yukio Hashi

is a Japanese Enka singer and an actor.

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29th Japan Record Awards

The 29th Japan Record Awards were held in 1987.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayōkyoku

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