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  "slug": "tatsuro-yamashita",
  "name": "Tatsuro Yamashita",
  "description": "Tatsuro Yamashita appears 2 times in our City Pop list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/tatsuro-yamashita/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1980,
    "last": 1982
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "City Pop"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "city-pop",
      "name": "City Pop",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/city-pop/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "tatsuro-yamashita--ride-on-time",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/tatsuro-yamashita--ride-on-time/",
      "title": "Ride on Time",
      "year": 1980,
      "label": "AIR",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Yamashita is the architect of the whole sound — arranger, producer, and the man stacking his own backing vocals twenty deep. This is the record that made him a household name at home.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Tatsuro%20Yamashita%20Ride%20on%20Time",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=D3JuhTytFgI",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "city-pop",
        "name": "City Pop",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/city-pop/"
      },
      "artist": "Tatsuro Yamashita"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "tatsuro-yamashita--sparkle",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/tatsuro-yamashita--sparkle/",
      "title": "Sparkle",
      "year": 1982,
      "label": "Air",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The guitar figure that opens For You, and the most imitated four bars in Japanese pop. Nothing here is doing more than it needs to.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Tatsuro%20Yamashita%20Sparkle",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pqobRu9aR3M",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 5,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "city-pop",
        "name": "City Pop",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/city-pop/"
      },
      "artist": "Tatsuro Yamashita"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}