Nokko

Nokko
Birth name	Nobuko Yamada
Born	November 4, 1963 (1963-11-04) (age 48) Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1983–present
Labels	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

Nokko (born November 4, 1963) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca" which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. She was born in Urawa, Saitama, as Nobuko Yamada (山田 信子, Yamada Nobuko^?). As Nokko, she had hits in Japan with her solo career throughout the 1990s as well as releasing an English language album in the US with production and mixes by both Goh Hotoda and Francois Kevorkian.

In 1990, she married Takehiko Kogure, the ex-leader of Rebecca, but in 1993, they divorced. In 2002, she married Goh Hotoda, sound engineer, and splits her time between New York and Japan. August 1, 2006, she gave birth to her first child.

Her song "Ningyo" (mermaid) (her 4th solo single, on her 4th solo album "Colored") was the theme-song for the 1994 drama Toki o Kakeru Shōjo starring Yuki Uchida.

Discography

Original albums

1. Hallelujah (1992)
2. I Will Catch U. (1993)
3. Call Me Nightlife (1993)
4. Colored (1994)
5. Rhyming Cafe (1996)
6. Veranda no Kishibe (ベランダの岸辺, Veranda Shore^?) (1998)
7. Viaje (2000)
8. Kiss (2010) [1]

Compilation albums

1. The Best of Nokko (1997)
2. Remix Nokko (2000)
3. Nokko's Selection, Nokko's Best (2006)

Singles

1. Crazy Clouds (1992)
2. Kiseki no Wedding March (奇跡のウエディングマーチ, Miracle Wedding March^?) (1992)
3. I Will Catch U (1993)
4. Vivace (1993)
5. Ningyo (人魚, Doll^?) (1994)
6. Live ga Hanetara (ライブがはねたら, If the Live Show Jumps^?) (1994)
7. Antenna (アンテナ^?) (1995)
8. Parade (パレード^?) (1995)
9. Tenshi no Love Song (天使のラブソング, Angel's Love Song^?) (1996)
10. Natural (1996)
11. Koi wa Aserazu (恋はあせらず, You Can't Hurry Love^?) (1997)
12. Mizu no Naka de Chiisa na Taiyō (水の中の小さな太陽, A Little Sun in the Water^?) (1997)
13. Haruyuki Usagi (春雪うさぎ, Spring Snow Rabbit^?) (1998)
14. Wasurenagusa (わすれな草, Forget-me-not^?) (1998)
15. Friends (フレンズ^?) (1999)
16. Hiru no Tsuki (昼の月, Daytime Moon^?) (1999)
17. Kiss ga Kikoeru/I Love You (KISSが聞こえる, I Can Hear the Kiss^?) (1999)

External links

• Nokko Official Site (jp)
• Fan page with complete discography (jp)

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