Korean music has been popular in the Japanese mainland since the early 1930s, and in the early days. In its early stages, Korean folk songs such as Arirang, Doraji, and Odongnamu, Shinminyo, or Changga like Bangnangga were popular. Since then, a varie...
Korean music has been popular in the Japanese mainland since the early 1930s, and in the early days. In its early stages, Korean folk songs such as Arirang, Doraji, and Odongnamu, Shinminyo, or Changga like Bangnangga were popular. Since then, a variety of music has been created by Japanese singers and bands as well as Korean singers, and the trend lasted for a long time. At that time, Korean singers like Kim, Young-gil, Lee, Kyu-nam, Na, Seon-gyo and Lee, Nan-young who worked in the mainland of Japan recorded more than 300 kinds of music, of whom Kim Young-gil was most active with more than 150 songs.
In addition, Japanese singers remade many Korean popular songs, with 50 songs in the series of Korean folksong, Arirang, 5 songs in the series of Bangrangga, 3 songs in the series of folk song Doraji, and 2 songs in the series of Shinminyo, Odongnamu. As a Japanese lyricist, Saeki Takao wrote the largest number by writing 25 lyrics for Korean singers, followed by Saijo Yaso with 19 lyrics. In composition and arrangement, Sato Ojosuke wrote the largest number with 45 songs. And as a Korean composer, Jeon, Soo-rin composed 6 songs.
Arirang, the most widely popular song in Japan, It was first introduced by Kobayashi Chiyoko on Victor Records in 1931. In the early days, Arirangs with Korean melody 'Sol-La-Do-Re-Mi' were mainly composed, but after that Arirangs with Japanese scale 'Mi-Fa-La-Ti-Do' were created a lot.
There were many creative Arirang songs, not related to Arirang melody, including Arirang Manchuria based on Japan's Hwangeumhwa policy. Also most of the Korean singers were mobilized to record military songs praising Japanese wartime system. Thus, we can think the political situation of Japanese imperialism at that time also encouraged the revitalization of Korean music in mainland Japan.