Nami Tamaki

Nami Tamaki’s energetic techno-pop, which infuses the audio of Madonna and Britney Spears having a dosage of Japan dramatics, proved an excellent match for the anime/video gaming industry, therefore her success could be largely credited to such high-profile toon series as Gundam SEED and D.Gray-man. Nevertheless, this isn’t to state Tamaki does not have any skills of her personal: she provides a knack for dance to her vocal capabilities, using the combo of both abilities assisting the Wakayama-born schoolgirl to earn a Sony Music Japan competition in a sensitive age group of 15, when she defeat 5,000 individuals towards the tune of Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor.” From then on she was asked to supply two tracks for Gundam SEED, the very first, Believe (2003), becoming her pro debut; it charted at quantity six, as well as the follow-up Understand (2003) reached number 3. Tamaki continuing her romance using the Gundam franchise in 2004, when her music Cause became the theme of Gundam SEED Future and scored number 2, the very best result attained by among her singles. Exactly the same yr she released her debut recording Greeting (quantity five for the Oricon), which also arrived in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, as well as the U.S., and she made an appearance in the Pacific Press Expo in California, carrying out alongside T.M. Trend. That she transported house a Japanese Yellow metal Disk Honor for the brand new Artist of the entire year in 2004 was barely a shock. Tamaki’s second recording Make Improvement (2005) topped the graphs and spawned the solitary Fortune, found in the PS2 video game Radiata Tales. Its follow-up, Niche (2006), that was another number 1, included “Sanctuary,” found in the anime Kiba, “Castaway,” presented within the gaming Super Automatic robot Wars J, and Cause, another Gundam solitary. In 2007 Tamaki graduated from senior high school, which she went to despite her musical involvements, and, marking this using the collection Graduation: Singles, released right into a big showbiz voyage. She extended into musicals, starring in japan adaptations of SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Musical, and Lovely Charity, where she got the title part, and cinema, showing up within the film Lovely Complex in line with the manga group of exactly the same name. Music wasn’t ignored, either: her 4th record Don’t Stay emerged in 2008, but, despite “Brightdown”‘s feature in D.Gray-man and “Combination Season”‘s tie-in using a Japanese Television show, it just charted in a humble quantity 14, and was accompanied by Tamaki changing from Sony to Common. She debuted on the brand new label using the solitary Provide Me Up (2009), that was found in the remake from the anime Yatterman; another fresh 2009 tune, “Negai Hoshi,” became presented within the Wii RPG Acrise Fantasia. A remix best-of collection premiered on a single day as Provide Me Up.