This is the last time you’ll see her!　The moment legendary pop star Cyndi Lauper exchanged heated glances with a fan.

A large crowd of fans awaited her arrival in Tokyo.

At lunchtime in mid-April, a foreign woman with distinctive silver hair was surrounded by more than 30 enthusiastic fans in front of JR Tokyo Station. It was Cyndi Lauper, 71, one of the world’s leading pop stars of the 1980s.

It was only a few days before she came to Japan on her first solo Japan tour in six years and her 15th in total.

She was already a late bloomer at 30 years old when she made her solo debut in 1983, but her first single “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” became a worldwide hit in 1984, and it was a number one hit in Japan for three consecutive weeks. It spent three consecutive weeks at No. 1 in Japan. Her follow-up, “Time After Time,” reached No. 1 in the U.S., making her the first female solo artist to have four consecutive songs in the Top 5 from her debut album.

With her baby-like high tone voice and eccentric hairstyle and hair color, she influenced many female singers who followed in her footsteps. Known as a great Japanophile, she has performed in Japan many times, but last year she announced her retirement from touring in order to concentrate on her production activities. It is said that this will be the last time he will be seen in Japan.

(A writer for a music magazine) On the day of the tour, the band arrived in Tokyo by bullet train after the Osaka concert. He received an enthusiastic welcome from the fans waiting for him.

Cindy walked to the car with the assembled fans, and even after getting into the car, she took care of the CDs and other items that the fans had brought and continued to sign autographs, looking the fans in the eye and shaking hands with them.

During the live performance, Cindy collaborated with world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. The image of Ms. Kusama was projected on the stage, and not only Cindy but also the band members and chorus members all wore red and white polka-dot costumes designed by Ms. Kusama. The audience was intoxicated by the creative live performance until the very end.

On April 27, the U.S. audition program “American Idol” announced the Hall of Fame inductees for 2013, and Cindy was also selected. We do not want to think that this is really the last we will see of her, but we look forward to her energetic production activities that will not be outdone by the 96-year-old Kusama.

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