Akiko Matsumoto - ♂・♀・Kiss (OS・MES・KISS) (English translation)

Akiko Matsumoto – ♂・♀・Kiss

English translation

Japanese

Original lyrics

♂・♀・Kiss

メロン・ソーダ氷溶けて　窓の外はまっ暗

とぎれたジョーク　妖しいムーンライト

つまりANOまえぶれ

バイク飛ばしゃすぐに海さ

あなたキザに言うけど

半オクターブ　声が高い　未熟な誘惑者

最初が　あなたで　うれしい

でも　その気持ち　内緒ね

OS・MES・KISSしたら　恋する二人は

ドキドキ・ワナワナの　ハートをかかえて

どうするの？　ねえ　胸が破けそう

OS・MES・KISSしたら　私のまつ毛に

キラキラ・ユラユラの涙が光るわ

恋だから　ねぇ　笑わないでね

スキよ

風をちぎり　走るバイク　胸と背中　あわせて

このまま　もう　恋の渦へ飛び込んでゆけそう

ほんとは　ひざが　ふるえてる

でも　好きだから　お願い

OS・MES・KISSしたら　稲妻きらめき

アツアツ・ギラギラと　燃えそな　Bodyを

どうするの？　ねえ　私歩けない

OS・MES・KISSしたら　あなたにもたれて

ツンツン・ツネツネと　すねてもいいかな

恋だから　ねぇ　叱らないでね

スキよ

OS・MES・KISSしたら　恋する二人は

ドキドキ・ワナワナの　ハートをかかえて

どうするの？　ねえ　胸が破けそう

OS・MES・KISSしたら　私のまつ毛に

キラキラ・ユラユラの涙が光るわ

恋だから　ねぇ　笑わないでね

スキよ

English

Translation

A Boy, A Girl And A Kiss

Ice cubes in my melon soda melt. It's dark outside the window

Our jokes are interrupted by the enchanting moonlight

In other words, that is our cue

"Hop on the bike, we'll arrive at the beach in no time",

...you try to sound cool but your...

...voice's half octave higher, still need to work on your seduction

I'm glad that you're my first

But keep our feelings secret from others

When a boy and a girl kiss, the two lovebirds'...

...will have their hearts beating so hard

What should I do? My heart's gonna burst

When we kiss, the tears on my eyelashes...

...are swaying and sparkling

Don't laugh at me, I'm just in love

I love you

Our bike pierces through the wind, my chest sticks to his back

If this keeps going on, I'll soon jump into the love's whirlpool

To be honest, my knees are shaking

But I love you, so please go on

When a boy and a girl kiss, the lightning flashes

My body is burning brightly, it's hot

What should I do? I can't walk

When we kiss, I lean on you

I become sulky and having mood swing, are you fine with that?

Don't scold me, I'm just in love

I love you

When a boy and a girl kiss, the two lovebirds'...

...will have their hearts beating so hard

What should I do? My heart's gonna burst

When we kiss, the tears on my eyelashes...

...are swaying and sparkling

Don't laugh at me, I'm just in love

I love you

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RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 13:58

Matsumoto Akiko (born: April 8, 1966), nick name: Akko, was a 1980s idol singer. When she was a kid, she liked 1970s idols like Yamaguchi Momoe and Pink Lady. Entering 1980s, when in junior high school, she admired Matsuda Seiko and thought she wanted to become an idol like her. At third grade of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo, transfered to Horikoshi High School (*high school full of idols and young celebrities. Hori Chiemi and Hayami Yuu were her classmates), started to participate in auditions includes "HoriPro Talent Scout Caravan", "Saijo Hideki 'little sister' audition" (<--won by Ishikawa Hidemi), and eventually participated in the infamous talent show: "Star Tanjou!" in 1982.

Akko in "Star Tanjou!"

She made it into the final round, scouted by Watanabe Productions, and finally made her debut on May 21, 1983, which made her one of the "class'83 idols" (debuted at the same year as: Iwai Sayuri, Morio Yumi, Osawa Itsumi, Kuwata Yasuko, Kobayashi Chie, Ito Maiko, Hara Mayumi, etc).

^ (3:00) Matsumoto Akiko

About this song

Released on May 21, 1983, she made her debut with this song. It reached #131 in Oricon chart. There's no information about the sales.

Her live performances:

^ on "Super Jockey"

She got her long awaited debut but her debut song only reached #131 in Oricon chart. In fact, none of her songs in 1980s managed to reach Oricon chart top 100. While "Class 1982" idols (*idols debuted in 1982) were called "the flower class" since they had a lot of big idols, "Class 1983" idols were called "the bad harvest" since - some had decent but - none of them had any especially impressive sales, they got sandwiched by big idols from "Class'82" and "Class'84". And even among "class'83", Akko belonged to some with the lowest stats, she didn't have that much entertainment jobs to the point that she needed to work part time in supermarket while still an idol.

It got worse! April 1, 1984, when she appeared on a variety program, she said an r-rated word loud live on air (later she said she didn't know the meaning of the slang word). Matsumoto Akiko got banned from Fuji TV and even some other major TV stations for two years. Whatever few jobs she had until then reduced to almost zero with only a local radio program hired her.

Several months later she came back to the variety show where the scandal happened (not belong to Fuji TV that banned her, they only had collaboration with Fuji TV on that day) and even became their regular cast. In addition, her best friend from the same agency who just made a breakthrough as comedian invited her to his variety show. In late 1980s during the booming of celebrities impersonation tv programs, she also won it twice. Slowly but surely, Matsumoto Akiko found her success as a baradoru (*baraiety aidoru, variety idol, idol specializes in variety show). She is still active in variety shows until now.

In her singing career, she has released a total of 8 singles. She originally didn't have any original album at all, but in 2013, to commemorate her 30th career anniversary, she released one album which production cost was paid with her own money. So she has 1 original album (and 1 compilation album released in 2010). There's no information about her total song sales. All her songs in 1980s failed to reach top 100 in Oricon chart, but in the 1990s, thanks to her popularity as variety show talent, she had songs that reached #45 and #29, but still, her highest selling song only sold 23,000 copies. For her acting career, she has appeared in 34 dramas (1986-2017) and 7 movies (1985-2023). And of course, she has appeared in a lot of variety programs.

...and decades have passed...

Matsumoto Akiko with other former 1980s idols, January 2022:

^ thumbnail left to right: Morio Yumi, Fu-kun (Shibugakitai), Matsumoto Akiko, Asaka Yui, Nishimura Tomomi

Matsumoto Akiko appeared as guest in "Tetsuko no Heya", December 2022

And.....this was Matsumoto Akiko, August 6, 2023

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Matsumoto Akiko and her best friend / fellow class'83 idol: Morio Yumi, August 27, 2023

September 29, 2023, six former "class'83" idols ( + one more appeared only in VTR due to sheduling conflict), Mastumoto Akiko was one of them, held a 40th anniversary event.

^ thumbnail left to right: Osawa Itsumi, Kuwata Yasuko, Kobayashi Chie, Kimoto Yuko, Morio Yumi, Matsumoto Akiko

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 14:16

Poor Akko, she wanted to be a singer for so many years, applied to all the big talent shows, won star tanjou yet she didn't find good sales. To be fair to her, this song did rank for 3 months, so it must have been atleast a bit known, or maybe people just slowly bought her records, so maybe she could have accumulate some decent 4,000/6,000 sales, enough to enter the top 100

Another sad thing about Akko is that she had so few jobs in the entertainment world that she won the best attendence award at her school TT (And she was the class rappresentative. Her teacher even told her that they thought she should go to University)

I don't know about her next single, but I can tell you that Natsuiro no Garçon did not rank in the top 200, so it didn't sell at all (so her second single must have ranked low in the top 200). She actually looked cute in her seiko cut for Natsuiro no Garçons cover!

What makes the incident worse is that a host/comedian was basically blackmailing her to say that world, so in the end Poor Akko was put in a corner and suffered for it

But its good to see that Akko found success and that as of now shes still active and friends with her fellow 1983 idols! Shame her good music wasn't recognized earlier

RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 16:33

That's the other side of "Star Tanjou!". For every ex contestants like Nakamori Akina, Yamaguchi Momoe and Kyon², there's also the likes of Suita Asuka, Akko and other random idols that didn't sell even though they were from the same show.

It last 3 months but it only moved at the very bottom of the chart 📊 like #160+ --> #130+ --> #180+ --> #200, etc. A few thousands are still plausible.

Yeah, big idols usually had killer schedule they barely had time to sleep let alone school. But Akko did her job well as class representative, like when she helped Hori Chiemi when some fan/fellow Horikoshi student stole her shoes. (Hori Chiemi always lost her shoe, whether in "The TopTen" or in Horikoshi locker 😅).

She actually looked quite similar to Seiko from some angle when she wore Seiko cut that the Google and Pinterest A.I confused her as Seiko when I searched for her picture.

But she would be even cuter in late 1980s haircut. Just look at the Star Tanjou! video. 😮

The host/comedian only cared about themselves and willingly destroyed someone's career just for their own ratings. 😞😒 Poor Akko...

Yeah, baradoru really was a lifesaver for idols who failed as singers. There's Moriguchi Hiroko and now Akko. Even now, she still looks busy appearing here and there. She was even invited to "Tetsuko no Heya".

Even in her most recent video from last month, Akko still had a good voice.

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 17:34

To be honest out of all idol winners in star tanjou, only one fourth of them at best got popular

I didn't know that Chiemi Horie got her shoes stolen ^^. But its good that Akko helped her, but seriously, stealing someones shoes?? Couldn't they ask for an autograph TT

Maybe it was fate that she was a big Seiko fan

Yea, she got blackmailed into saying something she didn't even knew the meaning of. Cruel tbh, idk why he liked to tornment her

Yea, but I guess you also have to have a certain something of your own, be it personality, a particular voice, ability to mimick someone, etc etc

She's still got it!

RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 20:16

That still a lot tho. In modern talent show, not even 1/100 of the contestants could turn into big celebrities. 😅

I mean Horikoshi students had seen celebrities everyday, but there's still people who stole her shoes. But even when there's nobody stole it, Hori Chiemi's shoe could fly off on its own. 😅

Maybe someone just didn't care about others or even willingly step on others to get ratings and fame. Akko's personal life was just being used as material to boost ratings. Poor Akko looks so innocent there. And the one who made her said it didn't get any punishment.

And not all idols grew up in Tokyo. Some of them were from smaller cities (example: Kokusho, Nanno, etc) who might not know slang words used in Tokyo.

Of course, being baradoru isn't as easy as it looks. They should have confidence, a certain attitude, etc. Akko has been loud and cheerful since she was young, it suits her to be a baradoru. Meanwhile it's hard to imagine someone extremely introvert like Sakai Izumi (ZARD) to be a successful baradoru.

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 20:27

Yea, actually more recently if you play your cards right you could get a following, but its like being a Baradoru: you have to have personality and a certain something that makes you stand out ^^"

I wonder if she likes a certain song by Seiko Matsuda...

Yea, stepping on both Akkos and the guys privacy when they're almost half his age, gross. Akko took it better than I would if I have to be honest ^^""""

Even Momoe wasn't from tokyo, and not everyone is updated on slang, like the other day I saw a word, thought it meant something but my friend told me that it meant something else ^^". Immagine in a time before the internet, where you couldn't quickly check what it means

Yea, Izumi and Maiko I can't see as baradorus or talents ^^"

Btw, I found out that Akkos second single, Caramel Love, did not enter the top 200. So her stats are 131, - (didn't enter top 200), - (didn't enter top 200). Poor Akko, those singles are good too

RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 21:18

Her shoes just wouldn't stay, Hori Chiemi made sure to have straps on her shoes in her "40+1" anniversary concert in 2023. 😆 But I'm happy to see Hori Chiemi could sing again.

But that song is nice. The "queen" has so many good song, now I'm tempted to translate it too just like when I did Kaze Tachinu when I saw people kept uploading it on YouTube. 😅

She was said to cry everyday on station bench during her lowest point. But Akko was strong, she had a supportive mom, and maybe her comedian friend helped her too (assume that they still lived in the same dorm).

Quite a lot of idols weren't from Tokyo. Saito Yuki, Nao Nao, Yoshi Yoshi, etc.

Lol. They would just sit there quietly watching other baradoru.

I haven't checked her other songs but they must be quite good.

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 21:38

True! Its good to see that she made a spectacular recovery

True, another really good one is her first number oricon number 1, Kaze wa akiiro. Thats one of my faves from Seiko

Poor Akko, but I'm really glad that she made it. Screw those guys on the tv show

Makes sense, but it must have been scary going to such a big city alone as a teenager

I have two of her performances under hand since I watched them today!

Caramel Love, second single, didn't chart in the top 200

Natsuiro no Garçon, third single, didn't rank in the top 200 (Garçon should mean young boy in french, not sure since I took up german instead of french ^^"")

And as a little treat...

A live performance of the b-side of Natsuiro no Garçon!

And thats were Akkos carrer with VAP ends (for the time, she would return in the 90's)

RetroPanda

Wed, 08/11/2023 - 21:02

More of Akko

1994 (28 years old)

^ from someone who barely had entertainment jobs in 1980s into starred in the same CM as Nakayama Miho!

1998 (32 years old)

^ still cute

August, 2023 (57 years old)

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^ Akko singing other 1980s idols' songs in a challenge.

Feedeeri☆

Wed, 08/11/2023 - 21:21

Maybe that was around the time she began to be popular/have hit songs. I'm glad that she got to star with Miporin!

She looked so cute!! She sounded so good, and its good to see the god 7 group all togheter! (actually, I have a video of them togheter when their young, I haven't finished it yet since its long but I think I'll send it in the retro idols page this weekend) Don't know where Akina, Iyo and Kyon Kyon came from tho ^^". Loved when she had to do Akinas song, she aced that

Since you shared those videos, I decided to look for some more Akko stuff and found...

Snippets of her performances

More of her performances for all of her singles + a b-side + a special surprise at the end!

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1h4411J7PQ/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-...

2 performances of OS MES KISS, 3 of Caramel Love and 1 of Natsuiro no Garcon!

RetroPanda

Wed, 08/11/2023 - 21:52

She didn't have any real hit song at all (maybe one or two songs with decent sales in 1990s) but she was a popular baradoru in 1990s.

In the 2023 video, when she was about to sing Kyon2's "Kogarashi ni Dakarete", she mentioned Akina, Kyon2, Matsumoto Iyo as 1 year her senpai. But I find it sad when she transitioned from "Matsumoto Iyo" to "Matsumoto Akiko". But that maybe also shows her as an experienced baradoru in choosing the right words to build her narative, she could mention any of those 7 names but she picked herself Matsumoto Akiko right after Matsumoto Iyo to show the difference between "Class'82" and "Class'83".

I swear I keep seeing Seiko in her (not just me, even Google and Pinterest A.I confused her photos and Matsuda Seiko's). I think it's her mouth, when she smiled (both in 1980s and 1990s) the lower part of her face looked like the "queen".

Feedeeri☆

Wed, 08/11/2023 - 21:59

Poor Akko, I still feel like her and a lot of 1983 idols were robbed of well deserved fame. They worked hard to survive in the entertainment industry after having to work just as hard to enter it. A lot of them won auditions, shows, music had been their life-long dream. Sadly not all of them managed to remain in the industry TT

True, she does look like Seiko. The second videos thumbnail reminds me of a picture I saw of Yuko Kimoto too

Diazepan Medina

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 15:14

Here in it's full glory:

The ones who really are to blame are Kataoka Tsurutaro (片岡鶴太郎), who later hosted Yuuyake Nyan Nyan and Tsuruko Shofukutei (笑福亭鶴光), the man who sat behind her when she said the word. In that program Tsurutaro said "I know the name of Matsumoto's crush, so let's reveal it.". That was one of the typical Tsurutaro's teases to liven up a show, but Matsumoto took it seriously and say "Don't say it. I'll do anything but don't say it".

Extra data: According to the rumors, her boyfriend was Shinta Kato (加藤晋汰), member of an unsuccesful idol group called Camelot and some rumored that he was gay. But anyway, revealing an idol's crush was too much.

Then Shofukutei gave her this alternative "If you say a certain 4 letter word, Tsurutaro won't say it. Even more, you might become famous". Matsumoto thought "Well, My career doesn't get any better the way I'm doing now, so what do I have to lose?" So she said something that sounds like おニャン子 but with a ま (a slang for what women have between the legs) and they were all like "(º_º)(º_º)(º_º) I can't believe she said that (º_º)(º_º)(º_º)".

After being kicked out of the station and the entertainment industry, her mom told her "Come on, now you're famous. Don't limit yourself to be a singer. Get as many jobs as you can to be remembered as something else than the girl who said the C word live". So she worked on local stations and as a saleswoman, until in 1986 the comedian Hideyuki Nakayama (中山秀征) came and said "I'm from your agency too, I tried to be a singer and I failed so I moved to comedy. Why don't you join me on my shows?" And that's how she switched to be a variety talent.

And this was today's entry for "The awful stories about japanese idols". Next time I will tell the truth behind Yuuyake Nyan Nyan's infamous salute on their Wednesdays broadcasts 「週の真ん中水曜日。真ん中もっこり。夕やけニャンニャン」

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 16:21

Thanks for the context!

I always felt bad for Akko, but atleast she got back in the entertainment industry. I wonder if they understood if Akko didn't know the meaning of the word, since froom the footage it looks like she doesn't know what that means (I mean, who would cheerfuly shout that word if they knew the meaning)

Can't wait for that part ^^. Tho seeing as their name alone (Nyan Nyan) might come from a slang for something sexual, I think I can see where this is going ^^"

Diazepan Medina

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 16:43

I give you a clue. Search もっこり in google images

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 17:36

Now I'm even more curious! ੧[ ⁰ o ⁰ ]ʋ

RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 17:00

Thanks for the video. I like it when a video can explain clearly what's vaguely described in Wikipedia.

Damn, that dude looked like in his 30s, not a kid, how could he not thinking about the consequences for her career. Or maybe he didn't care, as long as his show got a high rating.

It's nice that she had a supportive mother.

About her comedian friend, he didn't come out nowhere to help her. According to Wikipedia, they were very close friends who lived in the same dormitory (since they're from the same agency). Their first meeting was when he accidentally saw Akko who just came out of the bath wearing nothing (it's not an anime scene 😅) and became close (not romantically) since then, they talked almost every night. So that was a favor for a friend in need.

Idols surely had a lot of stories that show the dark side of the business. 😨

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 17:40

Regarding the last part, the industry was defo not all happiness and rainbows ^^". Since they were all basically kids, it was like being in high school. Yuuko Kimoto released a book about it in 1985

But other than that there is a lot of idol """"gossip"""", like an idol who was pictures with Seikos husband apparently, Oginome-chans sister was an idol and she got into a bit of a thing, Onyankos smoking scandal, Warabes Nyan Nyan incident, a member of Onyanko who said that she was ignored in the group etc etc, the list is long ^^"""

RetroPanda

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 20:47

The cuteness and rainbows were only shown in camera, backstage, they're just normal people, each with their own story and problems.

But it's true that a lot of them have 30+ - 40+ years of close friendships since they were young. Their friendships are real. 😄

Actually I have read about scandals and dark stories about a lot of top idols. More than half of them have their own stories, from love affairs, family issues, etc. But I refrained from writing it since I don't want to defame their names (some of those rumors could be baseless). Let them be remembered just by their achievements and the happiness they brought. 😆

I'll just name one. When Megumi was half-dead she was still told to perform until she passed out several times until the police warned the agency about labor exploitation law.

Feedeeri☆

Sun, 05/11/2023 - 20:53

True, the friendships are the best part of the industry ^^

Only one I know is Hidemi Ishikawa and Nori-P, mainly because I just stumbled upon them. Other than them I read about Miporin and Shi-chan after I got curious from one of your comments

Omg what?? Even if it was before she was in a wheelchair, I wouldn't let a girl with *broken ribs* perform, even worse if it was while she was recovering and worried about being disabled ****for life****