Yaiko Nagayama

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Y¿ko Nagayama is a Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress. Nagayama continued singing and performing through her junior high school years. Her plan was to become a professional enka singer after finishing junior high school. However, when she was sixteen, her handlers told her and her parents that she was too young to sing enka. Despite her father''s wishes, she then decided to become a J-pop idol singer. Her debut song was Haru wa SA-RA SA-RA, released in 1984. It was not well received, nor were her releases over the next two years. However, in 1986, Nagayama had her first big hit with a cover version of Shocking Blue''s Venus. Her next song, You''re My Love, was also popular. Five of her songs (Venus, You''re My Love, Kanashiki Koibitotachi, Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete, and Hangyaku no Hero) were all Oricon top 10 hits.