Nokko

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Nokko (November 4, 1963 - ) is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca" which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s for her solo projects. 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, previous adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

[edit] Solo albums

  • Hallelujah - SRCL 2363 - 1992. 3.25
  • I Will Catch U. - SRCL 2591 - 1993. 4. 1
  • CALL ME NIGHTLIFE - SRCL 2575 - 1993. 5.20
  • colored - SRCL 2990 - 1994.12. 8
  • RHYMING CAFE - SRCL 3719 - 1996.11.21
  • the best of Nokko - SRCL 4156 - 1997.12.1
  • べランダの岸辺 - BVCS-21004 - 1998.12.2
  • Viaje - BVCS-21015 - 2000.3.23
  • remixNOKKO - SRCL 4884 - 2000.7.19

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