Kawai Sonoko

Kawai Sonoko promoting album Replica (1990)

Kawai Sonoko (河合その子) was a Japanese pop singer. Got got her start as member #12 of the idol group Onyanko Club.

Profile

• Married Name: Goto Sonoko (後藤その子)
• Stage Name: Kawai Sonoko (河合その子)
• Birthdate: June 20, 1965 (1965-06-20)
• Birthplace: Chita, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Information

In 1983, Sonoko first auditioned for the CBS Record audition Teens Pop Contest but didn't pass. Two years later, she auditioned for Onyanko Club on their television show Yuuyake NyanNyan and passed it with a score of 140. She went on to appear in television shows like Sukeban Deka and also began her solo career with the single "Namida no Jasmine Love", which shot up to #1 on the weekly Oricon charts.

Due to her being very popularity in Onyanko Club, she graduated on March 1986 to pursue a solo career. She still appeared on Yuuyake Nyan Nyan and released a Christmas album with other members in 1986. But, she began to take control over her solo career and started to produce her own albums. She also later on started to write her own songs, starting with her 1990 album Replica.

She married composer Goto Tsugutoshi, who wrote all the songs for her fourth album Rouge et Bleu in 1994. She also announced that she would retire from the music business a while after her marriage.

Discography

Studio Albums

• [1985.12.05] Sonoko (その子)
• [1986.05.21] Siesta (シエスタ)
• [1986.10.05] Mode de Sonoko
• [1987.07.22] Rouge et Bleu
• [1988.05.21] Colors
• [1989.03.21] Dancin' In the Light
• [1990.04.21] Replica

Best Albums

• [1988.01.01] Dedication
• [1988.07.21] Ame no Ki (雨の木) (Mini-album)
• [1990.12.21] sonnet
• [1997.07.21] Kawai Sonoko Best Collection (河合その子 ベスト・コレクション)
• [2002.11.20] Golden Best Kawai Sonoko (ゴールデン☆ベスト 河合その子)
• [2009.09.30] Kawai Sonoko Premium (河合その子プレミアム)
• [2010.04.28] GOLDEN☆BEST Kawai Sonoko Kokusho Sayuri Jounouchi Sanae Watanabe Minayo Watanabe Marina (GOLDEN☆BEST 河合その子・国生さゆり・城之内早苗・渡辺美奈代・渡辺満里奈)

Singles

• [1985.09.01] Namida no Jasmine LOVE (涙の茉莉花LOVE)
• [1985.11.21] Ochiba no Cresendo (落葉のクレッシェンド)
• [1986.03.21] Aoi Station (青いスタスィオン)
• [1986.07.02] Saikai no Labyrinth (再会のラビリンス)
• [1986.10.22] Kanashii Yoru wo Tomete (悲しい夜を止めて)
• [1987.02.26] Aishuu no Carnival (哀愁のカルナバル)
• [1987.06.17] JESSY
• [1987.10.21] Yume Kara Sameta Tenshi (夢から醒めた天使)
• [1988.07.01] Ame no Memorandum (雨のメモランダム)

Compilations / Others

• [1986.06.01] Hit! Hit! Hit!
• [1996.09.30] Hit Parade ~Eien no Kayou Pops Taizenshuu~ Vol. 6
• [1997.07.01] GOLDEN J-POP 1985~86
• [1999.01.25] J-POP Hit Parade HISTORY OF wp Best of J-POP Hit Parade 8
• [1999.02.24] J-POP Hit Parade HISTORY OF wp 1986~1998
• [1999.11.03] 20 Seiki BEST / Idol History Vol. 3
• [2000.11.22] Seishun Uta Nenkan '86 BEST 30
• [2003.05.02] Kayoukyoku Sekaiisshuu
• [2004.11.17] Idol Miracle Bible Series Idol Christmas
• [2006.10.25] Best of the Hit Parade (Hit Hen)
• [2006.10.25] Best of the Hit Parade (Ballad Hen)
• [2008.06.25] Shoujo Jidai ~Mune Kyun Bakka.~
• [2009.12.23] LOVELY POPS

Video / DVD

• [1986.03.21] Sonoko Genki Desu. Kawai Sonoko no First Concert (その子元気です。　河合その子ファーストコンサート)
• [1987.03.04] Aphrodite no Yume -Aphrodite- (アフロディーテの夢 -Aphrodite-)
• [1987.10.21] Sonoko no Natsu (その子の夏)
• [1988.03.05] JESSY
• [1989.07.21] Sweet Contrast
• [2007.02.21] Kawai Sonoko Complete DVD BOX (河合その子 コンプリートDVD-BOX)
• [2011.07.20] Idol Miracle Vision Kokusho Sayuri Jounounchi Sanae Kawai Sonoko (アイドル■ミラクルビジョン 国生さゆり・城之内早苗・河合その子)

Photobooka

• [1986.03] Kawai Sonoko Shashinshuu -Fushigi na Gogo (河合その子写真集―不思議な午後)
• [1986.12] Itsumade mo Cinderella (いつまでもシンデレラ)
• [1987.11] So Blue -Kawai Sonoko Shashinshuu (So Blue―河合その子写真集)

Filmography

Doramas

• [1985] Sukeban Deka - Miyabara Taeko
• [1985-1986] Janusz no Kagami - Abe Junko
• [1986] Hatachi no Matsuru
• [1987] Ore no Musuko wa Genkijirushi

External Links

• Encyclopedia Idollica: Kawai Sonoko
• Wikipedia.jp: 河合その子