Golden Half

Golden Half
GenresPop music
Years active1970-1974
MembersMaria Mori
Luna Takamura
Eri Ishiyama
Yumi Kobayashi
Eva Mari

Golden Half (ゴールデンハーフ, Gōruden Hāfu) 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]

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  2. ^ "Growing Up Different but Never Alienated". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  3. ^ "What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Foreign… Flair". Kotaku. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  4. ^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.