Nami Tamaki

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Nami Tamaki 玉置成実
Background information
Born	June 1, 1988 (age 18)
Origin	Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Genre(s)	J-Pop
Years active	2003—present
Label(s)	Sony Music Japan Tofu Records
Website	Official site (Sony) Official site (Smile Company)

Nami Tamaki (玉置成実, Tamaki Nami^?, born June 1, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer, known for her young age and her powerful dancing. Her career took off when she was selected out of 5,000, singing and dancing to Destiny's Child's "Survivor" in a Sony Music Japan Audition in 2003. She has various commerical tie-ins with Japan anime and games industry, and also have performed a stage musical as well as a movie.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.1.1 Greeting 1.1.2 Make Progress 1.1.3 Speciality 1.2 Compilation 1.2.1 Graduation ~Singles~ 1.3 Singles 1.4 DVD 1.4.1 2003 1.4.2 2004 1.4.3 2005 1.4.4 2006 1.4.5 2007 2 Performances 3 Commercial tie-ins 4 Awards 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Greeting

Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 5^{[citation needed]}
Total Sales: 119,808
(Released on February 25, 2004)

1. Eternal Voice
2. Believe
3. day by day
4. Complete
5. Be Positive <光の中で輝いて> (Hikari no Naka de Kagayaite: "Shine in the light")
6. NEVER STOP MY HEART －君という奇蹟に－ (Kimi toiu Kiseki ni)
7. Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆ (Wasurenaikara)
8. Realize
9. Naked
10. Destiny
11. 明日の君 The You of Tomorrow -Ashita no Kimi-
12. Prayer
13. Believe -Evidence01 Mix-

[edit] Make Progress

Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 1^{[citation needed]}
Total Sales: 158,810
(Released on May 11, 2005)

1. -Fly Away-
2. Reason
3. Daybreak
4. Future Step
5. Truth
6. 大胆にいきましょう ↑Heart & Soul↑(Daitan ni Ikimashou)
7. Make Progress -Instrumental-
8. Heroine
9. 暗闇物語 (Kurayami Monogatari)
10. You
11. Fortune
12. DreamerS
13. Distance
14. Reason Reproduction ～flash-forward mix～

[edit] Speciality

Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 1^{[citation needed]}
Total Sales: 86,183
(Released on July 12, 2006)

1. Speciality -Instrumental-
2. Result
3. IDentity
4. New World
5. Sunrize
6. CASTAWAY
7. No Way Back
8. Sanctuary
9. Get Wild
10. Reach For The Rainbow
11. MY WAY
12. Ready Steady Go!

[edit] Compilation

[edit] Graduation ~Singles~

Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 6^{[citation needed]}
Total Sales: 69,680
(Release on November 29, 2006) (Source: Official Discography)

• CD (Disc 1)

1. Believe
2. Realize
3. Prayer
4. Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆ (Wasurenaikara)
5. 大胆にいきましょう ↑Heart & Soul↑(Daitan ni Ikimashou)
6. Reason
7. Fortune
8. Heroine
9. Get Wild
10. MY WAY
11. Sunrize
12. Result
13. Sanctuary

Bonus materials for Special Edition

• DVD (Disc 2)
  • Video Clip of Nami Tamaki in Sony Music Audition 2003
  • 12 Music Videos (except Sunrize and 19 GROWING UP -ode to my buddy-)
• History Book
• (Bonus Track) 19 GROWING UP -ode to my buddy-

[edit] Singles

Album	Single	Chart Positions
		Japan Oricon Chart
Greeting	"Believe"	6
	"Realize"	3
	"Prayer"	12
	"Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆ (Wasurenaikara)"	10
Make Progress	"大胆にいきましょう↑Heart & Soul↑ (Daitan ni Ikimashou)"	13
	"Reason"	2
	"Forture"	6
	"Heroine"	6
Specialty	"Get Wild"	7
	"MY WAY/Sunrize"	18
	"Result"	5
	"Sanctuary"	12
--	"Cross Season"	23
--	"Brightdown"	--

[edit] DVD

[edit] 2003

• Believe DVD (November 12, 2003)
• Realize DVD (December 17, 2003)

[edit] 2004

• Greeting DVD (May 19, 2004)

[edit] 2005

• Make Progress DVD (July 6, 2005)
• NAMI TAMAKI 2nd CONCERT "Make Progress～road to～" DVD (October 5, 2005) (Live DVD)

[edit] 2006

• Speciality DVD (August 30, 2006)

[edit] 2007

• NAMI TAMAKI Best CONCERT"My Graduation" DVD (June 13, 2007)

[edit] Performances

• Musical
  • Sweet Charity (スウィート・チャリティ) as Charity
  • High School Musical (ハイスクール・ミュージカル) as Gabriella Montez
• Movie
  • Lovely Complex (ラブ★コン) as Nobuko Ishihara (石原信子, Ishihara Nobuko^?)

[edit] Commercial tie-ins

• Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny and related franchise
  • Believe
  • Realize
  • Reason
  • Result
  • IDentity (Collaborated in the Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray comic project ^[1])
• Radiata Stories, a PS2 role-playing game from Square Enix
  • Fortune
• NTT DoCoMo Kansai region TV commercial
  • DreamerS
• Super Robot Wars J, a GBA turn-based strategy game from Banpresto
  • Castaway
• Kiba (anime)
  • Sanctuary
• D.Gray-man
  • Brightdown

[edit] Awards

• The 18th Japan Gold Disc Award (第18回日本ゴールドディスク大賞): New Artist of the Year (2004)

[edit] Trivia

• Nami Tamaki's musical contributions in the Gundam SEED franchise (the songs Realize and Believe for Gundam SEED 3rd and final opening and Reason as Gundam SEED Destiny's first ending, and Result as Gundam Seed Destiny OVA special opening) led to an approach from producers asking to voice the character of Shiho Hahnenfuss, similar to Takanori Nishikawa (another major contributor to the Gundam SEED franchise's music) voicing the roles of Miguel Aiman (Gundam SEED) and Heine Westenfluss and Vivian Hsu (part of Vivian or Kazuma, who sang the 2nd opening of SEED Moment) voicing Aisha (Gundam SEED). However, Tamaki turned the offer down and as a result, while Shiho makes several appearances in Gundam SEED Destiny (as well as an appearance as the unseen pilot of the CGUE DEEP ARMS in a five-minute short featuring Lowe Guele), she never speaks. This is seen as beneficial for the character as while Heine, Miguel and Aisha were all brutally killed shortly after their introduction, Shiho lives through both series and is one of the most popular background characters in the SEED universe.

• Her song 大胆にいきましょう↑Heart & Soul↑ (Daitan ni Ikimashou) is a remake of the A*Teens song "A Perfect Match". It uses the same tune, but is otherwise original.

• Two of her songs, "Realize" and "Get Wild", were made in collaboration with a student in the Class of 2009 at UC San Diego School of Medicine (UCSD), who she made friends with as a child in Japan, one as an original track and the other as a modern version of a song from the popular 80's band, TM Network.

• There are four more versions of her song "High School Queen" - one is sung by a Spanish singer (Belinda Peregrin, being titled as "Boba Niña Nice"), one by a Dutch singer (Kim-Lian) one by a Portuguese band, D'ZRT, being titled as "Para mim tanto me faz" and the another by a Czech singer Ewa Farna in the last.

• She has performed the theme song Fortune for the PS2 RPG "Radiata Stories". She is also represented as a character and can be recruited to join the player's party.

• Nami Tamaki graduated from High School in March 2007; her first Best Album was released on November 29, 2006 to mark the event, and she will start her acting and stage performances in full speed after her graduation. The first event was her first Best Album concert tour: NAMI TAMAKI Best CONCERT “My Graduation” on the 11th, 17th, 23rd and 31st of March 2007 at various places in Japan.

[edit] References

1. ^ Official Website (episode 7 overview)

[edit] External links

• Nami Tamaki Official Site
• Nami Tamaki Official Site Smile Company Ltd.
• Nami Tamaki's Monster Hunter Oricon Blog
• J!-ENT 2004 Interview (J!-ENT interviews Tamaki Nami at Pacific Media Expo 2004)