- Source: Yamaha Popular Song Contest
The Yamaha Popular Song Contest (ヤマハポピュラーソングコンテスト, Yamaha Popyurā Songu Kontesuto), generally known as Popcon (ポプコン, Popukon), was a Japanese popular music contest which ran from 1969 to 1986. It was sponsored by the Yamaha Music Foundation and was held annually (later, twice a year) at the Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi in Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan.
The grand prix winners were to be qualified for the World Popular Song Festival.
History
1969: The first competition, as the '69 Composition Concours ('69作曲コンクール, '69 Sakkyoku Konkūru), took place at the Yamaha Resort Nemu no Sato (ヤマハリゾート合歓の郷, Yamaha Rizōto Nemu no Sato) in Shima, Mie, Japan.
1972: The contest was renamed Popular Song Contest (ポピュラーソングコンテスト, Popyurā Songu Kontesuto).
1973: From this year, the event was held twice a year.
May 1974: The contest venue was changed to the Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi (ヤマハリゾートつま恋) from this year.
May 1984: Due to a gas explosion in Tsumagoi the previous year, the Nakano Sun Plaza temporarily hosted the event.
September 1986: The 32nd competition was held as the final Popcon event.
1987: Teens Music Festival (ティーンズミュージックフェスティバル, Tīnzu Myūjikku Fesutibaru) replaced the Popcon.
Notable participants
The following professional singers have won in some division of awards.
Junko Yagami (1974)
Miyuki Nakajima (1975)
Motoharu Sano (1978)
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (1978)
Frecuencia Mod (1978)
Chage and Aska (1979)
Crystal King (1979)
Aming (1982)
Tom Cat (1983)
Akino Arai (1984)
Winners
= 1st Composition Concours (1969)
=At the Nemu no Sato Yamaha Music Hall, on November 23, 1969.
Grand Prix
Jun Mayuzumi
= 2nd Composition Concours (1970)
=At the Nemu no Sato Indoor Hall, on November 5, 1970
Grand Prix
Mieko Hirota
= 3rd Composition Concours (1971)
=At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 9, 1971
Grand Prix
Hide and Rosanna
= 4th Popcon (1972)
=At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 8, 1972
Grand Prix
Chewing Gum, folk duo
Awards
Yōsui Inoue
Yumiko Kokonoe
= 5th Popcon (1973)
=At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on May 20, 1973
= 6th Popcon (1973)
=At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 13, 1973
Awards
Akiko Kosaka
= Popcon Grand Prix '73 (1973)
=At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 14, 1973
Grand Prix
Kouichi Ise and Manji
Akiko Kosaka
= 7th Popcon (1974)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 5, 1974
Grand Prix
Kyoko Kosaka
Top Prizes
Akira Yamazaki
Yuki Katsuragi
= 8th Popcon (1974)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 13, 1974
Chewing Gum
= 9th Popcon (1975)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 18, 1975
Grand Prix
Shichifukujin
Best Song Award
Shigeru Matsuzaki
Awards
Miyuki Nakajima
= 10th Popcon (1975)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 12, 1975
Grand Prix
Miyuki Nakajima
Best Song Award
Akira Inaba (composer)
= 11th Popcon (1976)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 16, 1976
Grand Prix
Sandii
Best Son Award
Yukio Sasaki
= 12th Popcon (1976)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 3, 1976
Grand Prix
White House II
= 13th Popcon (1977)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 8, 1977
= 14th Popcon (1977)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 2, 1977
Grand Prix
Masanori Sera & Twist
= 15th Popcon (1978)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 7, 1978
Grand Prix
U・U
Best Song Award
Motoharu Sano
Award
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi and Salty dog
= 16th Popcon (1978)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 1, 1978
Grand Prix
Hiroshi Madoka
Best Song Award
Yūko Ōtomo
Highest Award
Monroes
Awards
Chage and Aska
Crystal King
S.E.N.S.
= 17th Popcon (1979)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 6, 1979
Best Song Award
Ippei Suzuki
Awards
Chage and Aska
C. W. Nicol and his friends
Chizuru Matsunaga (Try-Tone)
= 18th Popcon (1979)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 7, 1979
Grand Prix
Crystal King
Best Song Awards
Hironori Kaneko
Gypsy and Arere no Re (the current Stardust Revue)
= 19th Popcon (1980)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 11, 1980
Grand Prix
Tomoya Itami & Side by Side (Tomoya Itami and Tomoji Sogawa)
Awards
Haruhi Aiso
Cutie Panchos
= 20th Popcon (1980)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 5, 1980
= 21st Popcon (1981)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 10, 1981
Grand Prix
Toshihiro Itoh
= 22nd Popcon (1981)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 4, 1981
Grand Prix
Aladdin
Award
Yuiko Tsubokura
Kawakami Prize
Megumi Shiina
= 23rd Popcon (1982)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 16, 1982
Grand Prix
Aming
Best Song Award
Asqua
Kawakami Award
Carlos Torres & the Sweet Dreams
= 24th Popcon (1982)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 3, 1982
= 25th Popcon (1983)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 15, 1983
= 26th Popcon (1983)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 2, 1983
Grand Prix
Midori Karashima
= 27th Popcon (1984)
=At the Nakano Sun Plaza, on May 13, 1984
= 28th Popcon (1984)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 7, 1984
Grand Prix
Tom Cat
Best Song Award
Sway
Award
Akino Arai
= 29th Popcon (1985)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 12, 1985
= 30th Popcon (1985)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 6, 1985
Grand Prix
Kazuyuki Ozaki & Coastal City
Best Song Award
Rika
= 31st Popcon (1986)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 11, 1986
Award
Jinnouchi Taizō
= 32nd Popcon (1986)
=At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on September 29, 1986
See also
Yamaha Music Festival
References
External links
Popcon history (in Japanese)
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