Tsunku

Tsunku

Tsunku (つんく♂) is a record producer, songwriter and composer, singer, and vocalist of the band Sharam Q.

Profile

• Real Name: Terada Mitsuo (寺田光男)
• Birthday: October 29, 1968
• Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Height: 170 cm
• Blood type: B
• Band: Sharam Q (vocalist)

Information

Tsunku is the producer of and mastermind behind Hello! Project, TNX, and NICE GIRL Project, as well as producer of some non-Hello! Project acts such as Deka Moni and EE JUMP. He got his start in his music career when he helped formed the band Sharam Q in 1988. He writes nearly all of the songs for his artists. He also releases his own records occasionally, his most recent being "V3~Seishun Cover~". He released two solo photobooks, Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~COOL~ and Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~Natural~, on September 6, 2005. He has co-hosted the TV show Pop Jam and he has his own Web-TV show called Tsunku tv!!! (つんく♂tv!!!).

In June 2006 Tsunku married Idemitsu Kanako (出光加奈子), a 25-year old former model from Fukuoka.

Discography

Albums

• [2000.12.06] A Hard Day's Night
• [2004.02.18] TAKE 1
• [2005.07.13] Type2 (タイプ２)
• [2006.06.28] V3~Seishun Cover~ (V3～青春カバー～)

Singles

• [1999.11.03] Touch me
• [2010.06.02] Tsubasa (翼)
• [2011.12.29] To You

Collaborations

• [1999.04.24] LOVE ~Dakiatte~ (LOVE～抱き合って～; with 7HOUSE and Hamasaki Ayumi)
• [2002.02.27] Suggoine! (すっごいね！) (as The Tsunku Bi♂To (ＴＨＥつんくビ♂ト))

Compilations

• [2007.09.26] Tsunku Best Sakuhin Shuu Ue 'Sharam Q ~ Morning Musume' ~Tsunku♂ Geinou Seikatsu 15 Shuunen Kinen Album (つんく♂ベスト作品集 上 「シャ乱Q~モーニング娘。」~つんく♂芸能生活15周年記念アルバム~)
• [2007.12.05] Tsunku Best Sakuhin Shuu Shita 'Sharam Q ~ Morning Musume' ~Tsunku♂ Geinou Seikatsu 15 Shuunen Kinen Album (つんく♂ベスト作品集 下 「シャ乱Q~モーニング娘。」~つんく♂芸能生活15周年記念アルバム~)

Filmography

Fims

• [2011] Atsushi Hime Number 1 (篤姫ナンバー1) (Producer)

Lyrics Credits

• Berryz Koubou - All songs by Berryz Koubou (except Dschinghis Khan) have lyrics written by Tsunku.
• C-ute - All songs by C-ute (except Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu and Edo no Temari Uta II) have lyrics written by Tsunku.
• Morning Musume - All songs by Morning Musume (except 17th single's side A, 30th single's side B, 32nd single's side B and both sides of the 37th single, as well as the album Cover You) have lyrics written by Tsunku.
• S/mileage - All songs by S/mileage have lyrics written by Tsunku.

External links

• Official Website, Official Blog
• Tsunku tv on the streaming video site "Kokuchi-ch!!"
• Wikipedia: English, Japanese