What would be a proper definition and adequate natural translation for the term 替え歌王?


My friend wrote this sentence about these videos:

> "これは日本の替え歌王だよ。"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtjxrf2Vg7g&feature=player_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtjxrf2Vg7g&feature=player_embedded)

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEeELyiLDKg>

I'm not grasping the subtleties of this expression, so I'm wondering what the
exact meaning is and what would be a good translation into english.




歌王(うたおう, utaou) is literally "king of song". Someone who wins a singing
contest (popular pastime in Japan, right?) is "utaou".

A contest in general is 決定戦 (ketteisen) and a 歌王決定戦 (utaouketteisen) is a
contest to be king of song!

But there are also contests for parody songs, thus: 替え歌王決定戦. If you search for
this, you can find no shortage of funny videos.

Your friend probably means that those songs are the typical Japanese material
sung in these kaeutaou contests. (So that you do not think this is real
Japanese pop, haha!)




歌王(うたおう, utaou) is literally "king of song". Someone who wins a singing
contest (popular pastime in Japan, right?) is "utaou".

A contest in general is 決定戦 (ketteisen) and a 歌王決定戦 (utaouketteisen) is a
contest to be king of song!

But there are also contests for parody songs, thus: 替え歌王決定戦. If you search for
this, you can find no shortage of funny videos.

Your friend probably means that those songs are the typical Japanese material
sung in these kaeutaou contests. (So that you do not think this is real
Japanese pop, haha!)

