Rock Chronicles Japan Vol. 2 Contributors

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. Initials in parentheses indicate writers who contributed to capsule reviews of the albums listed for each year. Romanization of the writers’ names is from the original publication.

Aida Mai. [相田麻衣]: Song: Jagatara/”Tsunagatta Sekai”; Album: Eastern Youth/Kumo Inuke Koe, Aburadako/Aburadako.

Akita Kazunori. [秋田和徳] (AK): Song: Katsurei/”Kimi no Shashin”; Album: Auto Mod/Eestania.

Azuma Yoichiro [東雄一朗] (AY):  Song: ARB/”After ’45”; Album: Roosters/Four Pieces.

Amatatsu Yasufumi [天辰保文]: Song: Beatniks/”Chotto Tsurainda”; Album: Nakaido Reichi/E.

Iizuka Tatushito [飯塚達弘] (IT): Song: PANTA/”The End”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.

Ichikawa Makoto [市川誠] (IM2): Song: Puffy/”Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc”; Album: Ozawa Kenji/Life.

Ito Miho [伊藤美保] (IM): Song: La’cryma Christi/”Lhasa”; Album: Kuroyume/Nakigara wo….

Imai Tomoko [今井智子]: Song: Too many to decide; Albums: RC Succession/Blue; hide/Psyence.

Iwase Yuichi [岩瀬陽一]: Song: Kuwata Keisuke/”Dareka no kaze no ato”; Album: Kubota Toshinobu/Such a funky thang.

Endo Taeko [遠藤妙子]: Song: 16 tons/”North Bridge”; Albums: fOUL/Rengoku no naka de; Eastern Youth/Kumo Inuke Koe.

Ohsuka Takeshi [大須賀猛]: Song: SMAP/”Yozora no mukō”; Album: Nenes/Ikawu [He questions whether either of these is really “rock”]

Ohtaka Toshikazu [大鷹俊一] (OT): Song: Yamamoto Seiichi & PHEW/”Masao no Yume”; Album: Friction/Zone Tripper.

Ogawa Shin-ichi [小川真一] (OS): Song: Beatniks/”Chotto Tsurainda”; Album: Itō Takao/Slow and Through.

Otokoyama Jun-ichi [男山順一] (OJ): Song: Haniwachan/”Asobi”; Album: PINK/Hikari no ko.

Kawakami Kenji [川上健二] (KK2): Song: Sawada Tamae/”Hana no sei”; Album: Flipper’s Guitar/Camera Talk.

Kawamura Kyoko [川村恭子] (KK): Song: Too many to decide; Album: Can’t answer.

Kikuchi Sho [菊池昇]: Song: UA/”Ringo oiwake”; Album: Kodama Kazufumi/Requiem 2000.

Kisaragi Yui [如月ゆい] (KY): Song: Ohtaka Eiichi/”1969-nen no Drag Race”; Album: Pillows/Please Mr. Lostman.

Kiriishi Tomoko [切石智子]: Song: Lovejoy/”Kimi ga suki”; Album: Yamamoto Seiichi & PHEW/Shiawase no sumika.

Kogure Hideo [小暮秀夫]: Song: Shi-Shōnen/”Hitomi wa sunset glow”; Album: Test Pattern/Apres-midi.

Kodama Tsunetoshi [兒玉常利] (KT): Song: Plagues/”Saigo no Highway no Yume”; Album: Rockets/Rocket Size.

Sawada Taiyo [沢田太陽] (ST3): Song: Yano Akiko/”David”; Album: Unicorn/Kedamono no arashi.

Shimizu Takashi [清水隆] (ST2): Song: The Mods/”Loose Game”; Album: Kemuri/77 Days.

Shinbo Miyuki [真保みゆき] (SM): Song: Endō Kyoko/”Be Love” (questions whether it’s “rock”); Album: SMAP/SMAP008-TOCOMAX.

Sugiyama Tatsuru [杉山達] (ST): Song: Pizzicato Five/”Koi no Television Age”; Album: Vibratones/Vibra-Rock.

Suzuki Yu [鈴木祐] (SY): Song: YMO/”Cue”; Album: Harry & Mac/Road to Louisiana.

Taki Hiroyuki [滝裕行] (TH): Song: Newest Model/”Hikari no kaibutsu”; Album: Fishmans/Long Season.

Taguchi Fumihito [田口史人]: Song: Jagatara/”Tango”; Album: Nagisa nite/Love Beach.

Tojo Masato [東條雅人] (TM): Song: Brahman/”Answer For”; Album: Gastunk/Dead Song.

Tomita Yui [冨田由比]: Song: PANTA/”Seiki”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.

Nakayama Kyumin [中山久民] (NK): Song: Yamashita Tatsuro/”Turner no Kikansha”; Album: Minami Yoshitaka/Bōken Ō.

Namekawa Kazuhiko [行川和彦] (NK2): Song: G-Schmitt/”Icarus Descending”; Album: Stalin/Stop Jap.

Hirano Keizo [平野敬三] (HK): Song: Unicorn/”Kuruma mo denwa mo nai keredo”; Album: Blue Hearts/The Blue Hearts.

Fujimoto Kunihiko [藤本国彦] (FK): Song: Okuda Tamio/”Sore wa nanika to tazunetara”; Album: Suzuki Shoko/Shishōsetsu.

Hori Yukiko [堀由希子] (HK2): Song: Unicorn/”Pekepeke Otoko”; Album: Nakamura Kazuyoshi/Kinjitō.

Maeda Yoshitake [前田祥丈]: Song: Blue Hearts/”Linda Linda”; Album: PANTA/Kristall Nacht.

Masabuchi Hideki [増渕英紀] (MH): Song: Ohtaka Sizzle/”Hana”; Albums: Shang Shang Typhoon/Ai ga aru kara daijōbu; Date of Birth/Folk Songs.

Matsumoto Seiji [松本誠司]: Song: Unicorn/”Daimeiwaku”; Album: Doom/Incompetent.

Miyauchi Takeshi [宮内健] (MT): Songs: Ozawa Kenji/”Door wo knock suru no wa dare da?”; Okamura Yasuyuki/”Ijiwaru”; Album: Netanders/MooDoo.

Yahagi Keisuke [矢作計助] (YK): Song: Okuda Tamio/”Mother”; Album: Ringo Shiina/Muzai Moratorium.

Yuasa Manabu [湯浅学] (YM): Songs: Ankoku Tairiku Jagatara/”demo.Demo.DEMO”; Album: Endō Kenji/ Yume yo sakebe.

Yuno Masashi [油納将志] (YM2): Song: Flipper’s Guitar/”Sayonara Pastels Badge”; Album: Ozawa Kenji/Life.

Yoshida Masahiro [吉田真啓]: Song: Cocco/”Tsuyoku Hakanai Monotachi”; Album: Akiko Yano/Love Life.

Yoshihara Seiyoh[吉原聖洋]: Song: Nanao Tavito/”Gulliver 2″; Album: Sano Motoharu/Visitors.

Yoneda Minoru [米田実]: Song: Yapoos/”Nikuya no yō ni”; Album: Yellow Magic Orchestra/BGM.

Wakui Koji [和久井光司] (WK): Song: Hayakawa Yoshio/”Okujō”; Album: Sunny Day Service/Sunny Day Service.

Link to YouTube playlist featuring a selection of song choices from 1981-1999.