Visitor

Released on December 1, 1983, Takao Kisugi’s Visitor is a seminal self-cover and planning album that finds the master-composer reclaiming iconic songs written for other Japanese pop and kayōkyoku luminaries. Crafted alongside his lyricist sister Etsuko Kisugi, the record wraps signature hits like Akina Nakamori's "Second Love," Junko Ohashi’s "Silhouette Romance", and "Slow Motion" in a velvety, late-night city-pop atmosphere. Kisugi’s soft, unhurried, and distinctively dandy vocal delivery strips away external pop gloss, replacing it with an intimate, melancholic warmth that makes these familiar melodies feel like a quiet midnight conversation over a city skyline.