Looking back on the era of Heisei

On April 30, 2019, the era of "Heisei" that has continued for 30 years will end.

There is no such change in the era name, so let's look back on the era of "Heisei" on the last day of Heisei.

• 1989-1993 (1989-1993)
• 1994-1998 (1994-1998)
• 1999-2003 (1999-2003)
• 2004-2008 (2004-2008)
• 2009-2013 (2009-2014)
• 2014-2018 (2015-2018)
• Overview

1989-1993

Heisei is long, so I will look back on it every five years.

Let's start with the best-selling CD of the year that colors the times.

The song with the highest sales of CDs

1st year:Diamonds Princess Princess
2nd year:Odoru Pompokorin B.B Queen
3rd year:Tokyo Love Story Kazumasa Oda
4th year:Kome Kome Club
5 Year:YAH YAH YAH CHAGE &ASKA

Big names are lined up in a row. I was born in the Showa era, so my memory around here is vague, but all the songs around here are somehow or strongly memorable.

In particular, Chage and Aska's songs were so popular that they were played everywhere, and I was watching "Chibi Maruko-chan" so I could sing the dancing Pompokorin.

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First year (sexual harassment):Game Boy released, Handycam released, high school girl concrete stuffing murder case, Norwegian Wood published

2nd year (Chibi Maruko-chan):Super Nintendo released, Chibi Maruko-chan started, TSE 20,000 yen cracked, Berlin Wall collapsed, Soviet Union dismantling, Cold War ended

3 years (... Isn't it?):Chiyonofuji retired, Calpis released, Juliana Tokyo, Miyazawa Rie "Santa Fe" released, Street Fighter 2 started, Tokyo Love Story

4 years (Kin is 100 years old, Ginmo is 100 years old):Super Mario Kart released, Sagawa Express incident, Minidisc released, G-SHOCK released, Akashiya pacific saury divorced, Drakue 5 released

5th year (J League):Shin Kanemaru arrested, J League opening, artificial ski resort Saus, Rainbow Bridge opened, Masataka Itsumi died of cancer, tragedy of Doha

To be honest, I'm a kid, so I don't feel so nostalgic, but I still remember most of it.

Personally, the most memorable thing was the release of Game Boy and the release of Super Nintendo.

Forgive me because I was a child.

At that time I was dying for a Super Nintendo. However, the game was banned because I had to go through the Game Boy too much and my eyes got worse and I had to get an ophthalmology diagnosis. Therefore, I wasn't able to buy it. The first software I bought was "Super Mario World". Also, "Sangokushi 2" that my father bought.

At that time, Sangokushi had a bigger influence on me. It's been about 30 years since then, and it's become a blog post like this.

The impact of "Street Fighter 2" was great with the same game material. At that time, there was an arcade version of the platform in the arcade, but I had no choice but to do that. I couldn't beat Balrog at all.

After that, the opening of the J League was like a festival. The topic of elementary school was all about the J League, and various soccer players such as Kazu, Ramos, and Zico were the topics, but before I knew it, the J League games were no longer broadcast on TV. In the first place, there is no baseball broadcast.

Since I was a kid, I didn't know if it was called the Cold War or the fall of the Berlin Wall, and I didn't know if the bubble burst and the economy got worse.

For children, Chiyonofuji's retirement is more impressive than the fall of the Berlin Wall.

However, the "Tragedy of Doha" that I had been waking up until midnight as a child left a tremendous impression on me. Thinking from that time, I think the Japanese national team has become stronger.

1994-1998 (1994-1998)

The song with the highest sales of CDs

It was the heyday of CD sales, and around this time, over 1 million blockbuster songs were coming out. There were music programs every day, and I often watched song dictionaries, countdown TV, and music stations.

I used to go to Book Off to buy CDs, and I often bought not only albums but also singles. The first one I bought was Spitz's "Robinson".

When Tetsuya Komuro's song was unmatched, the word "Musou" was just right for Namie Amuro, Gloves, Tomomi Kahara, TRF, and so on.

It was a time when the Komuro family, beads, SMAP, speed, Mr. Children, and Southern were always at the top of the Oricon chart, and music was at the center of life.

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6 years (give me money if you feel sorry):Homeless child, PlayStation release, Sega Saturn release, anything appraisal team start, Ichiro hit Achieved 200 books, closed Juliana, won the Nobel Prize in Literature by Kensaburo Oe, achieved 3 crowns of Narita Brian, Hitoshi Matsumoto "Letter" Start, PL Law Enforcement, Deletion of Sega Saturn Penalty Provisions, Kogal Boom, Drama Kaneda Ichi Shonen's Casebook, Windows 95 Release

8 years (make drama):O-157, Detective Conan broadcast start, Yoshiharu Habu 7 crowns achieved, Tokyo Big Sight open, SMAP x SMAP start, photo booth, magical banana fashion, air max fashion, long vacation

9th year (Rakuen):Sake Demon Rose Incident, Peruvian Japanese Ambassador's Residence Occupation Incident, Princess Mononoke, Loose Socks Outbreak, Yamaichi Securities Closed, Prius Release, Tamagotchi Boom, Dancing Great Investigation Line, Final Fantasy 7 Release

10 years (Dachuno):A series of collapses of major companies and banks, more than 30,000 suicides, Wakayama curry contamination incident, Takanohana and Wakanohana become the first brother yokozuna in history, Daisuke Matsuzaka at Koshien in the summer Achieved no hit no run, the world average temperature became the highest in history due to the Ernino phenomenon, drama GTO

It can be said that these five years have been tremendous five years.

There was a lot of bright news in the 5th and 6th years, but when the Great Hanshin Earthquake and the Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin attack occurred in the 7th year, the world became very dark.

In particular, the collapse of Yamaichi Securities is symbolic, the decline of Japan is clear, corporate bankruptcies are occurring one after another, and the number of suicides has increased by 8,000 from the previous year, showing the appearance of a dystopian society.

The previous value of "for the future" has completely disappeared, and a way of life like a kogal who enjoys moments has been touted.

Meanwhile, the incident in Kobe Suma Ward in 1997 shook the whole of Japan, and everyone began to feel the sense of blockage of the times.

Twenty years after that, the Japanese economy has yet to show signs of improvement.

As seen in the El Nino phenomenon, the problem of global warming has become more serious, and policies have been taken to impose all problems on posterity, accelerating Japan's debt.

It was a dark world because the end of the century was approaching.

It can be said that Mr. Children's masterpiece album "Bolero" etc. greatly reflect the social situation around here.

1999-2003 (1999-2003)

Suddenly the Komuro family disappeared.

There were no particular incidents, and I didn't notice anything, and nothing happened. The transition of music is intense.

In this area, there is a section called "Future Diary" in Ucchan Nanchan's "Hontoko" program, and a plan that men and women act as written in the diary in advance is popular, and the tie-up song "TSUNAMI" "Sakurazaka" became very popular. Both had sales reaching double millions, and by the way, I was watching the show.

In the era when CDs were still selling, only one flower in the world, which was the theme song of "HIRO" starring Takuya Kimura and the theme song of "Boku no Ikiru Michi" starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, was a big hit. rice field. I wouldn't believe it when I told myself that SMAP would be disbanded around this time ...

Although not at the top, "SPEED" was also sweeping the music scene around this time, and sweetfish, Utada, SPEED, Mai Kuraki, etc. were popular. But as a whole, it was also the age when CD sales were declining little by little.

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1999 (Revenge):Kogal, PHS, enactment of national anthem law, expansion of non-regular employment, Star Wars ep1, arrest of Takayuki Morihara, Great Prophecy of Nostradams

2000 (Oh) :Sydney Olympics, Niigata Girl Confinement Case, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Grief, Mizuho Financial Group Established, Setagaya Family Murder Case, Oedo Line Opened

2001 (Wide Show Cabinet):Koizumi Cabinet Birth, Reorganization of ministries and agencies, opening of Universal Japan, birth of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, opening of UFJ Holding, opening of Disney Sea, simultaneous terrorist attacks on Amarika, birth of Aiko, release of the first ipod Talks, Makiko Tanaka, Foreign Minister's replacement, xbox release, clear education start, Keidan consecutive launch, Japan-Korea World Cup

2003 (Why?):SARS fashion, Takanohana retirement, Asashoryu Yokotsuna , Resona Bank was established, Chihiro Chihiro's God Hidden Academy Award was awarded, Japan Postal Service was established, Super Free Incident, Nittele Viewing Rate Unauthorized Manipulation Incident, Icoca Operation Started, TV Drama White Giant Tower

It was a personal dark age. To be honest, I don't really want to remember this time ...

Except for the World Cup, there were many dark topics. Banks and ministries merged one after another, and the Japanese economy collapsed without knowing that it would stay. Meanwhile, the terrorist attacks by Bin Laden led the world to a big war again.

At the World Cup held in the meantime, there were scenes where the judgment was questionable, but it was a tremendous excitement just because star players such as Zidane, Ronaldo, Khan, and Beckham came to Japan.

In addition, Takanohana's retirement is a turning point of the times, and Asashoryu's Musou begins from here. The absence of star athletes in the sports world has become prominent, sports-related programs have plummeted, and in contrast to the rise of the World Cup, domestic sports culture has slowed down.

Around this time, so-called "non-regular employment" increased, and the future of the Japanese economy was uncertain. Apple, which was on the verge of extinction, released the ipod, and Walkman's stronghold collapsed.

One era is over and a new era has arrived.

2004-2008 (2004-2008)

2004:Close your eyes, Ken Hirai
2005:Real Face KAT-TUN
2006:Sen no Kaze ni Natte Masafumi Akikawa
2007:truth Arashi
2008:Believe Arashi

If you arrange them in this way, you will notice Johnny's.

However, as soon as Reiwa was reached, the storm was dissolved, and KAT-TUN wasn't half as many ...

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2004 (Cho feels good):Athens Olympics, frequent oleore fraud, participation in Livedoor and Rakuten professional baseball, winter Hanryu boom including Sonata

2005 (expected):Fuji TV acquisition problem by Livedoor, Fukuchiyama line derailment accident

2006 (Inabauer):Livedoor incident , Prince Hankachi, North Korea's nuclear test, mobile show set fashion, Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank birth, WBS championship

2007 (Dogenkasentoikan):Regular gasoline price exceeds 150 yen, East country Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture was born, Yoshio Kojima "No such relationship" fashion, net cafe refugees, drama splendid clan

2008 (Goo !, Alafor):Beijing Olympics, guerrilla heavy rain increases, cliffs Ponyo on the top, Tetsuya Komuro arrested

If you try this way, you can see that the demand for one-shot gag has increased.

In the long run, it's all unpleasant, so for the time being, it may be a tendency to want to enjoy the moment on the spot.

A series of livedoor issues were bustling with TV shows every day. The acquisition of Fuji TV from the participation in professional baseball and the arrest made me think about various things at that time.

Therefore, the livedoor shock caused the economy to deteriorate at once. It seems that there wasn't much bright news about big companies going bankrupt or merging as usual, but strangely, it seems that the world wasn't dark at this time. Maybe it's because of my mind>

Anyway, if I think Tetsuya Komuro came out for the first time in a long time, what is a 500 million scam ...

It's hard to lower human beings, the level of life, the sense of money, etc. once they are raised.

2009-2013 (2009-2014)

CD sales will be omitted from this area.

After all, AKB48's songs have dominated the 1st place from around here, and I don't know about half of them.

I feel that "national music" has clearly disappeared from this area.

2014-2018 (2015-2018)

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2014 (No ~):The World Cup Brazil Games, consumption tax increased to 8% , Sochi Olympics

2015 (bomb buying):Yokozuna Hakuho won the most in history, Islamic country executed Japanese, Satoshi Omura won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Takaaki Kajita won the Nobel Prize in Physics, My Number System, SMAP Dissolution

2016 (God):Great Kumamoto Earthquake, movie "Your Name" blockbuster, Busta Shinjuku Open

2017 (Yokozuna):Sota Fujii at 14 years old Becoming the youngest professional yokozuna in history, Nintendo Switch released, 2ch becomes 5ch

2018 (Sodane):Tokio's Yamaguchi member document inspection, Namie Amuro retirement, Heisei Olympics, W Cup Russia Tournament

The end of Iitomo and the dissolution of SMAP were just the end of an era. On the other hand, the youngest professional shogi player has appeared and the rise of a new generation is also conspicuous.

One era called Heisei is over, and new people will play an active role in the future.

Overview

I'm sorry, I'm tired ...

I was so sick today that I couldn't finish the article in time. Maybe it's like a leak or a mountain.

Finally, please look back on Heisei by watching this video.

I hope Reiwa will be a good year.