Nokko (born November 4, 1963) is a Japanese singer. She was the lead singer of the popular band "

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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

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, and

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. They now live in Atami, Japan, where on August 1, 2006, the couple welcomed the birth of their daughter, Kano.

Legacy

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'' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' starring

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Discography

Original albums

# ''Hallelujah'' (1992) # ''I Will Catch U.'' (1993) # ''Call Me Nightlife'' (1993) # ''Colored'' (1994) # ''Rhyming Cafe'' (1996) # (1998) # ''Viaje'' (2000) # ''Kiss'' (2010

# ''THE NOKKO STORY'' (2013) # ''TRUE WOMAN'' (2018)

Compilation albums

# ''The Best of Nokko'' (1997) # ''Remix Nokko'' (2000) # ''Nokko's Selection, Nokko's Best'' (2006)

Singles

# ''Crazy Clouds'' (1992) # (1992) # ''I Will Catch U'' (1993) # ''Vivace'' (1993) # (1994) # (1994) # (1995) # (1995) # (1996) # ''Natural'' (1996) # (1997) # (1997) # (1998) # (1998) # (1999) # (1999) # (2000)

References

External links

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Fan page with complete discography
1963 births Living people Singers from Saitama (city) Ki/oon Music artists 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers {{japan-singer-stub