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Warabe
Warabe in 1982
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	J-pop
Years active	1982 – 1985
Labels	For Life Record

Warabe (わらべ) was a J-pop musical trio active between 1982 and 1985.

History of the band

The group was established as part of the Net TV's variety show Kinchan no Doko Made Yaru no? [ jp] hosted by Kinichi Hagimoto. ^[1] The group consisted of Atsumi Kurasawa, Tomoko Takabe and Mami Takahashi and made the first appearance in the show in September 1982. ^[2]

In June 1983, the weekly magazine Focus published a photograph of Tomoko Takabe allegedly smoking on her bed. Following the incident she was suspended, and took part in the program on the phone expressing her remorse and singing " Medaka no Kyôdai"; her segment of the show recorded a massive 42 percent share of viewers. ^[3] She was supposed to return but two months later the Takabe's ex-boyfriend who had provided the photo to the magazine committed suicide, and she decided to withdraw from the program and from the group. ^[3] The two remaining members eventually disbanded the group in 1985. Warabe's major hit was the song ""Moshimo Ashita ga..." which topped the Oricon Singles Chart for six weeks. ^[4]

Group members

• Atsumi Kurasawa ( Japanese: 倉沢 淳美, born 20 April 1967), nicknamed Kanae.
• Tomoko Takabe ( Japanese: 高部 知子, born 27 August 1967), nicknamed Nozomi.
• Mami Takahashi ( Japanese: 高橋 真美, born 20 September 1967), nicknamed Tamae.

Discography

Albums

• 1983 : Nozomi, Kanae, Tamae - Medaka no Kyôdai
• 1984 : Moshi mo Ashita ga...
• 1995 : Medaka no Kyôdai (Compilation)
• 2011 : Imokin Trio & Warabe - Golden Best (Compilation)

References

External links

• Warabe discography at Discogs
• Warabe discography at MusicBrainz