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The story
Singer-songwriter Makoto Kawamoto posted a recent photo with her co-star from the music video for her song “Kiite Ite” (“Listen”) on Instagram, sparking buzz on a 5ch Entertainment/Sports News+ thread. Alongside a wave of admiring comments like “She’s way too gorgeous” and “Time has stopped for her,” some posts veered into her debut history and her past relationship with ex-boyfriend Eikou Kano, mixing musical reappraisal with personal gossip.
Sun, Nov 15, 12:02 PM
A nostalgic singer-songwriter’s recent photo is making waves.
“I shot the MV for ‘Kiite Ite’ with Noko-chan,” Makoto Kawamoto wrote on Instagram.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
> Time has stopped for her
She's keeping the promise from her own lyric, "We promised not to grow up, didn't we?" — that hits me right in the chest.
she was a genius.
No way a talent like that comes out of today's brats.
There are still artists in a similar vein today, you know.
That guy's just a great composer, nothing more.
I don't know why, but I always just pictured her dropping 2 or 3 smash hits and then disappearing.
would end up fighting over Eikou Kano with "Archaeopteryx" (a mocking nickname, presumably for Sari Kato).
Makoto Kawamoto is the cautionary tale.
No doubt about it.
She's probably still pretty even at 52, but it's just ordinary pretty now.
Kaela Kimura and others came after, in that same lineage.
There's zero Harajuku vibe to her, lol
Apparently she only learned guitar because she was debuting under Okamura-chan's production.
She originally graduated from a music college and used to work as a piano teacher.
Popular with who, exactly?
The very first of her kind.
Aren't they basically from the same era?
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Makoto Kawamoto debuted in 1996 with “Ai no Sainou” (“Talent for Love”), drawing attention as a guitar-playing singer produced by Yasuyuki Okamura. In the thread, some claimed she couldn’t actually play guitar at her debut and only learned it afterward, while others pointed out she originally graduated from a music college and had worked as a piano teacher — making “how her ‘guitar girl’ image was built” one point of debate. She’s also known for her past relationship with Eikou Kano, and the reporting around their breakup made headlines at the time, so her new photo drew plenty of comments expanding on her dating history, mixing musical reappraisal with personal gossip. One thing readers might misread: the majority of comments in the thread were musical praise — “a masterpiece,” “a genius” — with talk of her dating history making up only a portion of the responses.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Music] Legendary ‘Guitar Girl’ Makoto Kawamoto’s Latest Photo Sparks ‘She’s Way Too Gorgeous’ and ‘Time Has Stopped’ Reactions.”
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