Welcome to All About Fukuyama Masaharu, part lyrics blog, part fan site, 100% about Masha. It started out as a blog around April 2009 to repost all English lyrics, but after a while I got a bit ambitious and posting many other things I can gather from the net, some pictures, some articles, mostly news in English from the perspective of a fan although you can find some translated articles in here. I do not pretend to say I take credit for the text in here; frankly I just search, gather, summarise, reword and repost. I will always include the name of the fan who said whatever I posted to the best of my ability but as you can see, my sources are mostly from 2 main fan forums of Masha that is not in Japan. My problem is I can't read Japanese or Chinese, but my persistence sometimes does pay off when I just keep looking. You will also find some pictures in here, but all of the pictures you don't see in here are in Facebook, just look for All Abt Masha. I am quite active in that Facebook page, and it is also a place to find information! My main purpose for this blog is for myself; to gather all lyrics in English under one roof. But I am very sure foreign fans can also benefit from the contents in this blog, and without the many wonderful foreign Masha fans who translate, discuss and share whether privately or publicly, this blog will never be what it is today. I am still hoping to find more English lyrics somewhere, although from the looks of it, I will say things have slowed down a bit. Anyway, have a look. If you have any snippet about Masha to share with me, or pictures or lyrics, anything at all, please do not hesitate to do so. Do join in the discussion by using Post A Comment. Do consider sending me your submission of reviews. And for new Masha fans, if you like, do join my Contact List. Thanks for dropping by!
I have no idea what Pukapuka or プカプカ in its original form means. Is it a place? A verb? A noun? I hope someone could enlighten me on this. I also have no idea about the origin of this song because it is not written by Masha. Thanks to On 10, the song is "I think it was written by Nishioka Kyouzou for a folk group he had formed called The Dylan II, but maybe he used a pen name. I'm not sure because I couldn't find the information in English and had to try to understand from Japanese. It became a hit in 1972". That is the problem with Japanese entertainment world. They just don't cater for worldwide audience! I think the following is the original band, though I am not sure. The link is thanks to On 10. Like what was said, many artistes have covered this song, and it must be a classic. There is no video of Masha singing it, so I got the mp3 version instead. I really like Masha's version, very fast, playful and the tune whichever decade it is sung is very addictive. I just wish I know what he's singing! If you have the translated lyrics or know more of this song, do post them here. If you also know whether Masha has performed this song live and has links to that, do post them here also! I am sorry I can't provide for a translation but I hope you like the song. You can find Masha's version in his 2002 album, The Golden Oldies.
Anyway the video of what I assume to be the original band. Great version too and so many can sing in one song!
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