Naoko Kawai (河合奈保子) (born 24 July 1963) is a former pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer in the 1980s decade.
[1] Kawai was from the same generation as Seiko Matsuda, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Junko Mihara and Yoshie Kashiwabara who all debuted on the same year.
[2] After the marriage in 1996, she changed her maiden surname to Naoko Kanehara (金原奈保子) and has completely suspended music activities.
She won the final tournament held at Nakano Sunplaza and was performing Mako Ishino's ``Haru La!
In October 1980, she released her first original album Love, which includes 2 singles with its b-side tracks and 6 newly written songs.
In November 1981, the recording label has released her first compilation album Angel, which debut at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly charts.
On the same month, she made appearance on the new-year television program Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time.
Special single "Looking for the love" bundled Izayoi Monogatari has been released in the country under recording label Suprahon.
[7] She has an only-child her daughter Kaho, who debuted in 2013 as a singer, however soon after suspended activities in order to focus on school.