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Nokko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nokko
Born
Nobuko Yamada

(1963-11-04) November 4, 1963 (age 62)
Urawa, Saitama, Japan
GenrePop
InstrumentVocals
Years active1980–present
LabelsCBS/SONY RECORDS/FITZBEAT (1983 - 1992)
Sony Music Entertainment Japan/Ki/oon Records (1992 - 1997)
BMG Japan (1997 - 2001)
Gut Records (2003)
Go and Nokko (2003-2009)
Universal Sigma Label (2010 - present)
Websitewww.nokko.jp

Nokko (born November 4, 1963) is a Japanese singer. She was the lead singer of the popular band Rebecca, which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. Nokko was born in Urawa, Saitama, as Nobuko Yamada (山田 信子, Yamada Nobuko). Under her stage name Nokko, she also had multiple hits in Japan throughout her solo career in the 1990s, and released an English-language album in the US produced and mixed by Goh Hotoda and Francois Kevorkian.

History

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In 1990, she married Takehiko Kogure, former group leader of Rebecca. They divorced in 1993. In 2002, she married Goh Hotoda, a sound engineer who has mixed hit singles for artists including Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Hikaru Utada.[1] They now live in Atami, Japan, where on August 1, 2006, the couple welcomed the birth of their daughter, Kano.[2]

Legacy

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Nokko's song "Ningyo" (mermaid), which was her fourth solo single on her fourth solo album Colored, was the theme song for the 1994 drama Toki o Kakeru Shōjo starring Yuki Uchida.

Discography

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Original albums

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  1. Hallelujah (1992)[3][4] Oricon Albums Chart number 2[5]
  2. I Will Catch U. (1993)[6] Oricon number 4[5]
  3. Call Me Nightlife (1993)
  4. Colored (1994)[7] Oricon number 6[5]
  5. Rhyming Cafe (1996)[8] Oricon number 10[5]
  6. Veranda no Kishibe (ベランダの岸辺, Veranda Shore) (1998)[9]
  7. Viaje (2000)
  8. Kiss (2010)[10][11] Oricon number 20[5]
  9. The Nokko Story (2013)
  10. True Woman (2018) Oricon number 45[5]

Compilation albums

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  1. The Best of Nokko (1997)[12] Oricon number 45[5]
  2. Remix Nokko (2000)
  3. Nokko's Selection, Nokko's Best (2006)

Singles

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  1. Crazy Clouds (1992) Oricon Singles Chart number 4[13]
  2. Kiseki no Wedding March (奇跡のウエディングマーチ, Miracle Wedding March) (1992) Oricon number 31[13]
  3. I Will Catch U (1993)
  4. Vivace (1993)[14]
  5. Ningyo (人魚, Mermaid) (1994) Oricon number 2[13]
  6. Live ga Hanetara (ライブがはねたら, When the Live Show finished) (1994) Oricon number 7[13]
  7. Antenna (アンテナ) (1995)
  8. Parade (パレード) (1995) Oricon number 46[13]
  9. Tenshi no Love Song (天使のラブソング, Angel's Love Song) (1996) Oricon number 38[13]
  10. Natural (1996) Oricon number 27[13]
  11. Koi wa Aserazu (恋はあせらず, You Can't Hurry Love) (1997) Oricon number 40[13]
  12. Mizu no Naka de Chiisa na Taiyō (水の中の小さな太陽, A Little Sun in the Water) (1997)
  13. Haruyuki Usagi (春雪うさぎ, Spring Snow Rabbit) (1998)
  14. Wasurenagusa (わすれな草, Forget-me-not) (1998)
  15. Friends (フレンズ) (1999) Oricon number 27[13]
  16. Hiru no Tsuki (昼の月, Daytime Moon) (1999)[15]
  17. Kiss ga Kikoeru/I Love You (KISSが聞こえる, I Can Hear the Kiss) (2000)

References

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  1. ↑ "Goh Hotoda Discogs Profile". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Goh Hotoda: Words to Live By". japantimes.com. November 13, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nokko Hallelujah" in "Brand New CD 100". What's In? No 48. April 1992. p 132.
  4. ↑ NOKKO / ハレルヤ (廃盤). CDJournal.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 アルバム売上TOP9作品. Oricon News.
  6. ↑ NOKKO / アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー (廃盤). CDJournal.
  7. ↑ NOKKO / カラード (廃盤). CDJournal.
  8. ↑ NOKKO / ライミング・カフェ. CDJournal.
  9. ↑ のっこ / ベランダの岸辺 (廃盤). CDJournal.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ ノッコ / キッス～カヴァー・アルバム～. CDJournal.
  12. ↑ NOKKO / the best of Nokko. CDJournal.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 シングル売上TOP9作品. Oricon News.
  14. ↑ "Vivace Nokko" in "Self Liner Notes". What's In? No 62. July 1993. p 103.
  15. ↑ NOKKO / 昼の月 (廃盤). CDJournal.

Further reading

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  • Nokko. CDJournal.
  • "Nokko: Return of the Angel". What's In? No 48. April 1992. pp 19 to 21.
  • "Nokko I Will Catch U." in "Brand New Video Clip". What's In? No 62. July 1993. p 175. See also p 11 & 48.
  • What's In? No 105. January 1997. pp 36 & 201.
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