Jump to content

Warabe (group)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warabe
Warabe in 1982
Warabe in 1982
Background information
Origin Japan
GenresJ-pop
Years active1982 – 1985
LabelsFor Life Record

Warabe (わらべ) was a J-pop musical trio active between 1982 and 1985.

History of the band

[edit]

The group was established as part of the Net TV's variety show Kinchan no Doko Made Yaru no? [jp] hosted by Kinichi Hagimoto.[1] The group consisted of Atsumi Kurasawa, Tomoko Takabe and Mami Takahashi and made the first appearance in the show in September 1982.[2]

In June 1983, the weekly magazine Focus published a photograph of Tomoko Takabe allegedly smoking on her bed. Following the incident she was suspended, and took part in the program on the phone expressing her remorse and singing " Medaka no Kyôdai"; her segment of the show recorded a massive 42 percent share of viewers.[3] She was supposed to return but two months later the Takabe's ex-boyfriend who had provided the photo to the magazine committed suicide, and she decided to withdraw from the program and from the group.[3] The two remaining members eventually disbanded the group in 1985. Warabe's major hit was the song ""Moshimo Ashita ga..." which topped the Oricon Singles Chart for six weeks.[4]

Group members

[edit]
  • Atsumi Kurasawa (Japanese: 倉沢 淳美, born 20 April 1967), nicknamed Kanae.
  • Tomoko Takabe (Japanese: 高部 知子, born 27 August 1967), nicknamed Nozomi.
  • Mami Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 真美, born 20 September 1967), nicknamed Tamae.

Discography

[edit]
Albums
  • 1983 : Nozomi, Kanae, Tamae - Medaka no Kyôdai
  • 1984 : Moshi mo Ashita ga...
  • 1995 : Medaka no Kyôdai (Compilation)
  • 2011 : Imokin Trio & Warabe - Golden Best (Compilation)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "ikizama ni akogareta Shōwa no otoko-tachi# 3 shikō no terebi gei o kataru hagimoto kin'ichi". Showa 40 Man. August 2020. Creta Publishing. p.35.
  2. ^ Nagata, Gyoji (1985). Shōwa no dōyō arakaruto. sengo. Gyōsei. ISBN 4324001243.
  3. ^ a b Hoizumi, Kaoru (1998). Warabe" furuki yoki kodomo"-tachi ga enjita san'ninsan'yō no meitoan. MediaWorks. pp.76-79.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
[edit]