| Shinji Tanimura | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Osaka, Japan |
| Origin: | Osaka, Japan |
| Genre: | Kayōkyoku |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
| Years Active: | 1971–2023 |
| Past Member Of: | Alice |
was a Japanese singer-songwriter.[1]
Tanimura set up the musical group Alice together with Takao Horiuchi in 1971 and released his first extended play musical album in the following year.[2] Alice produced its first album two years later. During this time, Tanimura also composed several musical pieces for other singers, such as Momoe Yamaguchi.[3] In 1981, he held concerts in places such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Beijing.[4] He also made recordings on the Japanese division of the Casablanca Records label.[5]
Tanimura died on 8 October 2023, at the age of 74. It was reported that he had battled enteritis for some time and had surgery for the disease in March of the same year.[6]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon [7] | |||
| 13 | ||
| 26 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 60 | ||
| Emblem |
| — | |
| 13 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 24 | ||
| Old Time |
| 24 | |
| 35 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 21 | ||
| Price of Love |
| 45 | |
| 30 | ||
| 37 | ||
| 30 | ||
| Itan |
| — | |
| 71 | ||
| 94 | ||
| — | ||
| 10 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 49 | ||
| Nine |
| 27 | |
| — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon | |||
| — | ||
| Best Request |
| — | |
| 21Seiki Best of the Red 1972→'81 21Seiki Best of the Blue 1982→ |
| — | |
| 48 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon | |||
| 55 | ||
| History at Aoyama Theatre |
| — | |
| 11 | ||
| — | ||
| — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon | |||
| Alone Together |
| 12 | |
| New Best Now 70 |
| — | |
| "Best of Best" |
| 41 | |
| Big Artist Best Collection |
| — | |
| One and Only |
| — | |
| 81 | ||
| The Man / Shinji Tanimura Best Selection |
| 68 | |
| Single A-Side/B-Side Collection |
| — | |
| — | ||
| New Best |
| — | |
| Twin Best |
| — | |
| — | ||
| Treasure Collection |
| — | |
| — | ||
| — | ||
| New Best |
| — | |
| 25 | ||
| — | ||
| Shinji Tanimura with Piano My Note |
| — | |
| — | ||
| 11 | ||
| — |
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|---|---|---|
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| The Chronicles |
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| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 21 | Toshiba EMI | ||
| 1980 | 2 | Polystar | ||
| 1981 | 35 | |||
| 15 | ||||
| 45 | ||||
| 62 | ||||
| 1982 | 51 | |||
| 1983 | — | |||
| 14 | ||||
| 1984 | 54 | |||
| 46 | ||||
| 85 | ||||
| 1985 | 24 | |||
| 53 | ||||
| — | ||||
| 34 | ||||
| 1986 | — | |||
| 30 | ||||
| 1987 | 86 | |||
| 1988 | "Far Away" | 69 | ||
| 70 | ||||
| 1989 | — | |||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| 1990 | "Dreams Come True" | — | ||
| 1991 | 93 | |||
| — | ||||
| 1992 | 41 | |||
| 1993 | 28 | |||
| — | ||||
| 1994 | 93 | |||
| 1995 | — | Victor Entertainment | ||
| — | Pony Canyon | |||
| 1996 | — | |||
| 1997 | 86 | |||
| 1998 | — | |||
| 1999 | "Aura" | 76 | ||
| 2000 | — | Mama's & Papa's | ||
| 2006 | 13 | Avex Io | ||
| 2007 | 16 | |||
| 2008 | — | Polystar | ||
| — | Avex Io | |||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| 83 | ||||
| 2009 | — | |||
| — | ||||
| 2012 | 13 | DAO | ||
| 2014 | — | VAP | ||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| 2015 | — | |||
| 2017 | — | Universal Music Japan |
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |
| 21 | Polystar |
| 1986 |
| — | |
| 1992 |
| 20 | Funhouse |
| 2012 |
| 54 | Avex Io |
| 2015 |
| 27 | Universal Music Japan |
| 2016 |
| 37 |
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