Meiko Nakahara (中原めいこ Nakahara Meiko) (born May 8, 1959 in Chiba Prefecture) debuted in 1982 with the single “Kon'ya dake Dance Dance Dance” (今夜だけDANCE DANCE DANCE) and the album Coconuts House (ココナッツ・ハウス). Her 1984 single “Kimitachi Kiwi Papaya Mango dane” was the 50th best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 237,000 copies sold. Her song “Ro Ro Ro Russian Roulette” (ロ・ロ・ロ・ロシアンルーレット), the opening song from the anime television series Dirty Pair, won the award for Best Song at the 8th Anime Grand Prix in 1986. She also contributed “Kagami no Naka no Actress” (鏡の中のアクトレス) as third opening theme song and “Dance in the Memories” (ダンス・イン・ザ・メモリーズ) to the popular 80s anime Kimagure Orange Road.