Kinku (song) explained

Kinku
Cover:	Akina Nakamori - Kinku.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Akina Nakamori
Album:	Best Akina Memoires
Language:	Japanese
English Title:	Forbidden Zone
B-Side:	Ame no Requiem
Recorded:	1983
Length:	3:48
Label:	Reprise Records
Composer:	Haruomi Hosono
Lyricist:	Masao Urino
Producer:	Yoshiaki Tanaka
Prev Title:	Twilight (Yūgure Dayori)
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Kita Wing
Next Year:	1984

is the sixth single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Masao Urino and Haruomi Hosono, the single was released on September 7, 1983, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the third single from her first greatest hits album Best Akina Memoires.^{[1] [2]}

Background

Nakamori performed the song on the 34th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, making her debut on NHK's New Year's Eve special.^[3] In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .^[4]

Chart performance

"Kinku" became Nakamori's third No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 511,000 copies.^{[5] [6]}

Cover versions

• Pai Bing-bing covered the song on her 1984 album Zuìxīn dōngyáng jīnqǔ (最新東洋金曲). Her version is a mix of Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Japanese.^[7]
• Hong Kong singer Sara Lee covered the song in Cantonese as "Liàn'ài rèxiàn" (戀愛熱線, "Love Hotline") on her 1985 album Gàobié lǐlìruǐ (告別李麗蕊, Farewell to Li Lirui).
• Leslie Cheung covered the song in Cantonese as "Dì yī cì" (第一次, "The First Time") on his 1985 album Wèi nǎi zhōngqíng (為妳鍾情, My Love for You). He also covered it in Mandarin as "Bèiqì mìngyùn" (背棄命運, "Betrayal of Fate") on his 1986 Taiwan album Yīngxióng běnsè dāngnián qíng (英雄本色當年情, The True Nature of the Hero) and Mandarin-language Hong Kong album Àimù (愛慕, Love).
• Morio Agata covered the song on his 1993 cover album Imitation Gold.^[8]

Release history

Year	Format(s)	Serial number	Label(s)
1983	7inch LP	L-1662	Warner Pioneer	^[9]
1988	8cm CD, CT	10SL-135, 10L5-4045	Warner Pioneer	^[10]
1998	12cm CD	WPC6-8663	Warner Pioneer	^[11]
2008	Digital download	-	Warner Pioneer	^[12]
2014	Digital download - remaster	-	Warner Pioneer	^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中森明菜『禁区』 . Idol.ne.jp . 2019-01-03 . 2022-08-20.
2. Web site: 中森明菜/禁区 . SoundFinder . 2022-08-20.
3. Web site: 34th Kōhaku Uta Gassen History . . 2022-08-20.
4. Web site: CR中森明菜 歌姫伝説～恋も二度目なら～ . P-World . 2022-08-20.
5. Web site: 禁区 中森明菜 . . 2022-08-20.
6. Web site: 中森明菜 . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524165617/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/akina.html . 2022-08-20. 2011-05-24 .
7. Web site: 白冰冰　最新東洋金曲 . Fuki World . 2022-08-20.
8. Web site: イミテーション ゴールド あがた森魚 . Tsutaya . 2022-08-20.
9. Web site: 7inchシングル 禁区 中森明菜 . hmv.co.jp. HMV Japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
10. Web site: シングルCD　中森明菜 / 禁区(廃盤). suruga-ya.jp. Surugaya. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
11. Web site: 中森明菜 / 禁区 CD. WMJ. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
12. Web site: 中森明菜 / 禁区 Digital Purchase-Archived. listen.jp. listen japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
13. Web site: 禁区 (+3) [2014 Remaster]]. mora.jp. Mora. October 31, 2023. Japanese.