Takako Minekawa

Takako Minekawa began her career as an iconoclastic J-pop artist and eventually moved into more experimental terrain, all the while retaining a playful sense of wonder in her music. A child movie and TV star in Japan, Minekawa was always interested in music and formed her first group, Lolita, with some college friends. This morphed into Fancy Face Groovy Name in 1990, which also included Kahimi Karie. After playing in a number of groups, Minekawa was ready to strike out on her own. Inspired by her personal obsessions -- cats, keyboards, French pop -- she released her solo debu...