Golden Half Explained

Golden Half
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Genre:Pop music
Years Active:1970-1974
Current Members:Maria Mori
Luna Takamura
Eri Ishiyama
Yumi Kobayashi
Eva Mari

was an early 1970s J-pop band made up of 5 hafu members including Maria Mori, Eva Mary and Luna Takamura.[1]

Golden Half was promoted by Watanabe Productions and was composed in September 1970 to sing and go-go dance on the Fuji TV show BEAT POP. They often sang western pop songs in Japanese[2] [3] and split in 1974. The band appeared in the nightclub scenes in Yasuharu Hasebe's Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter where they performed their hit song Kiiroi Sakuranbo ("Yellow Cherry").[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: American mixed race: the culture of microdiversity - Naomi Zack - Google Books . 9780847680139 . 2012-03-19. Zack . Naomi . 1995 . Rowman & Littlefield .
  2. News: Growing Up Different but Never Alienated . The Los Angeles Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193331/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/02/news/adfg-halflife2/2. dead. October 29, 2013. 2012-03-18.
  3. News: What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Foreign… Flair . Kotaku. 2012-03-18.
  4. Book: Sharp, Jasper. Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. 2008. FAB Press. Guildford. 978-1-903254-54-7 . 144.