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 . 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 fourth solo single on her fourth solo album Colored, was the theme song for the 1994 drama Toki o Kakeru Shōjo starring Yuki Uchida.
Discography
Original albums Hallelujah (1992)"Nokko Hallelujah" in "Brand New CD 100". What's In? No 48. April 1992. p 132.NOKKO / ハレルヤ (廃盤). CDJournal. Oricon Albums Chart number 2アルバム売上TOP9作品. Oricon News. I Will Catch U. (1993)NOKKO / アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー (廃盤). CDJournal. Oricon number 4 Call Me Nightlife (1993) Colored (1994)NOKKO / カラード (廃盤). CDJournal. Oricon number 6 Rhyming Cafe (1996)NOKKO / ライミング・カフェ. CDJournal. Oricon number 10 (1998)のっこ / ベランダの岸辺 (廃盤). CDJournal. Viaje (2000) Kiss (2010)ノッコ / キッス～カヴァー・アルバム～. CDJournal. Oricon number 20 The Nokko Story (2013) True Woman (2018) Oricon number 45
Compilation albums The Best of Nokko (1997)NOKKO / the best of Nokko. CDJournal. Oricon number 45 Remix Nokko (2000) Nokko's Selection, Nokko's Best (2006)
Singles Crazy Clouds (1992) Oricon Singles Chart number 4シングル売上TOP9作品. Oricon News. (1992) Oricon number 31 I Will Catch U (1993) Vivace (1993)"Vivace Nokko" in "Self Liner Notes". What's In? No 62. July 1993. p 103. (1994) Oricon number 2 (1994) Oricon number 7 (1995) (1995) Oricon number 46 (1996) Oricon number 38 Natural (1996) Oricon number 27 (1997) Oricon number 40 (1997) (1998) (1998) (1999) Oricon number 27 (1999)NOKKO / 昼の月 (廃盤). CDJournal. (2000)
References
Further reading Nokko. CDJournal. "Nokko: Return of the Angel". What's In? No 48. April 1992. pp 19 to 21. "Nokko I Will Catch U." in "Brand New Video Clip". What's In? No 62. July 1993. p 175. See also p 11 & 48. What's In? No 105. January 1997. pp 36 & 201.
External links
Fan page with complete discography