The episode of Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) airing on January 13th at 1:00 p.m. will feature singers who went on to become stars - Takeda Tetsuya, Nakao Mie, Kobayashi Sachiko, and Kawanaka Miyuki - in their fresh looks when they first appeared on the show.
Takeda's song "Ballad for Mother" by the folk group "Kaientai," which was about his mother, was a big hit! His father was inspired by his mother's popularity... Nakao has performed with Kuroyanagi since he was a teenager. Even back then, he was such a reliable person that even Kuroyanagi was impressed.
Kobayashi's "Omoidezake" became his first big hit in 15 years since his debut. His mentor, Koga Masao, passed away just before the song became a hit, and he said he regretted not being able to announce it. Kawanaka's mother ran the restaurant in place of his frail father. When he decided to sing "Futarizake," he sang it to his mother over the phone, and she burst into tears. Hearing his mother's tears, Kawanaka was convinced that "this song will be a hit."
