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RetroPanda
Tue, 14/02/2023 - 10:31
RetroPanda
Sat, 20/05/2023 - 23:16
"Valentine Kiss" sang by Wink, Tamura Eriko, Tanaka Minako
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1f7411877v
^ that was in 1989, three years after the original song by Kokusho Sayuri.
RetroPanda
Wed, 16/08/2023 - 02:48
Cover version by Nishimura Tomomi, Miura Rieko (CoCo member) and some early 1990s idols:
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RetroPanda
Fri, 16/02/2024 - 17:22
RetroPanda
Fri, 14/02/2025 - 14:19
RetroPanda
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 01:57
Kokusho Sayuri with other idols:
Kokusho Sayuri with Minamino Yoko in a TV commercial:
Kokusho Sayuri made a cameo in an episode of Sukeban Deka II
Kokusho Sayuri with Asaka Yui, Onishi Yuka, Nakamura Yuma
video with youtube id 7QyiUdvOEYI was removed automatically due to unavailability
^ she appeared in a split second in 0:01 (white jacket)
And the most important one: she was one of the casts in idols vacation in Hawaii in 1987
^ Sayuri (14:17, 30:09, 47:45) together with so many big name idols (Akina, Kyon2, Nakayama Miho, Oginome Yoko, Kikuchi Momoko, Nishimura Tomomi, Matchy, Shibugakitai) , showing that she herself was a top idol too.
RetroPanda
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 02:33
Yes, it is a popular song for Valentine's day.
uji na
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 02:47
I don't know much about real Christian Valentine's day.
But Japanese people who are not Christian turned 14th of February into Chocolate and lovers day after WWII.
I think Japanese people did not celebrate Valentine's day before the war.
I hope Christian people do not feel bad about Japanese people turned Valentine's day into non religious chocolate day.
RetroPanda
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 02:55
Well, I think in modern days most people celebrate Valentine's day as holiday and won't care too much about its religious history.
Diazepan Medina
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 03:00
It started with the honoring of a couple of Christian martyrs of the 3rd century. The a 14th century poem called Parliament of Fowls related the day with romantic love, and in the 19th century they started with sending postcards and chocolate. So Japanese people just inherited this "marketized" version of Valentine's day from the west. The same for Christmas (Coca Cola had an important part in defining the image of Santa Claus).
uji na
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 03:11
Yes, I think you know this but, there is another day called "White Day" in Japan.
It's on 14th of March. It's a day for boys to return gift to the girls.
I believe White day has nothing to do with Christianity. Japanese market has "invented" White Day. I think.
Valentine's day is for girls, and White Day is for boys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Day
Diazepan Medina
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 03:16
Yes, that's a Japanese invention
Diazepan Medina
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 02:43
People doesn't know how to appreciate the dimensions this song has reached until they hear the definitive version
RetroPanda
Wed, 28/09/2022 - 02:54
lol. That's a nightmare version. Ladybeard used to collaborate with BabyMetal a couple of years ago.
Diazepan Medina
Tue, 27/12/2022 - 01:38
Found it! The Sukeban Deka episode where Sayuri is kidnapped and rescued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBPEjUJNgdo
RetroPanda
Tue, 27/12/2022 - 02:00
Wow, thanks! Finally I can see the entire Onyanko Club act in drama. Sayuri's face doesn't suit to be a kidnap victim, she would suit more as a badass character. If I'm the director, I'll make her a second lead, or main lead in spin-off mini series or just the villain. Or just a Sukeban Deka 4 with Kokusho Sayuri as mc. She'd look great in that costume. lol.
Kokusho Sayuri (born: December 22, 1966) was a top idol from 1980s. She won 3rd place in a beauty contest by teenage magazine in 1984 and scouted by Sony Entertainment but she never got an official offer yet, so she was about to accept a normal job offer at a cosmetic counter in a department store. But she was invited to Onyanko Club pilot project in 1985, passed the audition and became a top idol instead. She was one of the founding members of Onyanko Club (*they started with 11 original members before kept adding new member through audtion) as Onyanko Club member number 8. Although she wasn't their real leader, behind the stage she took the "leader" role who guide younger members.
video with youtube id 9jfs0Rjd7LQ was removed automatically due to unavailability^ Kokusho Sayuri at 1:47. She's also the one on the right on the thumbnail
She released her first solo single in February 1, 1986 while still a member of Onyanko Club. She went full solo after "graduated" from Onyanko Club in March 1987, few months before the group disbandment. In her career, Kokusho Sayuri has released a total of 8 singles and 4 albums. Three of her songs reached #1 on Oricon chart. She released her last single in 1988 and then shifted her focus to acting. Her total song sales are 1,382,910 copies.
As an actress, Kokusho Sayuri appeared in A LOT of dramas. She has starred in a total of 165 dramas (1986 - 2023) (*some of those are one-shot dramas, but that's still a lot! ) and 12 movies (1986 - 2017).
Some of her dramas:
About this song:
This song is her debut song, her representative song and her highest selling song. Released on February 1, 1986, this song reached #2 on Oricon chart with a total sales of 317,000 copies by Oricon version ( or a total of 550,000 copies sold according to other source). Despite the high sales and the popularity of Onyanko Club, it failed to reach #1 because it was occupied by Nakamori Akina with her "Desire". At the end of the year, "Valentine Kiss" reached #14 on Oricon yearly chart of 1986. It also won award in "Japan Gold Disc Awards".
This song is one of the most popular Valentine songs in Japan. From 2003-2023, this song has been covered by 14 singers and anime voice actors.
Her live performance:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1gK4y1S7Ni
^ in "Yoru no Hit Studio"
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1gr4y1F7B7
^ in "The Best Ten" that had their own ranking system different from Oricon chart, this song was ranked #4
^ in "Uta no Top Ten"
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1wp4y1p7DD
^ this was probably also in "Uta no Top Ten"
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16g411M77L
^ in "Yuuyake Nyan Nyan", with Onyanko mascots dancing behind them
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15v411u79D
^ in "Yuuyake Nyan Nyan". There were "Sukeban Deka 2" main casts there
^ in Onyanko concert
Kokusho Sayuri singing this song in 2007:
Kokusho Sayuri singing this song in 2012:
video with youtube id rtWV8DjotFQ was removed automatically due to unavailabilitySinging this song in 2014 with a sub-group of AKB48:
^ Kokusho Sayuri still looked beautiful even compared to younger modern idols. There's also Hori Chiemi (1:35) and Asaka Yui (3:55, light blue shirt, on the right of Hori Chiemi).
Sayuri in Onyanko Club reunion, 2017
Kokusho Sayuri (left) starred in the same drama as Saito Yuki (middle) , 2019
And....this was Kokusho Sayuri in 2021:
Her even more recent look can be seen on her official instagram .