I Want You Back: Finger 5 Was J-Pop’s Sugary Sweet Answer to The Jackson 5

We’re goin’ back to Okinawa, Okinawa here we come.

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Then again, Finger 5 wasn’t so much J-Pop’s answer to the Jackson 5. This once-popular Japanese pop idol band, comprised of five sweet-singing siblings from Okinawa, Japan, was more like the across-seas echo of the influential bubblegum soul group from…