Tamurapan Explained

Tamurapan
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:9 August 1980
Birth Place:Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Years Active:2002–present
Occupation:Singer, Songwriter, Musician, arranger
Instrument:Vocals, multi-instrumentalist
Genre:Pop
Label:Vitality Records, Columbia
Website:http://www.tamurapan.com/

is a Japanese pop songwriter and singer. Her real name is, was born in 1980 in Takayama, Gifu, Japan. The name Tamurapan is a combination of her surname: and the French word for rabbit: Lapin.[1]

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

In 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: [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

 Release DateTitleJapanese
1stOctober 10, 2007Semenaidei責めないデイ
2ndOctober 10, 2007heiyō meiyōヘイヨーメイヨー
3rdNovember 7, 2007omaebutadana~okurametegami~お前ぶただな~送らぬ手紙~
4thNovember 7, 2007A Millionアミリオン
5thDecember 5, 2007Kaitenmokuba回転木馬
6thDecember 5, 2007rai・kua・bādoライ・クア・バード
7thJanuary 23, 2008buttobasuzoぶっ飛ばすぞ
8thFebruary 20, 2008hebunへぶん
9thMarch 19, 2008Hollywoodハリウッド
10thMay 13, 2009ookimishōnennotēmuオオカミ少年ケンのテーマ(Lotte「Fit's」CM Song)

Albums

Independent Album

 Release DateTitleJapanese
1stMarch, 2003Tamurapanたむらぱん

Mini albums

 Release DateTitleJapanese
1stDecember 17, 2003Alone at Playひとりあそび
2ndJanuary 12, 2005Hitonoiruha人のいろは
3rdApril 4, 2007Harouハロウ 

Albums

 Release DateTitleJapanese
1stApril 23, 2008butabestoブタベスト
2ndJune 3, 2009nouniusounノウニウノウン
3rdDecember 15, 2010nakunaiナクナイ
4thJanuary 18, 2012mitainamitaina
5thOctober 24, 2012worldwideworldwide
6thDecember 18, 2013love and painlove and pain

Singles

 Release DateTitleJapanese
1stJuly 23, 2008Harēshonハレーション
2ndNovember 12, 2008Zeroゼロ
3rdMarch 18, 2009charinco / chodoii tokoni itaiちゃりんこ / ちょうどいいとこにいたい
4thFebruary 2, 2010bamboo / mountainバンブー / マウンテン
5thJuly 21, 2010SOSSOS
6thOctober 20, 2010roughラフ

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . 2009-10-08 . Seesaa Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081001173424/http://tamurapan.net/ . 2008-10-01 .
  2. Web site: たむらぱん|VITALITY RECORDS WEB Discography . 2009-10-08 . VITALITY RECORDS . 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090324051547/http://www12.plala.or.jp/vitality/tamurapan/disco.html . March 24, 2009 .
  3. Web site: 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 . 2009-10-08 . Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc . 2009 .