Nokko

Nokko
Birth name	Nobuko Yamada
Born	(1963-11-04) November 4, 1963 Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Genres	Pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1980–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)
Website	www.nokko.jp

Nokko (born November 4, 1963) is a Japanese singer. 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 (山田やまだ 信子のぶこ, Yamada Nobuko). 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.

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.

Legacy

Nokko's song "Ningyo" (mermaid), which was 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 (ベランダの岸辺きしべ, Veranda Shore) (1998)
7. Viaje (2000)
8. Kiss (2010) [1]
9. THE NOKKO STORY (2013)
10. TRUE WOMAN (2018)

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 (奇跡きせき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 (人魚にんぎょ, Mermaid) (1994)
6. Live ga Hanetara (ライブがはねたら, When the Live Show finished) (1994)
7. Antenna (アンテナ) (1995)
8. Parade (パレード) (1995)
9. Tenshi no Love Song (天使てんしのラブソング, Angel's Love Song) (1996)
10. Natural (1996)
11. Koi wa Aserazu (恋こいはあせらず, You Can't Hurry Love) (1997)
12. Mizu no Naka de Chiisa na Taiyō (水みずの中なかの小ちいさな太陽たいよう, A Little Sun in the Water) (1997)
13. Haruyuki Usagi (春はる雪ゆきうさぎ, Spring Snow Rabbit) (1998)
14. Wasurenagusa (わすれな草くさ, Forget-me-not) (1998)
15. Friends (フレンズ) (1999)
16. Hiru no Tsuki (昼ひるの月つき, Daytime Moon) (1999)
17. Kiss ga Kikoeru/I Love You (KISSが聞きこえる, I Can Hear the Kiss) (2000)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Fan page with complete discography (in Japanese)