After gaining attention as a guest singer for the
New Wave band
Halmens and her acting roles in Japanese dramas and commercials for the
Washlet, she began her professional music career in the early 1980s as a singer. She joined former Halmens member
Kōji Ueno and artist/lyricist Keiichi Ohta to form the
Shōwa era-themed band Guernica in 1981, whose first album was released under
YEN Records in 1982. In 1984, during a hiatus on Guernica, she released a live album
Ura Tamahime with a backing band called Yapoos; the band included some former Halmens members and the album featured several covers of Halmens songs. The same year, she released her debut solo album
Tamahime-sama (also on YEN
), containing themes of menstruation, womanhood, and romance with a recurring insect and pupa motif. The following year, she came out with album
Kyokuto Ian Shoka (Far Eastern Comfort Songs) with a backing band called the Jun Togawa Unit. Later that year she released her album
Suki Suki Daisuki, a satirical take on
aidoru music, this time under her own
Alfa Records sublabel, HYS. She joined Yapoos and solidified the group as an official band, releasing their first album in 1987. She did two more albums with Guernica in 1988 and 1989, and continued singing with Yapoos, releasing albums mainly into the mid 90s, then one in 2003 and another in 2019. Generally the differentiation between her self-named bands and the Yapoos has been a greater degree of collaboration in the latter. Although she never achieved major
pop success, she survived as an influential and respected underground music figure both solo and as the lead singer of Guernica and her most commercial project
Yapoos where she is particularly noted for her connection to
eroguro culture. Notable collaborators over the years include
Haruomi Hosono who sponsored Guernica's first album and produced & wrote music for some of her earlier works. Her late sister Kyoko Togawa was an actress who at times ventured into the music world and cross collaborated at times. Around 1990 Jun shared management with
Susumu Hirasawa resulting in quite a number of collaborations. She has acted in the films
Untamagiru and
The Family Game. In 1989,
Susumu Hirasawa, who had placed his band
P-MODEL on hiatus, joined the Yapoos as support, appearing in the "Bach Studio II" section of the TV program "Yume de Aietara", where he played in a session with Downtown, Ucchan Nanchan and Susumu Hirasawa. In 1991, Togawa appeared on the TV Tokyo program
Jun Togawa x Susumu Hirasawa (MC: Kenzo Saeki) "Jun Togawa Revival Festival!" In 1992, Susumu Hirasawa offered her "Beals (1992)" as a Yapoos song. In 1995, "Showa Kyounen" was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Jun Togawa's performing career. Based on the concept of "covering nostalgic melodies of the Showa era," the album contained six songs arranged by Susumu Hirasawa. The songs include "Ribbon Knight" composed by
Isao Tomita and arranged by Susumu Hirasawa. Her 2004 album,
Togawa Fiction, with the Jun Togawa Band, featured elements of
progressive rock,
electropop and other genres. In 2008, she released a career-spanning three-CD boxed set,
Togawa Legend Self Select Best & Rare 1979-2008 which featured many of her most popular songs along with several scarcer tracks and hard to find collaborations. She marked the 35th anniversary of her professional career in 2016 by releasing new collaboration albums with
Vampillia and
Hijokaidan, her first new recordings in twelve years. == Relationship with Susumu Hirasawa ==