She is one of the original five of Morning Musume, a 1st gen musume and for fours years the leader of the group. For 12 years she was the leader of Hello! Project.
Back in 1998, to everyones surprise, she was given the opportunity to release solo material while being a member of Morning Musume; both a solo artist and a group member at the same time. But she wouldn't make regular pop songs, she would release music in the genre called "enka".
Her first release is entitled "karasu no nyoubou" ("The Raven's Wife") and was released on, what was unique for Japan, 8 cm cd single. It was also released on cassette.
promo posterNakazawa's manager at the time said that if it hit the no 1 spot on Oricon he'd shave his head.
The single sold around 80.000 copies and hit first place. Someone had to shave his head..
The composer of the song is Horiuchi Takao and he has performed the song himself on occasion. The song was also used a sthe ending for the dorama "Hagure Keiji Junjoha" back in 2004.
This guy also covers the song, but I don't know anything about him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMoYd3j_Q00
Nakazawa would go on and release an enka album and two more enka singles, before
moving on to slower, ballady jpop music.
Her last release was the single "danna-sama" back in 2007.
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