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Artist
Junko Yagami
12+ albums
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八神 純子, June Stanley (Yagami Junko, born January 5, 1958) is a popular Japanese recording artist from the 1970s. Some of her best-known works are Mizuiro No Ame and Omoide ha Utsukushisugite. She currently resides in Moorpark, California, with her husband, her son Noah, and her daughter Emma. She has released 25 albums, including 6 live concert albums, and is a notable figure in Japanese music of the 1970s and 1980s. Yagami participated in the 8th Yamaha Popular Song Contest (Popcon) held on October 13, 1974, and won the Outstanding Song Award for "Everyone on a Rainy Day". At the same tournament, "Time of Happiness" was also nominated and selected as a prize-winning song. Yagami was the only one who was nominated for two songs in the same tournament and won a prize at the same time after the final round was held at Tsumagoi. After that, she participated in the 5th World Popular Song Festival with "Junko's Dream" and advanced to the finals. On December 10, 1974, she made her pre-debut on the AARD-VARK label of Canyon Records with the single "Rainy Day Hitotsugoto". The following year, on 10 February 1975, the second single "Happy Time" was also released. She also participated in the 9th Popcon held in May 1975 and won the Excellent Song Award for "To the Land of Happiness". She also participated in the 6th World Popular Song Festival with "Hand in Hand" and won for the second consecutive year. Yagami says she was invited by a foreign artist who participated in the World Pop
