Tavern Up North(北酒場 Kita Sakaba) by Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司)

歌名: 北酒場

唄: 最上川司

作詞: なかにし礼

作曲: 中村泰士

発売日: 2015年6月10日

レコード会社: ユニバーサル ミュージック

北の酒場通りには　長い髪の女が似合う

ちょっとお人よしがいい

くどかれ上手な方がいい

今夜の恋はタバコの先に

火をつけてくれた人

からめた指が運命のように　心を許す

北の酒場通りには　女を酔わせる恋がある

北の酒場通りには　涙もろい男が似合う

ちょっと女好きがいい

瞳でくどける方がいい

夢追い人はグラスの酒と

思い出を飲みほして

やぶれた恋の数だけ　人にやさしくできる

北の酒場通りには　男を泣かせる歌がある

今夜の恋はタバコの先に

火をつけてくれた人

からめた指が運命のように　心を許す

北の酒場通りには　女を酔わせる恋がある

Utamei: Kita Sakaba
Uta: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Kashi: Nakanishi Rei
Sakkyoku: Nakamura Taiji
Hatsubaibi: 6/10/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Yunibāsaru myūjikku

Kitano sakabadōriniwa nagai kamino on'naga niau
Chotto ohitoyoshiga i'i
Kudokare jōzuna hōga i'i

Kon'yano koiwa tabakono sakini
Hiwo tsuketekureta hito
Karameta yubiga sadameno yōni kokorowo yurusu
Kitano sakabadōriniwa on'nawo yowaseru koiga aru

Kitano sakabadōriniwa namidamoroi otokoga niau
Chotto on'nazukiga i'i
Hitomide kudokeru hōga i'i

Yumeoibitowa gurasuno saketo
Omoidewo nomihoshite
Yabureta koino kazudake hitoni yasashiku dekiru
Kitano sakabadōriniwa otokowo nakaseru utaga aru

Kon'yano koiwa tabakono sakini
Hiwo tsuketekureta hito
Karameta yubiga sadameno yōni kokorowo yurusu

Kitano sakabadōriniwa on'nawo yowaseru koiga aru

Song name: Tavern Up North

Singer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Lyrics: Nakanishi Rei

Composer: Nakamura Taiji

Release Date: 6/10/2015

Record Label: Universal Music LLC

In the northern tavern street, a woman with long hair fits in

Someone who pleases people just a bit is better

Someone who cleverly responds to pickup lines is better

Tonight's love is, to the tip of the tobacco

Someone who lit it for me

The intertwined fingers, as if representing fate, unlocks the heart

In the northern tavern street there is a love which makes a woman drunk

In the northern tavern street a teary man fits in

Someone who loves women a bit is better

Someone who let's his heart loose with a wink is better

A dream chasing man, along with sake in a glass

Finishes drinking memories along with the sake

And can be kind to people the number of times he's lost at love

In the northern tavern street there is a song which can make a man cry

Tonight's love is, to the tip of the tobacco

Someone who lit it for me

The intertwined fingers, as if representing fate, unlocks the heart

In the northern tavern street there is a love which makes a woman drunk

Please click either of the above pictures to purchase a CD containing a recording of this song from Amazon.com. The top CD includes the recording of Digital Yearning Heart(デジタル慕情 Dejitaru Bojō) and It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) along with a region locked DVD containing the music and choreography videos for It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) and a recording of the encore performance from the Shibuya Live House on 4/15/2015. while the bottom CD includes a recording of Cherry Love Song(さくらんぼ恋唄 Sakuranbo Koiuta) and It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo).

Cherry Love Song(さくらんぼ恋唄 Sakuranbo Koiuta) by Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司)

歌名: さくらんぼ恋唄

唄: 最上川司

作詞: 最上川司・山本成美

作曲: 最上川司

発売日: 2015年6月10日

レコード会社: ユニバーサル ミュージック

故郷に帰れば　温もりが宿る

赤く色づくさくらんぼ　花笠の町よ

あぁ　君の変わらない笑顔がそっと

都会(まち)に疲れた　胸を癒すよ

あぁ溢れる　恋心よ

最上の川では　君と舟下り

沈む夕日に照らされた　その頬が愛しい

あぁ　ずっと好きだった　切ない思い君に

今なら伝えられそう

あぁ届いて　恋心よ

河原の上では　人々が集う

香りとどくよ芋煮会　なつかしい風景

あぁ　君の隣には愛する男(やつ)が

二人寄り添い微笑む姿

もう届かぬ　恋心よ

Utamei: Sakuranbo Koiuta
Uta: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Kashi: Mogamigawa Tsukasa, Yamamoto Narumi
Sakkyoku: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Hatsubaibi: 6/10/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Yunibāsaru myūjikku

Furusatoni kaereba nukumoriga yadoru
Akau irodzuku sakuranbo hanagasano machiyo

A'a kimino kawaranai egaoga sotto
Machini tsukareta munewo iyasuyo

Aa afureru koigokoroyo

Mogamino kawadewa kimito funakudari
Shizumu yūhini terasareta sono hohoga itoshi'i

A'a zutto sukidatta setsunai omoi kimini
Imanara tsutaeraresō

A'a todoite koigokoroyo

Kawarano uedewa hitobitoga tsudo'u
Kaori todokuyo imonikai natsukashi'i fūkei

A'a kimino tonariniwa aisuru yatsuga
Futari yorisoi hohoemu sugata


Mo'u todokanu koigokoroyo

Song name: Cherry Love Song

Singer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Lyrics: Mogamigawa Tsukasa, Yamamoto Narumi

Composer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Release Date: 6/10/2015

Record Label: Universal Music LLC

If I return to my home town, the warmth will dwell there

The cherry which is colored red, oh the town of the festival of decorated Asian conical hats

Oh your unchanging smile gently

Soothes this chest tired from the city

Oh the overflowing yearning heart

On the Mogami River, I flow down the river with you on a boat

Shone by the sinking sunset those cheeks are lovely

Oh I always loved you, my painful feelings, to you

Now I think I can tell you

Oh I hope it reaches you this yearning heart

On the dry riverbed, people gather

The scent from the imoni meeting reaches me, a nostalgic sight

Oh next to you, the man who loves you

The two of you leaning on each other as you both smile

Oh this yearning heart which will never reach you

Please click the above picture to purchase the CD including a recording of this song from Amazon.com.

Digital Yearning Heart(デジタル慕情 Dejitaru Bojō) by Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司)

歌名: デジタル慕情

唄: 最上川司

作詞: 最上川司・山本成美

作曲: 最上川司

発売日: 2015年6月10日

レコード会社: ユニバーサル ミュージック

ああ　スマホ片手に生きる

顔の見えぬコミュニケーション

ああ　誰もが孤独抱いて

愛を　愛求め

あなたに会えない　一人の夜は

甘えたい胸に　ピピピのピ

流れゆくデジタル慕情

リアルと虚像の狭間で揺れ動く

寂しさは紛れるけれど

会いたい触れたい気持ちは

どうすればいいの？

ああ　時代の波に呑まれ　人は何思う

あなたの優しい笑顔が見たい

その温もりに　キュキュキュのキュン

流れゆくデジタル慕情

指先ひとつで繋がっているけど

2D(にじげん)の世界だけでは

涙の重さも痛みも感じやしないから

人は人よ

忘れちゃならぬ心

流れゆくデジタル慕情

リアルと虚像の狭間で揺れ動く

寂しさは紛れるけれど

会いたい触れたい気持ちは

どうすればいいの？

あなたを抱きしめたい

Utamei: Dejitaru Bojō
Uta: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Kashi: Mogamigawa Tsukasa, Yamamoto Narumi
Sakkyoku: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Hatsubaibi: 6/10/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Yunibāsaru myūjikku

A'a sumaho katateni ikiru
Kaono mienu komyunikēshon
A'a daremoga kodoku idaite
Aiwo ai motome

Anatani aenai hitorino yoruwa
Amaetai muneni pipipino pi

Nagareyuku dejitaru bojō
Riaruto kyozōno hazamade yureugoku
Samishisa magireru keredo
Aitai furetai kimochiwa
Dōsureba i'ino?

A'i jidaino namini nomare hitowa nani omou
Anatano yasashi'i egaoga mitai
Sono nukumorini kyukyukyuno kyun

Nagareyuku dejitaru bojō
Yubisaki hitotsude tsunagatte irukedo
Nijigen'no sekai dakedewa
Namidano omosamo itamimo kanjiya shinaikara

Hitowa hitoyo
Wasurecha naranu kokoro

Nagareyuku dejitaru bojō
Riaruto kyozōno hazamade yureugoku
Samishisa magireru keredo
Aitai furetai kimochiwa
Dōsureba i'ino?


Anatawo dakishimetai

Song name: Digital Yearning Heart

Singer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Lyrics: Mogamigawa Tsukasa, Yamamoto Narumi

Composer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Release Date: 6/10/2015

Record Label: Universal Music LLC

Oh living a life with a smart phone in one hand

Communication without seeing each other's faces

Oh everyone holds the solitude

Yearning for love, love

On the nights alone when I can't see you

To my heart that wants to fawn to you, pipipino pi

The flowing digital yearning heart

In between the real and the virtual, it wavers

Thoguh it will take my mind off my lonely feelings

The desires to meet and touch you

How should it deal with them?

Oh, swallowed by the waves of the current times, what do people imagine

I want to see your kind face

To your warmth, kyukyukyuno kyun

The flowing digital yearning heart

Though we are all connected by a single finger tip

Just with a two dimensional world

We can neither feel the weight nor the pain of tears

People are people

We must not forget our hearts

The flowing digital yearning heart

In between the real and the virtual, it wavers

Though it will take my mind off my loneliness

The desires to meet and touch you

How should it deal with them?

I want to hold you

Please click picture above to purchase a CD containing a recording of this song from Amazon.com. The CD includes the recording of It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) and Tavern Up North(北酒場 Kita Sakaba) along with a region locked DVD containing the music and choreography videos for It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) and a recording of the encore performance from the Shibuya Live House on 4/15/2015.

It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) by Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司)

歌名: まつぽいよ

唄: 最上川司

作詞: 最上川司

作曲: 最上川司

発売日: 2015年6月10日

レコード会社: ユニバーサル ミュージック

故郷離れ　幾年過ぎ

今も歩んでるよ　いばらの旅路へと

あの日ホームで両親手振り　手紙ひとつを持たされて

汽車で開けば金一封　涙こぼれた

まつぽく聞こえる　父の声

母のぬくもりも　感じてる

ああ　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい

夢に往く　ああ　まつぽいよ

酒を飲めば　思い出す

友と語り合った　あの娘はどうしてる

いつか叫んだ最上のほとり　気持ち切なく風に舞う

恋に敗れた男には　仲間がいるさ

まつぽい青春は　宝物

いつまた逢えるのか　あいつらに

ああ　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい

帰りたい　ああ　まつぽいよ

霞む都会の夜空を見上げ　星が流れりゃ　夢はこぶ

そして眠れば朝がくる　闘いがくる

まつぽい古里　胸に抱き

愛は忘れない　いつまでも

ああ　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい　まつぽい　ぽいぽいぽい

風の中　夢の中　ああ　まつぽいよ

Utamei: Matsupoiyo
Uta: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Kashi: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Sakkyoku: Mogamigawa Tsukasa
Hatsubaibi: 6/10/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Yunibāsaru myūjikku

Kokyō hanare ikunen sugi
Imamo ayunderuyo ibarano tabijieto
Ano hi hōmude ryōshin te furi tegami hitotsuwo motasarete
Kishade hirakeba kin ippū namida koboreta
Matsupoku kikoeru chichino koe
Hahano nukumorimo kanjiteru
A'a matsupoi poipoipoi matsupoi poipoipoi
Yumeni yuku a'a matsupoiyo

Sakewo nomeba omoidasu
Tomoto katariatta ano kowa dōshiteru
Itsuka sakenda mogamino hotori kimochi setsunaku kazeni mau
Koini yabureta otokoniwa nakamaga irusa
Matsupoi seishunwa takaramono
Itsu mata aerunoka aitsurani

A'a matsupoi poipoipoi matsupoi poipoipoi
Kaeritai a'a matsupoiyo

Kasumu tokaino yozorawo miage hoshiga nagarerya yume hakobu
Soshite nemureba asaga kuru tatakaiga kuru
Matsupoi furusato muneni daki
Aiwa wasurenai itsumademo

A'a matsupoi poipoipoi matsupoi poipoipoi

Kazeno nama yumeno naka a'a matsupoiyo

Song name: It's Too Bright

Singer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Lyrics: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Composer: Mogamigawa Tsukasa

Release Date: 6/10/2015

Record Label: Universal Music LLC

Going away from home how many years had passed

I'm still walking towards the thorny road

That day my parents waved from the train platform, handing me a single letter beforehand

Opening it inside the train, money inside, tears poured out

I can hear my dad's noble voice

I can also feel my mother's warmth

Oh brightness poipoipoi brightness poipoipoi

Walking towards my dream oh brightness

When I drink sake I remember

The girl I talked about with my friend, I wonder how she is doing

The bank of the Mogami River where I yelled as my painful feelings danced with the wind

A man who lost to love has many companions

The bright years of my youth is my treasure

I wonder when I can see them again

Oh brightness poipoipoi brightness poipoipoi

I want to return home oh brightness

Looking up at the hazy night city sky, if a star falls it carries the dream along

And if I sleep the morning will come and the fight will arrive

The bright home town I hold to my chest

I won't ever forget love

Oh brightness poipoipoi brightness poipoipoi

Inside the wind inside the dream oh brightness

Please click either of the above pictures to purchase a CD containing a recording of this song from Amazon.com. The top CD includes the recording of Digital Yearning Heart(デジタル慕情 Dejitaru Bojō) and Tavern Up North(北酒場 Kita Sakaba) along with a region locked DVD containing the music and choreography videos for It's Too Bright(まつぽいよ Matsupoiyo) and a recording of the encore performance from the Shibuya Live House on 4/15/2015. while the bottom CD includes a recording of Cherry Love Song(さくらんぼ恋唄 Sakuranbo Koiuta).

Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司)

Mogamigawa Tsukasa(最上川司) appeared on the karaoke contest sponsored by the Yamgata Television System Inc.(山形テレビ Yamagata Terebi) when he was three years old.

In the first year of his high school, he sung the enka "Brother's Ship(兄弟船 Kyōdai Bune)" at the school sponsored cultural festival.

He made his professional debut as a drummist for the Japanese visual style rock band D‘espairsRay in 1999. The band performed in fifteen countries outside of Japan, but disbanded in 2011 after the lead singer's rare throat condition did not improve.

Tsukasa attemped to sing enka professionally after the band disbanded, but was not successful. He ended up becoming the drummer for the band THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S. The band held successful concerts in Germany, Russia, and Poland among others.

In 2015, he finally released his first solo enka album which reached the ninth spot on the Oricon enka chart the first week of its release.

(This blog post takes and translates information from his profile listed at the Universal Music web site and from the Wikipedia article D'espairsRay which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.)