Ryūkō Kashu

Ryūkō Kashu
Ryūkō Kashu
Studio album by Yōko Oginome
Released	June 3, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	52:27
Language	Japanese
Label	Victor
Producer	Keisuke Tsukimitsu
Yōko Oginome chronology
Singles from Ryūkō Kashu
	"Nee"; Released: December 16, 1991; "Steal Your Love"; Released: March 27, 1992; "Coffee Rumba"; Released: May 8, 1992; "Romantic ni Aishite"; Released: July 1, 1992;

Ryūkō Kashu (流行歌手, lit. Trendy Singer) is the 13th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on June 3, 1992, the album was produced by Keisuke Tsukimitsu and features the hit singles "Nee", "Steal Your Love", and a cover of "Coffee Rumba". It also marked Oginome's debut as a songwriter, having written the lyrics to two songs in the album. The album was reissued on May 26, 2010 with four bonus tracks as part of Oginome's 25th anniversary celebration.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart, becoming her last top-10 album.^[5] It also sold over 165,000 copies.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Yukio Sugai, Kōichi Kaminaga, and Ryujin Inoue, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"This Is Pop"	Reo Mikami	Warren Bacall	4:11
2.	"Nee (Album Version)" (Nē (Arubamu Vājon) (ねえ（アルバム・ヴァージョン）, "Hey" (Album Version)))	Mikami	Tadashi Ishikawa	5:12
3.	"Romantic ni Aishite" (Romantikku ni Aishite (ロマンティックに愛して, "I Love You Romantically"))	Miyuki Asano	Juichi Morishige	3:50
4.	"Steal Your Love"	Mikami	Satoshi Hirose	4:23
5.	"Anata ni Kaeritai" ((あなたに帰りたい, "I Want to Go Back to You"))	Asano	Inoue	3:56
6.	"Coffee Rumba" (Kōhī Runba (コーヒー・ルンバ))	Seiji Nakazawa	José Manzo Perroni	4:36
7.	"Sasayaka na Resistance" ((ささやかなレジスタンス, Sasayaka na Rejisutansu) "A Modest Resistance")	Asano	Inoue	4:11
8.	"Hitorijime" ((独り占め, "Monopoly"))	YOKO	Sugai	4:30
9.	"Kare no Sainan" ((彼の災難, "His Calamity"))	Asano	Tomohisa Kawazoe	3:45
10.	"Starship"	Ishikawa	Tarō Fukada	5:55
11.	"Playboy" (Purei Bōi (プレイ・ボーイ))	YOKO	Nobuhiko Satō	3:40
12.	"Moonlight Blue"	Asano	Joey Carbone	4:13
Total length:				52:27

2010 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
13.	"Nee (Single Version)" (Nē (Shinguru Vājon) (ねえ（シングル・ヴァージョン）, "Hey" (Single Version)))	Mikami	Ishikawa		4:38
14.	"This Is Pop (Club Mix)"	Mikami	Bacall		6:43
15.	"Nee (Club Mix)" (Nē (Kurabu Mikkusu) (ねえ（Club Mix）, "Hey" (Club Mix)))	Mikami	Ishikawa		8:52
16.	"Bijo to Yajū (Club Mix)" (Bijo to Yajū (Kurabu Mikkusu) (美女と野獣（Club Mix）, "Beauty and the Beast" (Club Mix)))	Masumi Kawamura	Toshinobu Kubota	Yōichirō Kakizaki Kōji Nakamura	6:05
Total length:					26:20

Personnel

Hitoshi Takaba – keyboards
Kōichi Kaminaga – guitar
Yukio Sugai – bass, drums
Yumi Murata – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	3

References

^ "Album Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ "流行歌手+4 | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ "荻野目洋子 / 流行歌手". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ "流行歌手 | 荻野目洋子". Rising Production. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ ^a ^b "流行歌手 | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ "荻野目洋子". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

External links

Official website
Ryūkō Kashu at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Ryūkō Kashu at Discogs

[1] "Album Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[2] "流行歌手+4 | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[3] "荻野目洋子 / 流行歌手". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[4] "流行歌手 | 荻野目洋子". Rising Production. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[Oricon-5] "流行歌手 | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[Yamachan-6] "荻野目洋子". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

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