Nokko
She was the lead singer of the popular band Rebecca, which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. Nokko was born in Urawa, Saitama, as Nobuko Yamada. Under her stage name Nokko, she also had multiple hits in Japan throughout her solo career in the 1990s, and released an English-language album in the US produced and mixed by Goh Hotoda and Francois Kevorkian.
Nokko
- Name
- Nokko
- Birth Name
- Nobuko Yamada
- Birthplace
- Urawa, Saitama, Japan
- Born
- 4 November 1963
- Full name
- Nobuko Yamada.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Occupation
- singer, singer-songwriter and musician.
- Fields
- J-pop.
- Education
- Urawa Kita High School.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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She was the lead singer of the popular band Rebecca, which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. Nokko was born in Urawa, Saitama, as Nobuko Yamada. Under her stage name Nokko, she also had multiple hits in Japan throughout her solo career in the 1990s, and released an English-language album in the US produced and mixed by Goh Hotoda and Francois Kevorkian.
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Key facts
• Name — Nokko • Birth Name — Nobuko Yamada • Birthplace — Urawa, Saitama, Japan • Born — 4 November 1963 • Genre — Pop • Instrument — Vocals • Years Active — 1980–present • Label — CBS/SONY RECORDS/FITZBEAT (1983 - 1992) Sony Music Entertainment Japan/Ki/oon Records (1992 - 1997) BMG Japan (1997 - 2001) Gut Records (2003) Go and Nokko (2003-2009) Universal Sigma Label (2010 - present) • Associated Acts — Rebecca • Website — www.nokko.jp
History
History
In 1990, she married Takehiko Kogure, former group leader of Rebecca. They divorced in 1993. In 2002, she married Goh Hotoda, a sound engineer who has mixed hit singles for artists including Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Hikaru Utada. They now live in Atami, Japan, where on August 1, 2006, the couple welcomed the birth of their daughter, Kano.
Original albums
Original albums
• Hallelujah (1992) • I Will Catch U. (1993) • Call Me Nightlife (1993) • Colored (1994) • Rhyming Cafe (1996) • Veranda no Kishibe (1998) • Viaje (2000) • Kiss (2010) • THE NOKKO STORY (2013) • TRUE WOMAN (2018)
Compilation albums
Compilation albums
• The Best of Nokko (1997) • Remix Nokko (2000) • Nokko's Selection, Nokko's Best (2006)
Singles
Singles
• Crazy Clouds (1992) • Kiseki no Wedding March (1992) • I Will Catch U (1993) • Vivace (1993) • Ningyo (1994) • When the Live Show finished (1994) • Antenna (1995) • Parade (1995) • Tenshi no Love Song (1996) • Natural (1996) • Koi wa Aserazu (1997) • Mizu no Naka de Chiisa na Taiyō (1997) • Haruyuki Usagi (1998) • Wasurenagusa (1998) • Friends (1999) • Hiru no Tsuki (1999) • Kiss ga Kikoeru/I Love You (2000)
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Shikatebukuro and Tajima.
Residences
Urawa.
Birth place
Legacy
Nokko's song "Ningyo" (mermaid), which was her fourth solo single on her fourth solo album Colored, was the theme song for the 1994 drama Toki o Kakeru Shōjo starring Yuki Uchida.
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- “Nokko”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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