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. 

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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) Kudo Shizuka, Koizumi Kyoko

(9)  Pink Lady, Minamino Yoko

(8)  Nakayama Miho 

(7)  Kikuchi Momoko

(6)  Onyanko Club

(5)  Wink,  Amachi Mari, Princess Princess, Watanabe Minayo, SPEED

(4)  Yamaguchi Momoe, Asaka Yui, Kawai Sonoko, Takai Mamiko, Watanabe Marina, Nitta Eri

(3)  Iwasaki Hiromi, Oginome Yoko, Kokusho Sayuri, Yakushimaru Hiroko

(2)  Moritaka Chisato

(1)  Asaoka Megumi,  Agnes Chan,  Asada Miyoko,  Candies,  Kawai Naoko, Saito Yuki,  Hide&Rosanna, Sakurada Junko, Okada Yukiko, Harada Tomoyo

* 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), Ota Hiromi(#2), Hori Chiemi(#2), Honda Minako(#2), Nishimura Tomomi(#2), Iwai Yukiko(#2), CoCo(#3), Ishikawa Hidemi(#4), Mi-Ke(#5), Kashiwabara Yoshie(#6), Hayami Yuu(#7), Matsumoto Iyo(#8), Takahashi Yumiko(#10),  Ito Miki(#13), Ishino Mako(#15), Okazaki Yuki(#18), 

* No data: 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: Ota Hiromi, Asaoka Megumi, Agnes Chan, Ran(Candies)

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

1957: Kei(Pink Lady)

1958: Sakurada Junko, Iwasaki Hiromi, Mie(Pink Lady)

1959: Yamaguchi Momoe, Okada Nana, 

1960: Oba Kumiko

1961: Ishino Mako, Iwasaki Yoshimi

1962: Matsuda Seiko

1963: Kawai Naoko

1964: Yakushimaru Hiroko, Nakayama Kanako (Princess Princess), Watanabe Atsuko (Princess Princess)

1965: Nakamori Akina, Matsumoto Iyo, Kashiwabara Yoshie, Kawai Sonoko, Konno Tomoko (Princess Princess), Tomita Kyoko (Princess Princess), Nikaido Yukari (BaBe),

1966: Koizumi Kyoko (Kyon2), Hayami Yuu, Saito Yuki, Takai Mamiko, Kokusho Sayuri, Ishikawa Hidemi, Kondo Tomoko(BaBe),

1967: Minamino Yoko, Utoku Keiko(Mi-Ke) , Hori Chiemi, Okada Yukiko(deceased), Honda Minako(deceased), Harada Tomoyo, Kishitani Kaori (Princess Princess), Fukunaga Satomi

1968: Kikuchi Momoko, Oginome Yoko, Nitta Eri, Iwai Yukiko, Morikawa Miho, Jounouchi Sanae, Yoshizawa Akie,

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

1970: Aida Shoko(Wink), Nakayama Miho, Kudo Shizuka, Nishimura Tomomi, Watanabe Marina, Hatada Rie, Kato Takako(Lip's),

1971: Sakai Noriko, Ito Miki, Tachibana Risa, Shimada Nami, Ito Chieri,

1972: Ozawa Natsuki,

1973: Ogawa Noriko, Miyamae Maki(CoCo), Haneda Erika(CoCo), Miura Reiko(CoCo), Senou Azusa(CoCo), Nakayama Shinobu, Tamura Eriko, Yoshimura Natsue(Lip's),

1974: Ono Mikiyo(CoCo) , Takahashi Yumiko,

1975: Yamamoto Kyoko(Lip's),

1981: Arakaki Hitoe(SPEED)

1983: Uehara Takako(SPEED), Imai Eriko(SPEED)

1984: Shimabukuro Hiroko(SPEED)

Collections Page:

★ Retro Idols of the 1970s and 1980s 

    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/retro-idols-1970s-and-1980s

★ Retro Idols: Kohaku Uta Gassen  

    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/retro-idols-kohaku-uta-gassen

★ Retro Idols: Yoru no Hit Studio 

    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/retro-idols-yoru-no-hit-studio

★ Retro Idols CM  

    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/retro-idols-cm

★ Retro Idols: The Best Ten  

    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/retro-idols-best-ten

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More Onyanko Club members

🐾 Fukunaga Satomi

- 風のInvitation (Kaze no Invitation) 

- ハートの Ignition (Heart no Ignition) 

🐾  Jounouchi Sanae

- あじさい橋 (Ajisaibashi) 

- 流氷の手紙 (Ryuuhyou no Tegami) 

🐾  Yoshizawa Akie

- なぜの嵐 (Naze no Arashi) 

- 季節はずれの恋 (Kisetsu Hazure no Koi) 

- 鏡の中の私 (Kagami no Naka no Watashi) 

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Other idols :

✩ Ito Miki

- しゃきしゃきビーチタウン (Shaki Shaki Beach Town) 

- RISAの片想い (Risa no Kataomoi)

✩ Tachibana Risa

- 疑問 (Gimon) 

- 大人はわかってくれない (Otona wa Wakattekurenai) 

- サヨナラを言わせないで (Sayonara wo Iwasenaide)  

- リサの妖精伝説 -FAIRY TALE- (Risa no Yōsei Densetsu)

✩ Shimada Nami

- Free Balloon 

- タンポポの草原 (Tanpopo no Sōgen) 

- パステル・ブルーのためいき (Pastel Blue no Tameiki) 

- 負けないで...片想い (Makenaide ... Kataomoi) 

✩ Ogawa Noriko

- 永遠のうたたね (Eien no Utatane) 

- 桜桃記 (ōtōki) 

- 夏色の天使 (Natsuiro no Tenshi) 

- こわれる (Kowareru) 

✩ Ito Chieri

- パラダイス･ウォーカー (Paradise Walker) 

- トキメキがいたくて (Tokimeki ga Itakute) 

- 夢かもしれない (Yume Kamo Shirenai) 

✩ Matsumoto Noriko

- さよならと言われて (Sayonara to Iwarete) 

- NO WONDER 

- 儀式（セレモニー） (Gishiki (Ceremony)) 

- 青い風のビーチサイド (Aoi Kaze no Beach Side) 

🌟 Morikawa Miho

- おんなになあれ (Onna ni Naare) 

- PRIDE

- 姫様ズーム・イン (Hime-sama Zoom In) 

- ブルーウォーター (Blue Water) 

✩ BaBe

- Give Me Up 

- I Don't Know! 

- Somebody Loves You ～明日の恋人～ (Ashita no Koibito) 

- Get A Chance! 

✩ Hatada Rie

- Kissよりつねって (Kiss Yori Tsunette)

- ここだけの話 (Koko Dake no Hanashi) 

- ターミナル (Terminal) 

✩ Ozawa Natsuki

- 追いかけて夏 (Oikakete Natsu) 

- クリスマスには間に合わせたい (Christmas ni wa Maniawasetai) 

- 卒業 (Sotsugyō) 

✩ Nakayama Shinobu

- 小さな決心 (Chiisana Kesshin) 

- 夏に恋するAWATENBO (Natsu ni Koisuru Awatenbo) 

- 涙, 止まれ! (Namida, Tomare!) 

✩ Yamase Mami

- メロンのためいき (Melon no Tameiki) 

- セシリア・Bの片想い (Cecilia B no Kataomoi) 

- Heartbreak Cafe 

✩ Tamura Eriko

- 真剣 (Honki) 

- 好きよ (Suki yo) 

- プロセス (Process) 

- Domino 

✩ Yoshimoto Miyoko

- Auroraの少女 (Aurora no Shoujo) 

- 雨のハイスクール (Ame no High School) 

- アプリコット･キッス (Apricot Kiss) 

- 心の扉 (Kokoro no Tobira) 

⍣ Lip's

- Splendid Love --> NEW!!  📢

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ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

My other accounts: "GreyPanda" (the one I use to translate Asaoka Megumi songs) and "Lucent" (the one I use to translate Wink songs) has been merged into this "RetroPanda" account. So, all Megumi's songs and Wink songs I have translated so far, all of them have been moved here into this account. Since it's sorted by date, those songs will be placed before my 100 songs translation series, you can find them before "Hide & Rosanna". It will be more convenient to find and the retro idols song library will be more complete. Enjoy! (ˊᵕˋ)੭