JPop and A Lot!

        My first taste of Japanese music, if my memory serves me right was Pizzicato Five's Sweet Soul Revue. I still remember, Globe's catchy Feel Like Dance. Then during my college days, Utada Hikaru's, First Love song came up. When I became an ESL instructor to Koreans, one of my student's friend introduced me to another Japanese rock band/group called L' Arc En Ciel. The vocalist  reminds me of David Bowie, maybe because of his looks, honestly I find the L'Arc En Ciel's vocalist really appealing. Another singer that I came to know, was Namie Amuro, she's really popular in Japan, and my favorite song of hers was a ballad called 'All For You'. Other Japanese artists that I came to like was Yui Yoshioka, and my most favorite Japanese artist is Ayaka Iida. I like Ayaka's beautiful full voice. I love her rendition of Yutaka Ozaki's, 'I Love You', and her popular song which was sung by a local singer entitled Mikazuki (三日月)  or Crescent Moon in English, and her rendition of La, La, La Love Song. Also, I discovered in the end credits of a Japanese tv-movie drama, a really good song entitled Hikari, performed by an all girls band named Silent Siren,

     My other non-Japanese singers whose songs I listen too are Boa (Korean), I like her rendition of Toshinobu Kubota, and I also came to know the Chinese singer who can sing Japanese songs, named Alan Dawa Dolma. I also like the songs sung in anime's and in Super Sentai Series (Opening Theme of Hikari Sentai Maskman, Bioman, Shaider, Ghostfighter, and Flame of Recca). Voltes V opening  theme is also an unforgettable one.