''Side Line'' is the fourth
studio album by the
Japanese pop
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group
Onyanko Club
was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s. Some members of the group participated in spin-off groups, such as Nyangilas, Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi and Ushirogami Hikaretai. Many of the latter two groups' songs were used as theme ...
. It was released on February 21, 1987, through
Canyon Records
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History
Canyon was founded in 1951 by Ray and Mary Boley, who had opened the first recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona ...
in
LP and
CD format. It peaked at number one on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ...
charts and sold a total of 69,000 copies.
Overview
This is the first Onyanko Club album to not contain any single A-sides. However, the B-side for "
NO MORE Ren'aigokko
No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles:
English language
* ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses)
* A determiner in noun phrases
Alphanumeric symbols
* No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script
* No symbol, displayed � ...
", "Anata dake Oyasuminasai", was included. It is also the first album to feature numbers 38, 40, 41, 42, and 47, the first and last to feature numbers 43 through 46, and the last to feature numbers 6, 8, 13, 15 & 16 until the next album, ''
Circle
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'', was released. (Two members were not in ''Circle''.)
Participating members
*
Aki Kihara (#6)
*
Sayuri Kokushō
is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She was an original member of Onyanko Club. She works for the talent management firm Sony Music Artists. Her debut single, " Valentine Kiss", is the most popular Valentine's Day song in Japan.
Brie ...
(#8)
*
Kazuko Utsumi
Kazuko (written: , , , , , or in hiragana) is primarily a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese writer and translator
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese opera composer
*, Japanese astrologer and writer ...
(#13)
*
Harumi Tomikawa
Japanese given name. Although the name can be given to both sexes, it is more commonly used by females.
Possible writings
Harumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*晴美, "sunny, beauty"
*晴海, "sunny, sea"
*� ...
(#14)
*
Rika Tatsumi
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Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014-present) Tokyo Joshi P ...
(#15)
*
Mamiko Takai (#16)
*
Sanae Jōnouchi (#17)
*
Ruriko Nagata
Ruriko (written: , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese voice actress and singer
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese classical pianist
*, Japanese television personality, gravure idol and sportscas ...
(#18)
*
Yukiko Iwai
is a Japanese voice actress who is best known for her voice role as Ayumi Yoshida in ''Detective Conan''. She was born in Chiba.
Roles Anime 1995
*Ping Pong Club - Junko Hoshino
*Saint Tail - female student (ep 5); first year girl A (ep 11)
...
(#19)
*
Mako Shiraishi (#22)
*
Mutsumi Yokota (#28)
*
Minayo Watanabe (#29)
*
Tomoko Fukawa (#33)
*
Marina Watanabe
is a Japanese actress, singer, and TV-personality. She was born in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, and is currently married to Jun Nagura of the comedy trio Neptune. She is a former Japanese idol singer who is now known as a television commentator and author ...
(#36)
*
Shizuka Kudō (#38)
*
Akiko Ikuina
is a Japanese singer, actress, tarento, and politician. She joined the Japanese pop idol group Onyanko Club in 1986.
Biography
She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, but moved to Koganei when she was a little girl. She has an elder sister and an el ...
(#40)
*
Noriko Kaise (#41)
*
Makiko Saitō (#42)
*
Toshie Moriya (#43)
*
Naoko Takada
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled .
Possible writings
Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*直子, "obedient, child"
*尚子, "esteem, child"
*奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child"
*菜緒 ...
(#44)
*
Yumiko Yoshida
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evening ...
(#45)
*
Sanae Nakajima
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(#46)
*
Yuriko Yamamori
is a common Japanese given name, used for women.
Possible writings
Yuriko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*百合子, "lily, child"
*由里子, "reason, hometown, child"
*由利子, "reason, benefit, child"
*由� ...
(#47)
Track listings
All songs written by
Yasushi Akimoto
is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, ...
, except "Shin Shin Kaiin Bangō no Uta" written by
Satsuo Endō.
LP version
CD version
Personnel
*
Fumio Miyata – recording coordinator
*
Hiroshi Saisu
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
Possible writings
Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*浩, "meaning"
*汎
*弘,
*宏,
*寛,
*洋,
*博,
*博一,
*博司,
...
– recording engineer
*
Tatsuya Sawada
is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tatsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*達也, "master/accomplished, to be"
*達矢, "master/accomplished, arrow"
*竜也, "dragon, to be"
*竜哉, " ...
– recording engineer, remixing engineer
*
Keizoh Suzuki – recording engineer
*
Hiroshi Watanabe – recording director
*
Kazuya Yoshida
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kazuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*一八, "one, eight"
*一矢, "one, arrow"
*一也, "one, to be"
*一夜, "one, night"
*和也, "harmony, to be"
*和矢, ...
– recording engineer, remixing engineer
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Onyanko Club albums
1987 albums
Japanese-language albums