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Jun Togawa (戸川純, Togawa Jun, born 31 March 1961) is a Japanese singer, musician and actress. Her close friends over the years include Susumu Hirasawa.

Jun Togawa
戸川 純
Born (1961-03-31) March 31, 1961 (age 61)
Shinjuku, Tokyo
GenresAvant-garde
New wave
J-pop
Occupation(s)Singer, musician, actress
Instrument(s)Vocals
Drums
Years active1979-present

Career


After gaining attention a guest singer for the New Wave band Halmens and her acting roles in Japanese dramas and commercials for the Washlet, she began her professional music career in the early 1980s as a singer.[1][2] In 1984, she released her debut solo album Tamahime-sama under the label of YEN records, containing themes of menstruation, womanhood, and romance with a recurring insect and pupa motif. The following year, she came out with album Suki Suki Daisuki, a satirical take on aidoru music.

Although her eccentric personality and unconventional style prevented her from attaining major pop success, she survived as an influential and respected underground music figure both solo and as the lead singer of the Shōwa era-themed group Guernica (1982–89) with former Halmens member Koji Ueno and her most commercial project Yapoos (1984-1995 and occasionally since,) where she is particularly noted for her connection to eroguro culture.[3] Over the years she has formed many temporary backing bands such as the Jun Togawa Unit to accompany her. Generally the differentiation between her self-named bands and the Yapoos is a greater degree of collaboration in the latter.

Notable collaborators over the years include Haruomi Hosono who produced and wrote music for some of her earlier works. Her late sister Kyoko Togawa was an actress who at times ventured into the music world and cross collaborated at times. Around 1990 Jun shared management with Susumu Hirasawa resulting in quite a number of collaborations.

She has acted in a number of films, such as Untamagiru[4] and The Family Game.[5]

In 1989, Susumu Hirasawa, who was currently freezing P-MODEL, joined the Yapoos as support, appearing in the "Bach Studio II" section of the TV program "Yume de Aietara", where he played in a session with Downtown, Ucchan Nanchan and Susumu Hirasawa.

In 1990, he joined Susumu Hirasawa's "World Turbine Tour," a live tour to celebrate the release of his second solo album, "Ghosts of Science," with Hikaru Kotobuki, Katsuhiko Akiyama, Kazuhide Akimoto (Akimoto Kitsune), Kazutoki Umezu, and others. He sang the duets Rocket, World Turbine, and Carboy and Indian with Hirasawa. Togawa has also toured with Hirasawa on other occasions.

In 1991, Togawa appeared on the TV Tokyo program "Jun Togawa x Susumu Hirasawa (MC: Kenzo Saeki) "Jun Togawa Revival Festival!"

In 1992, Susumu Hirasawa offered him "Beals (1992)" as a Yapoos song.

In 1995, "Showa Kyounen" was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Jun Togawa's performing career. Based on the concept of "covering nostalgic melodies of the Showa era," the album contained six songs arranged by Susumu Hirasawa. The songs include "Ribbon Knight" composed by Isao Tomita and arranged by Susumu Hirasawa.

Her 2004 album, Togawa Fiction, with the Jun Togawa Band, featured elements of progressive rock, electropop and other genres. In 2008, she released a career-spanning three-CD boxed set, Togawa Legend Self Select Best & Rare 1979-2008 which featured many of her most popular songs along with several scarcer tracks and hard to find collaborations.[6]

In a 2001 interview, influential alternative musician and producer Jim O'Rourke, amongst others, picked a Togawa cover song album 20th Jun Togawa as one of his "best albums of the year."[citation needed]

She marked the 35th anniversary of her professional career in 2016 by releasing new collaboration albums with Vampillia and Hijokaidan, her first new recordings in twelve years.[7]


The relationship between Jun Togawa and Susumu Hirasawa


Jun Togawa and Susumu Hirasawa became close friends as they shared stories about each other's past and how they perceived gender and people. They participated in each other's tours, and in the 1990s, they worked together on music and gender-related conversations in magazines and on TV. Hirasawa says, "It's a difficult task to determine my favorite Jun Togawa song," referring to one of his masterpieces, "Giving Up Peshiganga," as "that is the god who made god."[8] Togawa has also covered Hirasawa's solo song "Venus" at his own live performances.


Discography



Solo albums



Collaboration albums



Albums with Yapoos



Albums with Guernica



Solo mini albums



Singles, EPs



Compilations



Notable guest appearances



References


  1. Memory and Gender in the Music of Togawa Jun
  2. Throwback Thursday: Jun Togawa - Tamahime-sama Review
  3. YAPOOS
  4. "Untamagiru". Screen Slate. 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  5. "The Family Game". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  6. "戸川純/TOGAWA LEGEND SELF SELECT BEST & RARE 1979-2008". Tower Records. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  7. Jun Togawa Discusses 35 Years in the Industry, Her Return and More
  8. Twitter https://twitter.com/hirasawa/status/971003741557043201. Retrieved 2021-11-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "非常階段×戸川純／戸川階段 - いぬん堂".
  10. "Jun Togawa Avec Kei Ookubo - Jun Togawa Avec Kei Ookubo". Discogs.
  11. "Yapoos – ヤプーズの不審な行動 令和元年 ＝ Suspicious Behavior of Yapoos the 1st Year of Reiwa Era (2019, CD)". Discogs.



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Jun Togawa (戸川純, Togawa Jun?, 31 Marzo de 1961 -) es una cantante, música y actriz japonesa nacida en Shinjuku-ku, Tokio.[1] Conocida también por su hermana Kyoko Togawa.


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