>>224Newfren. City pop is an offshoot of kayoukyoku. Like
>>226 said it's got strong jazz and r&b influences like soul, disco and funk. City pop was a bit less mainstream, were generally smaller bands and a lot of it was fueled by the younger musicians who were backing kayoukyoku singers in the late '70s. '70s Kayoukyoku itself was largely a mix of jazz, disco and pop. Jpop is completely different and really came into its own around the mid '80s. You could start to see the beginnings of jpop in the '60s and especially the '70s but it really went full throttle in the '80s as the music started to take a backseat to the marketing of the idol. Nakamori Akina is probably the first full fledged example of it but the foundations were laid by Asaoka Megumi and later Yamaguchi Momoe. Btw I can't fucking stand jpop but kayoukyoku is great.