Mugon... Iroppoi

"Mugon... Iroppoi"
Single by Shizuka Kudo
Released	August 24, 1988 (1988-08-24)
Format	Mini CD vinyl cassette
Genre	Pop
Length	3:54
Label	Pony Canyon
Songwriter(s)	Miyuki Nakajima Tsugutoshi Gotō
Producer(s)	Tsugutoshi Gotō
Shizuka Kudo singles chronology
"Fu-ji-tsu" (1988) "Mugon... Iroppoi" (1988) "Koi Hitoyo" (1988)
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"Mugon... Iroppoi" (MUGO・ん…色（いろ）っぽい, lit. "Silence... is Sexy") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released as a single by Pony Canyon on August 24, 1988. It was used in the Kanebo Cosmetics televised ad campaign of fall 1988, for which the catchphrase was "n... Iroppoi". Kudo made her first appearance on the 39th Kōhaku Uta Gassen and performed "Mugon... Iroppoi" for the Red team. The song was nominated for the Grand Prix at the 30th Japan Record Awards.

The track was written by Miyuki Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō. It was composed in the key of E-flat minor and set to a tempo of 140 beats per minute. Kudo's vocals span from B♭₃ to B₄. Lyrically, Nakajima cheekily describes a bashful protagonist struggling to profess her feelings to the object of her affection, whose attempts at seduction are foiled by her cowardly silence, and pondering if "tomorrow will be the day I summon up the courage to finally glance your way".

"Mugon... Iroppoi" is noted for perfectly capturing the definitive kayōkyoku sound of the late 1980s. Nakajima and Gotō were praised for crafting a light pop song filled with pathos that has since become emblematic of its era.

In 2005, Ryoko Shiraishi, who voiced the character of Suzuka Shibasaki on the drama CD series Mone, recorded a cover of the song in character for the compilation album Monthly Mone Vocal Collection Vol. 1. In 2007, a cover of the song was included on Hitomi Kitamura's EP, Hitomi ni Dokkin': Yasashiku Mitsumete. Yūko Minaguchi of the LovePlus dating sim recorded a cover of the song in character as Nene Anegasaki for the cover album Utau LovePlus, released in 2011. The song was also covered by Miho Arakawa on her Trillion Starlights EP. Sumire Uesaka covered the song for her 2014 album Uesaka Sumire Presents 80-nendai Idol Kayō Ketteiban.

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