Rebecca (band)

Rebecca (レベッカ, Rebekka) was a Japanese rock band that had a great deal of success throughout the 1980s, fronted by singer Nokko.^[1] The band's 1985 album Rebecca IV ~maybe tomorrow~ [ja] sold one million copies in the year, surpassing Yuming, the first truly commercially successful rock album in Japan.^[2] The band's song Friends^[3] reached number 3 on the Japanese singles chart in 1986 according to Billboard.^[4] They won the Japan Gold Disc Award for Japanese artists in 1988.^[5] Rebecca disbanded in 1991.

Rebecca
Origin	Japan
Genres	Rock, pop rock, new wave
Years active	1982-1991, 1995, 1999-2002, 2015-2019, 2022-present
Labels	Sony, Fitzbeat

Discography

Studio albums

• Voice Print [ja] (1984)
• Nothing To Lose [ja] (1984)
• Wild & Honey [ja] (1985)
• Rebecca IV ~maybe tomorrow~ (1985) Oricon LP chart number 1;^[6] Music Labo album chart number 1^[7]
• Time [ja] (1986)
• Poison (1987)
• Blond Saurus [ja] (1989) Oricon number 1^[8]

Live albums

• Live Selection 1 (1992) Oricon number 24^[8]
• Live Selection 2 (1992) Oricon number 25^[8]
• Rebecca Live '85 ~Maybe Tomorrow Tour~ [ja] (2013)

Remix albums

• Remix Rebecca (1987)
• Olive (1988) Oricon number 1^[8]

Singles

• Friends (1985) Oricon number 3^[9]
• Raspberry Dream (1986) Oricon number 4^[9]
• Lonely Butterfly (1986) Oricon number 6^[9]
• Monotone Boy (1987) Oricon number 3^[9]
• Nervous but Glamorous (1987) Oricon number 7^[9]
• Moon (1988) Oricon number 20^[9]
• One More Kiss (1988) Oricon number 5^[9]
• Vanity Angel (1989) Oricon number 12^[9]
• Super Girl (Super Remix) (1989)
• Little Rock (1989) Oricon number 4^[9]
• Kamisama To Nakanaori (Japanese: 神様と仲なおり) (2000) Oricon number 20^[9]
• Koini Ochitara (Japanese: 恋に堕ちたら) (2017)^[10][11] Oricon number 11.^[9] Sara Minami starred in the music video.^[12][13][14]

12 inch singles

• Bottom Line (1985) Oricon number 6^[9]
• Motor Drive (1986) Oricon number 3^[9]
• Cheap Hippies (1987) Oricon number 12^[9]