How famous is this Korean singer in Japan?

hitotsz · (#1 (**permalink**))

チョー・ヨンピル - 想いで迷子 - 夜のヒットスタジオ - YouTube

Kind of old. His name is Cho Yong-Pil.

masaegu · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by hitotsz

チョー・ヨンピル - 想いで迷子 - 夜のヒットスタジオ - YouTube

Kind of old. His name is Cho Yong-Pil.

He was very famous and popular in the 80s but not anymore. Many older Japanese still often sing his biggest hit in Japan 「釜山港へ帰れ」 at karaoke.

hitotsz · (#3 (**permalink**))

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He was very famous and popular in the 80s but not anymore. Many older Japanese still often sing his biggest hit in Japan 「釜山港へ帰れ」 at karaoke.

I see. I see that in the song they have the most important part of the song in Korean (dorawayo pusanhane) When someone hears that for the first time would they know that it's in Korean?

masaegu · (#4 (**permalink**))

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I see. I see that in the song they have the most important part of the song in Korean (dorawayo pusanhane) When someone hears that for the first time would they know that it's in Korean?

They would know immediately that it is not in Japanese because it makes no sense in Japanese, but unless they have studied Korean, they would probably not be able to tell what language it is in.