RetroPanda

I have watched a lot of Japanese idol videos from 1970s-1980s on YouTube and instantly liked them all. I felt like I have dug out something precious from the past, so I kept digging. I want to share it for everybody to enjoy, so I'll translate some of their songs here. But it won't be fun if I translate them just like that, so I've prepared a specific concept: retro idol translation series.

It's a translation series with 100 song translations. Each segment will have different idol with 4 songs or less. Each translations will be put in chronological order and connected to each other.

On the comment, I will also add various information: short introduction of each idols, who they are, how successful they careers are, how popular the song was back then, what they looks like then and now, and various videos related to them.

All these singers were living in the same country and singing at the same era, so there were instances when they met each other in the same show, sometimes they performed together, and some even developed friendship. I will add videos when they appeared together too, like a 'movie crossover'.

Basically, I'll make my profile page look like a mini documentary of retro Japanese idols, and the 100 translations will serve like 100 mini episodes that are connected to each other. 

Most of the idols I'll add are the most popular ones from their era but popularity is not a necessity; which means I could skip some of the popular ones or include some less popular singers based on personal preference. 

For people who want to know who these singers are; in every first translation I made for each artist listed below, I always add their short introduction and videos of what do they look like then and now. 

So, let's take a glimpse to the past and watch these retro idols in their heyday. They are too precious to get forgotten by time. 

P.S:

Asaoka Megumi won't be included in '70s part and neither will Wink in '80s part , even though they were very popular in their eras, because there are already two accounts dedicated to exclusively translate only their songs:

- Asaoka Megumi (a very popular Japanese idol from early to mid 1970s) song translations can be found here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/translator/greypanda

- Wink (an extremely popular idol duo from late '80s to mid '90s) song translations can be found here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/translator/lucent

Even then, I still mentioned them in the comments every once in awhile, as if they're making cameos.

But if I'm to add Megumi and Wink to this retro idol translation series (I wish I can), it will look like this:

Asaoka Megumi:

- 芽ばえ (Mebae)

- わたしの彼は左きき (Watashi no kare wa hidarikiki)

- 女の子なんだもん (Onna no ko nandamon)

- 雪の中の二人 (Yuki no naka no futari)

Wink:

- Sugar Baby Love

- 愛が止まらない (Ai ga tomaranai)

- 淋しい熱帯魚 (Samishii Nettaigyo)

- 真夜中のエンジェル〜 (One Night In Heaven)

For people interested to listen to more of their songs + translations, feel free to visit the profile pages I mentioned above.

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About Retro Idols

Retro idols sorted by how many of their song that has reached #1 in Oricon chart:

(25) Matsuda Seiko ♛

(22) Nakamori Akina ♛

(11) Shizuka Kudo, Koizumi Kyoko

(9)  Pink Lady, Minamino Yoko

(8)  Nakayama Miho 

(7)  Kikuchi Momoko

(5)  Wink,  Amachi Mari

(4)  Yamaguchi Momoe, Asaka Yui

(3)  Iwasaki Hiromi

(2)  Moritaka Chisato

(1)  Asaoka Megumi,  Agnes Chan,  Asada Miyoko,  Candies,  Kawai Naoko, Saito Yuki,  Hide&Rosanna

* For them who never reached #1 in Oricon chart, these are the highest position in Oricon chart they ever reached:

  Sakai Noriko(#2), Minami Saori(#2), Mi-Ke(#5), Hayami Yuu(#7), Ito Miki(#13), Okazaki Yuki(#18), 

* No data: Matsumoto Iyo (but most likely similar to Hayami Yuu), Okada Nana, Shizue Abe

* How many of Oricon #1 ranked songs they have is not absolute parameter of their popularity level. For example, Yamaguchi Momoe was only lose to Seiko and Akina, on par with Pink Lady, but bigger than anyone else who have a lot more Oricon #1 ranked songs than her.

Retro idols sorted by birth year (their age comparison):

1942: Hide(Hide&Rosanna) (deceased)

1950: Rosanna(Hide&Rosanna)

1951: Amachi Mari, Abe Shizue

1953: Okazaki Yuki

1954: Minami Saori

1955: Asaoka Megumi, Agnes Chan, Ran(Candies)

1956: Asada Miyoko, Miki(Candies), Sue(Candies)(deceased)

1957: Kei(Pink Lady)

1958: Iwasaki Hiromi, Mie(Pink Lady)

1959: Yamaguchi Momoe, Okada Nana, 

1962: Matsuda Seiko

1963: Kawai Naoko

1965: Nakamori Akina, Matsumoto Iyo

1966: Koizumi Kyoko (Kyon2), Hayami Yuu, Saito Yuki

1967: Minamino Yoko, Utoku Keiko(Mi-Ke)

1968: Kikuchi Momoko

1969: Suzuki Sachiko(Wink), Moritaka Chisato, Asaka Yui, Watanabe Mami(Mi-Ke), Murakami Haruka(Mi-Ke)

1970: Aida Shoko(Wink), Nakayama Miho, Kudo Shizuka

1971: Sakai Noriko, Ito Miki

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