Japanese City Pop of the 80s
A curated collection of Japanese City Pop from the 1980s, blending funk, disco, and AOR to capture the sophisticated nightlife and urban aesthetic of Tokyo. This playlist balances essential genre-defining hits with deeper tracks for a complete journey through the era's signature sound.
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Tracks
- Plastic Love · Mariya Takeuchi
- Ride on Time · Tatsuro Yamashita
- Stay By Me · Anri
- 4:00 A.M. · Taeko Ohnuki
- Telephone Number · Junko Ohashi
- Stay With Me · Miki Matsubara
- Fly-Day Chinatown · Yasuha
- Midnight Pretenders · Tomoko Aran
- Remember Summer Days · Anri
- Sparkle · Tatsuro Yamashita
- Fantasy · Meiko Nakahara
- Dress Down · Kaoru Akimoto
- Tasogare My Love · Junko Ohashi
- Bay City · Junko Yagami
- September · Mariya Takeuchi
- Sunshower · Taeko Ohnuki
- Plastic Sunday · Yumi Arai
- Street Dancer · Hi-Fi Set
- Lady Pink Panther · Piper
- Nagisa no Cigarette · Toshiki Kadomatsu
- Summer Blue · Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe
- Light'n Up · Minako Yoshida
- Blind Curve · Kikuchi Momoko
- Never Say Goodbye · Yurie Kokubu
- Just a Joke · Taeko Ohnuki
- City Lights by the Moonlight · Hitomi Tohyama
- Plastic Heart · Miki Matsubara
- Glass no Genya · Tatsuro Yamashita
- Last Summer Whisper · Anri
- Pas de Deux · Tatsuro Yamashita
- Toki no Kuni · Yumi Arai
- Sweet Memories · Seiko Matsuda
- In the City · Piper
- Midnight Driver · Tomoko Aran
- Remember Natsu no Hi · Anri
- Shylight Confidence · Toshiki Kadomatsu
- Tasogare · Mai Yamane
- Dance in the Memories · Meiko Nakahara
- Lonely Chap · Junko Ohashi
- Windy Lady · Tatsuro Yamashita
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Based on the prompt: Japanese city pop of the 80s — funk, disco, AOR, Tokyo-after-dark. Mariya Takeuchi, Tatsuro Yamashita, Anri, Taeko Ohnuki, and deeper cuts.