The following lists the contributors to Rock Chronicles Japan Vol. 2, including their picks for favorite song and favorite album from the years 1981 to 1999.
Aida Mai. Song: Jagatara/”Tsunagatta Sekai”; Album: Eastern Youth/Kumo Inuke Koe, Aburadako/Aburadako.
Akita Kazunori. Song: Katsurei/”Kimi no Shashin”; Album: Auto Mod/Eestania.
Azuma Yoichiro. Song: ARB/”After ’45″; Album: Roosters/Four Pieces.
Amatatsu Yasufumi. Song: Beatniks/”Chotto Tsurainda”; Album: Nakaido Reichi/E.
Iizuka Tatushito. Song: PANTA/”Shuuen”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.
Ichikawa Makoto. Song: Puffy/”Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc”; Album: Ozawa Kenji/Life.
Ito Miho. Song: La’cryma Christi/”Lhasa”; Album: Kuroyume/Nakigara o….
Imai Tomoko. Song: Too many to decide; Albums: RC Succession/Blue; hide/Psyence.
Iwase Yuichi. Song: Kuwata Keisuke/”Dareka no kaze no ato”; Album: Kubota Toshinobu/Such a funky thang.
Endo Taeko. Song: 16 tons/”North Bridge”; Albums: fOUL/Rengoku no naka de; Eastern Youth/Kumo Inuke Koe.
Ohsuka Takeshi. Song: SMAP/”Yozora no mukou”; Album: Nenes/Ikawu [He questions whether either of these is really "rock"]
Ohtaka Toshikazu. Song: Yamamoto Seiichi & PHEW/”Masao no Yume”; Album: Friction/Zone Tripper.
Ogawa Shin-ichi. Song: Beatniks/”Chotto Tsurainda”; Album: Itoh Takao/Slow and Through.
Otokoyama Jun-ichi. Song: Haniwachan/”Asobi”; Album: PINK/Hikari no ko.
Kawakami Kenji. Song: Sawada Tamae/”Hana no sei”; Album: Flipper’s Guitar/Camera Talk.
Kawamura Kyoko. Song: Too many to decide; Album: Can’t answer.
Kikuchi Sho. Song: UA/”Ringo oiwake”; Album: Kodama Kazufumi/Requiem 2000.
Kisaragi Yui. Song: Ohtaka Eiichi/”1969-nen no Drag Race”; Album: Pillows/Please Mr. Lostman.
Kiriishi Tomoko. Song: Lovejoy/”Kimi ga suki”; Album: Yamamoto Seiichi & PHEW/Kofuku no sumika.
Kogure Hideo. Song: Shi-Shonen/”Hitomi wa sunset glow”; Album: Test Pattern/Apres-midi.
Kodama Tsunetoshi. Song: Plagues/”Saigo no Highway no Yume”; Album: Rockets/Rocket Size.
Sawada Taiyo. Song: Yano Akiko/”David”; Album: Unicorn/Kedamono no arashi.
Shimizu Takashi. Song: The Mods/”Lose Game”; Album: Kemuri/77 Days.
Shinbo Miyuki. Song: Endo Kyoko/”Be Love” (questions whether it’s “rock”); Album: SMAP/SMAP008-TOCOMAX.
Sugiyama Tatsuru. Song: Pizzicato Five/”Koi no Television Age”; Album: Vibratones/Vibra-Rock.
Suzuki Yu. Song: YMO/”Cue”; Album: Harry & Mac/Road to Louisiana.
Taki Hiroyuki. Song: Newest Model/”Hikari no kaibutsu”; Album: Fishmans/Long Season.
Taguchi Fumihito. Song: Jagatara/”Tango”; Album: Nagisa nite/Love Beach.
Tojo Masato. Song: Brahman/”Answer For”; Album: Gastunk/Dead Song.
Tomita Yui. Song: PANTA/”Seiki”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.
Nakayama Kyumin. Song: Yamashita Tatsuro/”Turner no Kikansha”; Album: Minami Yoshitaka/Bouken Ou.
Namekawa Kazuhiko. Song: G-Schmitt/”Icarus Descending”; Album: Stalin/Stop Jap.
Hirano Keizo. Song: Unicorn/”Kuruma mo denwa mo nai keredo”; Album: Blue Hearts/The Blue Hearts.
Fujimoto Kunihiko. Song: Okuda Tamio/”Sore wa nanika to tasunetara”; Album: Suzuki Shoko/Shishousetsu.
Hori Yukiko. Song: Unicorn/”Pekepeke Otoko”; Album: Nakamura Kazuyoshi/Kinjitou.
Maeda Yoshitake. Song: Blue Hearts/”Linda Linda”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.
Masabuchi Hideki. Song: Ohtaka Sizzle/”Hana”; Albums: Shang Shang Typhoon/Ai ga aru kara daijoubu; Date of Birth/Folk Songs.
Matsumoto Seiji. Song: Unicorn/”Daimeiwaku”; Album: Doom/Incompetent.
Miyauchi Takeshi. Songs: Ozawa Kenji/”Door o knock suru no wa dare da?”; Okamura Yasuyuki/”Ijiwaru”; Album: Netanders/MooDoo.
Yahagi Keisuke. Song: Okuda Tamio/”Mother”; Album: Ringo Shiina/Muzai Moratorium.
Yuasa Manabu. Songs: Ankoku Tairiku Jagatara/”demo.Demo.DEMO”; Album: Endo Kenji/ Yume yo sakebe.
Yuno Masashi. Song: Flipper’s Guitar/”Sayonara Pastels Badge”; Album: Ozawa Kenji/Life.
Yoshida Masahiro. Song: Cocco/”Tsuyoku Hakanai Monotachi”; Album: Akiko Yano/Love Life.
Yoshihara Seiyoh. Song: Nanao Tabito/”Gulliver 2″; Album: Sano Motoharu/Visitors.
Yomeda Minoru. Song: Yapoos/”Nikusei no you ni”; Album: Yellow Magic Orchestra/BGM.
Wakui Koji. Song: Hayakawa Yoshio/”Okujou”; Album: Sunny Day Service/Sunny Day Service.
Link to YouTube playlist featuring a selection of song choices from 1981-1999.
