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Okamoto Maiko

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Fascination", Maiko Okamoto's second album released in 1986, including LA recordings, is now available in a newly mastered limited paper jacket with many additional bonus tracks, including a karaoke version (first commercial release) and single-only tracks. The album is the most important material of Etsuko Yamakawa's works (especially the first half of the album), with writers including Etsuko Yamakawa, Goro Matsui, Ami Ozaki, Tsuyoshi Kon, Tsunehiro Izumi, Toshinobu Kubota, and others. Yoru no Aria -Starlight Dreaming-", which was not included on the original LP but only on the CD, is included as a bonus track. Sold exclusively at Tower Records. Mastered in 2017 (K2HD PRO mastering). Full-color jackets of the recorded singles are enclosed. Commentary by Yoichi Fujii A graduate of Masaaki Hirao's music school.In 1985, she made her record debut with the single "Ai to Ringo desu ka" (Is Love an Apple?), for which she won various music newcomer awards. In 1987, she made her film debut in the Shochiku film Maiko Monogatari. ＜Etsuko Yamakawa is a composer and arranger who has composed and arranged songs for Kyoko Koizumi's "100% Gender Equality," which won the 1986 Japan Record Award for Best Arrangement, as well as for Onyanko Club, Marina Watanabe, Hiromi Iwasaki, and many others. Music producer. Studio musician; released the album "THRU TRAFFIC" in 1982 as a duo with Hiroshi Narumi and Tohoku Shinkansen.