Tamaki Nami

Tamaki promoting "Moshimo Negai ga..." (2009)

Tamaki Nami (玉置成実) is a Japanese pop singer currently signed to Universal Music. She was chosen the winner from over 5,000 contestants in a star search organized by Sony Music Entertainment. She made her debut at the age of 15 with the single "Believe" through the Sony Music Entertainment label. In mid-to-late 2008, she transferred labels to Universal Music. Her first single on the new label was "GIVE ME UP", which was released in March of 2009.

Profile

• Name: Tamaki Nami (玉置成実)
• Birthday: June 1st, 1988
• Blood Type: O
• Birth Place: Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
• Favourite Artists: Janet Jackson, Madonna, Britney Spears
• Favourite Food: Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Stew)
• Least Favourite Food: Eel, Eggplant, Kikurage Mushrooms
• Favourite Fashion: Interested in fashion, but no specific brands.
• Favourtite Color: Red
• Favourite American Drama: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Favourite Anime: Urusei Yatsura
• Most Desired Place To Visit: Disneyland in Los Angeles, California
• Most Desired Item: A Piano
• Dreams & Goals: To make people happy and always smiling, not only for the people in Japan, but for everyone around the world, and to always improve.

Information

Between the years 2001 and 2002, Tamaki Nami was just a contestant in a star search competition organized by Sony Music Entertainment. She eventually won by singing the Destiny's Child's song "Survivor" at the contest finale in 2002 at Zepp Tokyo. Her career rose to stardom with her debut single "Believe", which was released on April 23rd, 2003 when she was only 15 years old. The titular song was used as TBS' anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED's opening theme song. It reached #5 on the Oricon chart, where it charted for 24 weeks and sold 194,167 copies.

In 2008, after five years of being with Sony Music Entertainment, she transferred labels to Universal Music. Her last Sony release, the remix best of album TAMAKI NAMI REPRODUCT BEST, was simultaneously released with "GIVE ME UP", her first single on the new label. They were released on March 25th, 2009.

Discography

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Tamaki promoting "Brightdown" (2007)

Albums

• [2004.02.25] greeting
• [2005.05.11] Make Progress
• [2006.07.12] Speciality
• [2008.04.23] Don't Stay
• [2010.02.24] STEP

Best Albums

• [2006.11.29] Graduation ~Singles~ (Singles Best)
• [2009.03.25] TAMAKI NAMI REPRODUCT BEST (Remixes Best)

Singles

• [2003.04.23] Believe
• [2003.05.21] Believe Reproduction ~GUNDAM SEED EDITION~
• [2003.07.24] Realize
• [2003.09.26] Realize Reproduction ~GUNDAM SEED EDITION~
• [2003.11.12] Prayer
• [2004.01.28] Shining Star ☆Wasurenai Kara☆ (Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆; Because I Won't Forget)
• [2004.07.14] Daitan ni Ikimashou ↑Heart&Soul↑ (大胆にいきましょう ↑Heart&Soul↑; Let's Go Boldly)
• [2004.11.11] Reason
• [2005.01.26] Fortune
• [2005.04.06] Heroine
• [2005.11.02] Get Wild
• [2006.03.24] MY WAY / Sunrize
• [2006.05.03] Result
• [2006.06.07] Sanctuary
• [2007.03.14] CROSS SEASON
• [2007.08.29] Brightdown
• [2007.12.26] Winter Ballades
• [2009.03.25] GIVE ME UP
• [2009.07.29] Friends!
• [2009.10.14] Moshimo Negai ga... (もしも願いが…; If My Wish...)
• [2010.02.17] Omoide ni Naru no? (思い出になるの?; Does It Become a Memory?) (nami)
• [2011.01.12] untitled

Digital Downloads

• [2009.02.02] GIVE ME UP
• [2009.06.03] Negai Hoshi (願い星; Wishing Star)
• [2009.09.16] Moshimo Negai ga... (もしも願いが…; If My Wish...)

DVDs

• [2003.11.12] Believe DVD
• [2003.12.17] Realize DVD
• [2004.05.19] greeting DVD
• [2005.07.06] Make Progress DVD
• [2005.10.05] NAMI TAMAKI 2nd CONCERT Make Progress ~road to~
• [2006.08.30] Speciality DVD
• [2007.06.13] NAMI TAMAKI Best CONCERT "My Graduation"
• [2010.02.17] STEP DVD

Compilations

• [2003.09.26] MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED COMPLETE BEST (#4 Believe, #6 Realize, #11 Believe (FREEDOM G CONTROL MIX), #13 Realize (remix))
• [2003.10.24] JPOP CD (#7 Believe)
• [2004.03.19] popjapan.tv ~SONY Dōng​yáng Wèi​lái Qiǎng Tīng Pán~ (#8 Believe)
• [2004.04.14] THE JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD 2004 (CD2 #8 Believe)
• [2004.08.04] TEENAGE POP (#7 Shining Star ☆Wasurenai Kara☆)
• [2004.12.16] MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IV (#14 Believe (GUNDAM SEED Version), #30 Realize (GUNDAM SEED OPENING Ver.))
• [2005.09.28] Diva (#14 Heroine)
• [2005.11.02] MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED DESTINY COMPLETE BEST (#2 Reason, #11 Reason -NYLON Stay Cool Mix-)
• [2006.01.25] HIT STYLE (CD2 #10 Reason)
• [2006.01.25] HIT STYLE DVD -BRAND NEW CLIPS- (#15 Reason)
• [2006.01.25] MATCHY TRIBUTE (#4 Blue Jeans Memory)
• [2006.03.08] 14 Princess ~PRINCESS PRINCESS CHILDREN~ (#1 19 GROWING UP -ode to my buddy-)
• [2006.03.14] Anime Nation No.6 (#2 Realize)
• [2006.04.05] The Hit Maker -Tsutsumi Kyouhei no Sekai- (CD5 #20 Blue Jeans Memory)
• [2006.09.05] THE VERY BEST OF J-POP Vol.3
• [2006.12.20] KIBA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1
• [2007.08.22] HIME TRANCE 3 (#22 Believe)
• [2007.12.19] D.Gray-man Original Soundtrack 2 (#1 Brightdown (TV size))
• [2007.12.19] LUNA SEA MEMORIAL COVER ALBUM -Re:birth- (#3 STORM)
• [2008.03.26] 39 Anime x Music Collaboration '02-'07 (CD1 #3 Believe, #5 Realize, CD2 #4 Reason)
• [2008.09.24] D.Gray-man COMPLETE BEST (#4 Brightdown)
• [2009.07.08] Ghibli meets Lovers Reggae (#1JAZZIDA GRANDE feat. NAMI TAMAKI - Tonari no Totoro)
• [2010.02.24] GUNDAM SONGS 145 (Disc 7 #4 Believe, #6 Realize; Disc 8 #2 Reason, #8 Result)

Other Works

Books

• [2004.03.30] greeting
• [2005.01.26] TN
• [2005.12.22] PIANO COLLECTION
• [2006.03.24] Nami Kore (ナミコレ; This is Nami)
• [2007.03.19] Body & Beauty ~essay & exercise~

Movies

• [2007.01.01] Love★Com (ラブ★コン)

External Links

• New Official Website
• Old Official Website
• Tamaki Nami @ Universal Music
• Tamaki Nami @ Sony Music
• Official Blog