Jun Togawa (戸川純)

Jun Togawa (戸川 純), born March 31, 1961, is a Japanese singer, musician and actress.

After gaining attention as an actress and as guest singer for the Halmens, she began her professional music career in the early 1980s as a idol singer. It was soon apparent that her eccentric personality, surreal or disturbing lyrics and extensive vocal range set her apart from the usual bland, cute pop singers that were popular in Japan. Her mash-up of "lolita" voice, straight singing, screaming, and operatics, married to traditional Japanese melodies, militaristic marching themes, and techno-pop continue to endear her to Japanese "maniac" fans, such as devotees of horror or erotic manga, particularly young women.

In a 2001 interview, influential alternative musician and producer Jim O'Rourke (known for his work with Sonic Youth, amongst others) picked a Jun Togawa cover song album, 20th Jun Togawa, as one of his "best albums of the year." Having at times covered his music there is a good degree of mutual respect between them.

Although her deeply un-commercial attitude kept her away from major "pop" success, she survived as an influential and respected underground music figure both solo and as the lead singer of Guernica (1982-89) with former Halmens member Koji Ueno and her most commercial project the Yapoos (1984-1995 and occasionally since). Over the years she has formed many temporary backing bands such as the Jun Togawa Unit to accompany her. Generally the differentiation between her self named bands and the Yapoos is a greater degree of collaboration in the later.

Notable collaborators over the years have included Haruomi Hosono who produced and wrote music for some of her earlier works. Her late sister Kyoko Togawa was an actress who at times ventured into the music world and cross collaborated at times. Around 1990 Jun shared management with Susumu Hirasawa resulting in quite a number of collaborations. More recently she's worked with Yoshihide Otomo and Hoppy Kamiyama.

玉姫様 (Tamahime-sama)

1. 怒涛の恋愛
2. 諦念プシガンガ
3. 昆虫軍
4. 憂悶の戯画
5. 隣の印度人
6. 玉姫様
7. 森の人々
8. 踊れない
9. 蛹化の女

好き好き大好き (Suki Suki Daisuki)

1. ヘリクツBoy

2. 好き好き大好き

3. エンジェル・ベイビー

4. さよならをおしえて

5. 図形の恋

6. オーロラB

7. 恋のコリーダ

8. 遅咲きガール

極東慰安唱歌 (Kyokutou Ian Shouka)

1. 眼球奇譚
2. 海ヤカラ
3. 戸山小学校校歌~赤組のうた歌
4. 無題
5. 家畜海峡
6. 人間合格
7. 極東花嫁
8. ある晴れた日
9. 極東慰安唱歌
10. 勅使河原美香の半生
11. 夢見る約束

東京の野蛮 (Tokyo Barbarism) 

1. さよならをおしえて

2. 海ヤカラ 試聴する

3. 母子受精 試聴する

4. 諦念プシガンガ

5. 蛹化の女 試聴する

6. パンク蛹化の女

7. 遅咲きガール

8. 極東慰安唱歌

9. 眼球綺譚 試聴する

10. 玉姫様 試聴する

11. レーダーマン

12. 怒濤の恋愛

20th Jun Togawa

1. ラジオのように (ブリジット・フォンテーヌ)

2. 終曲 (Phew)

3. JoeLeTaxi (ヴァネッサ・パラディ)

4. BecauseTheNight (パティ・スミス)

5. CasablancaMoon (スラップ・ハッピー)

6. AllTomorrow'sParties (ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド)

Twin Very Best Collection

DISC 1

1. 銀輪は唄う

2. 玉姫様

3. パンク蛹化の女

4. レーダーマン

5. 極東花嫁

6. 好き好き大好き

7. バーバラ・セクサロイド

8. キスを

9. 肉屋のように

10. ラブ・クローン

DISC 2

1. 私は孤高で豪華

2. 憤怒の河

3. 棒状の罪

4. 鉄の火

5. My God

6. 大天使のように

7. 地球ゴマ

8. ノンシャランに街角で

9. 海底トンネル

10. 或る雨の午后

Togawa Fiction

1. カウンセル・プリーズ
2. オープン・ダ・ドー
3. 拝啓、パリにて
4. さよならハニームーン
5. Togawa Fiction
6. おしまい町駅ホーム