Takumi Mitani Explained

Takumi Mitani
Native Name:	三谷 たくみ
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	8 May 1986
Birth Place:	Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Genre:	Children's song
Years Active:	2008-2016

is a Japanese female singer. She is the 20th Uta no Onēsan in the NHK series Okaasan to Issho. She was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Biography, personal life

Takumi Mitana is the youngest of three siblings. She learnt to play the piano from the age of three, and started singing vocals at high school.

She graduated from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Music Vocal Course in March 2009.^{[1] [2]} While studying at the university, she passed the audition of Okaasan to Issho (NHK Educational TV), and from 20 March 2008 to 31 March 2016 played Uta no Onēsan of the twentieth generation.^{[3] [4]}

Discography

Singles

• "Donsuka Panpan Ōendan" 18 Mar 2009
• "Yukidaruma no Rou" 7 Jan 2015

Albums

• Okaasan to Issho: Saishin Best: Manmaru Smile 15 Oct 2008
• Okaasan to Issho: Special 50 Selection 15 Jul 2009
• Okaasan to Issho: Saishin Best: Bokura no Uta 21 Oct 2009
• Okaasan to Issho: Saishin Best: Koronpa 20 Oct 2010
• Okaasan to Issho: Saishin Best: Sore ga Tomodachi 19 Oct 2011
• Okaasan to Issho: Saishin Best: Pan Papa Pan 17 Oct 2012

DVD

• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Tomodachi Hajimete Hajimemashite! 6 Aug 2008
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Omatsuri Concert o Surikaero! 4 Feb 2009
• Okaasan to Issho Saishin Song Book: Atchikotchi March 15 Apr 2009
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Monoranmonoran Konichiwa! 5 Aug 2009
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Hoshizora no Merry-Go-Round -50 Shūnenkinen Concert- 3 Feb 2010
• Okaasan to Issho Saishin Song Book: Arigatō no Hana 21 Apr 2010
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Special Stage: Aozora Wonderland 2 Jun 2010
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Monoranmonoran to Kumo no Ki 4 Aug 2010
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Mori no Ongaku Restaurant 2 Feb 2011
• Okaasan to Issho Saishin Song Book: Dokonokonokinoko 20 Apr 2011
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Special Stage: Oideyo! Yume no Yuenchi 18 May 2011
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Family Concert: Pote iji ma e yōkoso!! 3 Aug 2011
• Okaasan to Issho Winter Special: Minna de Party! 2 Nov 2011
• NHK Okaasan to Issho Special Stage: Minna Issho ni! Fanfan Smile 21 Nov 2012
• In addition, many appearances on Okaasan to Issho related DVD.

External links

• Takumi Mitani's profile and history from Oricon Celebrity Dictionary - Oricon Style
• The new Uta no Onēsan, "Gekimoe" active student musician! News -Oricon Style-
• Recochoku NHK Okaasan to Issho/Daisuke Yokoyama-Takumi Mitani song list

Notes and References

1. Web site: 洗足学園音楽大学卒業生の活躍 声楽コース 三谷卓美. ja. 2 Oct 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219093203/http://www.senzoku.ac.jp/music/introduction/keyword/graduates/g_mitani.php. 19 December 2014.
2. Web site: 洗足学園音楽大学卒業生情報：声楽コース. ja. 2 Oct 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014161146/http://www.senzoku.ac.jp/music/school/course/vocal/graduate.php. 14 October 2012.
3. Web site: 『おかあさんといっしょ』うたのお姉さんが8年ぶり交代 21代目が初お披露目. Oricon Style. ja. 12 Feb 2016. 2 Oct 2017.
4. Web site: 『おかあさんといっしょ』卒業・たくみお姉さんの"涙"に見た、世代を超えて愛される訳【Eテレ】. ja. HapiMama. 12 Feb 2016. 2 Oct 2017.