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<figure id="attachment_3014" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3014" style="width: 1280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6e765276"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2018/07/caaa460a48432b52332c884c229b1f2d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3014" class="wp-caption-text">Katori&#8217;s good performance in the &#8217;19 movie &#8220;Waiting for Nagi&#8221; (August 10, &#8217;18 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<h2> His collaboration with Akina Nakamori was the talk of the town!</h2>
<p> Former SMAP member Shingo Katori (47) released his third album &#8220;Circus Funk&#8221; on November 27, and the song &#8220;TATTOO (feat. Akina Nakamori),&#8221; a collaboration with the &#8220;legendary diva&#8221; Akina Nakamori (59), was distributed in advance on November 20, creating a great response.</p>
<p> Katori released his first solo album &#8220;20200101 (Niwaniwa Wai Wai)&#8221; on January 1, &#8217;20.&#8217; In April 2010, he released his second album, &#8220;Tokyo SNG,&#8221; and now he has released his third album, &#8220;Circus Funk,&#8221; digitally.</p>
<p> Prior to this, the title track &#8220;Circus Funk (feat. Chevon)&#8221; was distributed on November 13, and &#8220;TATTOO (feat. Akina Nakamori),&#8221; sung with Nakamori, on November 20, both of which have received high acclaim.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Katori, who said he liked Nakamori&#8217;s song &#8220;TATTOO,&#8221; approached Nakamori&#8217;s side, saying, &#8220;I would like to cover it for this album. After receiving permission, Katori boldly asked Nakamori to sing with her, and Nakamori readily agreed. They readily agreed.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On the day of recording, Katori asked Nakamori, &#8220;Why did you come this time? Nakamori replied, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have a choice not to come because Katori-kun asked me to. I&#8217;ve been watching you for a long time. I was supporting you. The song was arranged and performed by the jazz band SOIL &amp; &#8220;PIMP&#8221; SESSIONS.</span></p>
<p> The &#8220;TATTOO (feat. Akina Nakamori)&#8221; song was a &#8220;collaboration&#8221; between idol singers who colored the Heisei era, and it is likely that people other than Katori&#8217;s fans were attracted to the song as well.</p>
<p> After the distribution of the song began on January 20, it even ranked first in the iTunes Store rankings, ahead of Yonezu Genji&#8217;s &#8220;Azalea&#8221; (distributed on January 18). In addition, the sound source &#8220;Shingo Katori &#8216;Tattoo (feat. Akina Nakamori)&#8217; Official Audio&#8221; on Katori&#8217;s YouTube page has received more than 1 million views. The comments on the video read,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I&#8217;m so happy to hear Akina&#8217;s powerful voice. Thank you, Shingo!</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I didn&#8217;t realize their voices fit so well together. And the band&#8217;s performance is just great!</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> [Joon] I didn&#8217;t think anyone but Akina could adequately express this song, but this is brilliant. I must admit, I wasn&#8217;t paying much attention to Katori&#8217;s singing, so I was surprised.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> [Joon] This is the first time I&#8217;ve heard Ms. Katori sing properly, and she has such a lovely voice!　I had no idea.</span></p>
<p> Nakamori&#8217;s fans also praised Katori&#8217;s singing ability. Some were deeply moved by the collaboration.</p>
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<h2>The two have something in common: they performed together and talked about it.</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In July 1989, Nakamori attempted suicide at the apartment of popular singer Masahiko Kondo of Johnny&#8217;s (now SMILE-UP.), with whom he was dating at the time. Furthermore, at the end of that year, a press conference was held with a &#8220;gold folding screen&#8221; in the background. At first, there were rumors that it might be a wedding press conference, but there was no such talk. Since it was an apology for the attempted suicide, it was even called the &#8220;Golden Folding Screen Incident.</span></p>
<p> In the end, the two broke up. Meanwhile, Katori had a hard time appearing on terrestrial TV after leaving the office in September 2005, partly due to the SMAP breakup scandal.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Netizens commented, &#8220;Shingo Katori and Akina Nakamori, two people who had a lot in common and were at the mercy of Johnny&#8217;s, hugged each other, and it made me feel strangely sad. Comments such as &#8220;&#8230;&#8230;&#8221; were received.</span></p>
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<p> And the album &#8220;Circus Funk&#8221; itself, which Katori released for distribution on the 27th, has also been well received. The title track, &#8220;Circus Funk (feat. Chevon),&#8221; is a collaboration with Chevon, a young band &#8220;known only to those in the know&#8221; who live in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and contains 11 other songs by Nakamori, Kroi, Zainichi Funk, Nomura, Green and Yellow Society, and other talented and gorgeous guests on every track. . Music fans are also paying attention to Katori&#8217;s album,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I listened to Shingo Katori&#8217;s album for Kroi and Chevon, but all the songs are so good I have them on repeat!</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Shingo, you&#8217;ve broadened your range as an artist and your singing has improved.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Through &#8220;Circus Funk,&#8221; I&#8217;ve come to appreciate the greatness of Shingo Katori. The more I listen to it, the more I appreciate Shingo-kun&#8217;s antennae for the artists he collaborates with.</span></p>
<p> This has become a hot topic on social networking sites.</p>
<p> Next January, &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Worst Man *My Family Was a Fake&#8221;, the first Fuji TV drama starring Katori in 11 years, will begin. The song &#8220;Circus Funk (feat. Chevon),&#8221; which is used as the theme song, will be loved by even more people.</p>
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 Toshikatsu Tanaka

 Former SMAP member Shingo Katori released his third album on November 27, and on November 20, he collaborated with "legendary diva" Akina Nakamori on a song for distribution. The collaboration between the two, who have been at the mercy of the Johnny's s office, has become a topic of conversation.

The collaboration of two people who share the commonality of being &#8220;tossed around&#8221; is a hot topic! Shingo Katori and Akina Nakamori&#8217;s singing ability is highly praised.

The collaboration of two people who share the commonality of being “tossed around” is a hot topic! Shingo Katori and Akina Nakamori’s singing ability is highly praised.

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