Tamurapan (たむらぱん) is a Japanese pop songwriter and singer. Her real name is Tamura Ayumi (田村歩美), was born in 1980 in Takayama, Gifu, Japan. The name Tamurapan is a combination of her surname: Tamura (田村) and the French word for rabbit: Lapin.[1]
Tamurapan | |
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| Birth name | Tamura Ayumi (田村歩美) |
| Born | 9 August 1980 Takayama, Gifu, Japan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Musician, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Vitality Records, Columbia |
| Website | http://www.tamurapan.com/ |
During the first years of elementary school she lived in Taiwan for some time, while she was still in elementary school she got her amateur radio license. [1]
Discography
editIn 2002 Tamurapan started her music career doing mainly live shows. In 2007 with the advancement of Myspace in Japan, she started publishing her music on the site. Around the same time she got a limited release of the single: Semenaidei-heiyō meiyō (「責めないデイ」-「ヘイヨーメイヨー」) [2]
She is the first Japanese singer-songwriter to make the move from Myspace to a major label company Columbia Music.[3]
Limited Release Singles
edit| Release Date | Title | Japanese | |
| 1st | October 10, 2007 | Semenaidei | 責めないデイ |
| 2nd | October 10, 2007 | heiyō meiyō | ヘイヨーメイヨー |
| 3rd | November 7, 2007 | omaebutadana~okurametegami~ | お前ぶただな～送らぬ手紙～ |
| 4th | November 7, 2007 | A Million | アミリオン |
| 5th | December 5, 2007 | Kaitenmokuba | 回転木馬 |
| 6th | December 5, 2007 | rai・kua・bādo | ライ・クア・バード |
| 7th | January 23, 2008 | buttobasuzo | ぶっ飛ばすぞ |
| 8th | February 20, 2008 | hebun | へぶん |
| 9th | March 19, 2008 | Hollywood | ハリウッド |
| 10th | May 13, 2009 | ookimishōnennotēmu | オオカミ少年ケンのテーマ（Lotte「Fit's」CM Song） |
Albums
editIndependent Album
edit| Release Date | Title | Japanese | |
| 1st | March, 2003 | Tamurapan | たむらぱん |
Mini albums
edit| Release Date | Title | Japanese | |
| 1st | December 17, 2003 | Alone at Play | ひとりあそび |
| 2nd | January 12, 2005 | Hitonoiruha | 人のいろは |
| 3rd | April 4, 2007 | Harou | ハロウ |
Albums
edit| Release Date | Title | Japanese | |
| 1st | April 23, 2008 | butabesto | ブタベスト |
| 2nd | June 3, 2009 | nouniusoun | ノウニウノウン |
| 3rd | December 15, 2010 | nakunai | ナクナイ |
| 4th | January 18, 2012 | mitaina | mitaina |
| 5th | October 24, 2012 | worldwide | worldwide |
| 6th | December 18, 2013 | love and pain | love and pain |
Singles
edit| Release Date | Title | Japanese | |
| 1st | July 23, 2008 | Harēshon | ハレーション |
| 2nd | November 12, 2008 | Zero | ゼロ |
| 3rd | March 18, 2009 | charinco / chodoii tokoni itai | ちゃりんこ / ちょうどいいとこにいたい |
| 4th | February 2, 2010 | bamboo / mountain | バンブー / マウンテン |
| 5th | July 21, 2010 | SOS | SOS |
| 6th | October 20, 2010 | rough | ラフ |
References
edit- ^ a b "たむらぱんNET たむらぱん（田村歩美ソロプロジェクト）を紹介するサイト". Seesaa Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-08. (in Japanese)
- ^ "たむらぱん｜VITALITY RECORDS WEB Discography". VITALITY RECORDS. 2009. Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-08. (in Japanese)
- ^ "コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント たむらぱん". Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-08. (in Japanese)