Ribbon was a
Japanese pop
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in trad ...
group that consisted of
Hiromi Nagasaku
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today".
Career
Nagasaku appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' ...
, Arimi Matsuno and Aiko Satoh. It released its first single on 6 December 1989, and its final album before it disbanded on 18 March 1994. Its first single "Little Date" is best known as the second opening of the
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...
.
Four of Ribbon's singles reached the top 10 in the national
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ...
, and their first album ''Lucky Point'' reached #9 on the
Oricon Albums Chart
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.
Discography
Albums
#30 May 1990: LUCKY POINT
#23 January 1991: WONDERFUL de Ikou!!
#17 July 1991: Jessica
#21 November 1991: Delicious Best of ribbon
#18 March 1992: R753
#17 July 1992: KNIGHT
#20 November 1992: Hoshi no Ki no Shita de
#18 June 1993: More Delicious - ribbon BEST II -
#3 November 1993: Merry-Hurry
#18 March 1994: ROCK'N'ROLL RIBBON - Merry-Hurry Kanzenban
Singles
# 6 December 1989: "Little Date" c/w "1/2 no Ticket"
# 11 April 1990: "Soba ni Iru ne" c/w "Circus Parade"
# 25 July 1990: "Ano ko ni Yoroshiku" c/w "Bubble"
# 14 November 1990: "Virgin Snow" c/w "Koko ni Oide"
# 3 March 1991: "Taiyo no Yukue" c/w "Maybe OK!"
# 26 June 1991: "Silent Summer" c/w "Lady ni Naritai"
# 13 November 1991: "Sore wa Iwanai Yakusoku" c/w "Rakuen e Ikou"
# 21 February 1992: "Deep Breath" c/w "Yasashii Uta"
# 3 June 1992: "Taiyo ni Hi o Tsukete" c/w "Tadashii Heart no Yukue"
# 2 September 1992: "S"ENSATIONAL WIND" c/w "Let's Go"
# 2 December 1992: "Do You Remember Me?" c/w "Heartbreak"
# 7 April 1993: "Be My Diamond!" c/w "Sotsugyou"
# 6 October 1993: "Yoake Nante Iranai" c/w "Merry Hurry de Aishite"
References
External links
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Encyclopedia Idollica
Japanese girl groups
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