Ishii Tatuya

Ishii Tatsuya promoting CHANDELIER (2009)

Ishii Tatuya (石井竜也) is a Japanese pop musician, producer, movie director, and member of the group Kome Kome CLUB.

Profile

• Nickname: Curls Monkey Ishii (カールスモーキー石井)
• Birthdate: September 22, 1959
• Birthplace: Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Height: 175 cm

Information

Ishii Tatuya got his start in his music career in 1982 when he and his former A-CEN movie club members formed the band Kome Kome CLUB. While in the group, Ishii took the nickname Curls Monkey Ishii. The band got much success especially in America, where Ishii-made's music clips for "KOME KOME WAR" and "FUNK FUJIYAMA" won the group a MTV Video Music Awards for best International Music Award for both 1988 and 1989.

In 1993, Ishii would go onto to be a part of the charity group USED TO BE A CHILD. A year later, he would release his first movie, Kappa. He would also start to compose for his band and other artists like Wada Akiko. When Kome Kome CLUB broke in 1997, Ishii started to focus more on his solo career and released his first solo single, "WHITE MOON IN THE BLUE SKY". He would later performed at two concerts, LIVE-A-LIVE and T-STAGE, before the year was up.

Starting in 2002, Ishii would later show his artworks yearly at the exhibit event GROUND ANGEL. Then four years later, he released a duet single with "KAMEN" with Koda Kumi. Later that year, he would also participate in the charity group YELL FROM NIPPON and also participate in the reformation of Kome Kome CLUB. A year later in 2007, Ishii released the album Hidokei, which five songs in the album had the guest appearance of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2008, Ishii celebrated his 25th anniversary by performing the concert series, Mahou no Kagi ~The Dream Goes On.

Discography

Studio Albums

• [1998.03.02] H
• [1999.01.21] DEEP
• [2000.03.29] GUY
• [2002.03.27] Roman (浪漫)
• [2002.09.19] THEATER
• [2003.04.23] nipops
• [2003.04.23] super nipops
• [2003.12.03] Hane (羽) (T.I GRAND PROJECT)
• [2004.07.07] NYLON KING
• [2005.03.24] SKETCH
• [2006.02.08] DANCE NYLON
• [2007.04.04] Sundial (日時計)
• [2007.08.29] Sundial ~premium edition~ (日時計～premium edition～)
• [2008.03.26] PENDULUM
• [2009.03.04] CHANDELIER

Best Albums

• [2005.10.12] Ishi ~Best of Best~ (石 ～Best of Best～)
• [2009.11.25] Ishi ~Best of Best~ Blu-spec CD (石 ～Best of Best～ [Blu-spec CD])

Singles

• [1992.11.09] Ai no WAVE (愛のWAVE) (Curls Monkey Ishii & Matsutoya Yumi)
• [1997.09.25] WHITE MOON IN THE BLUE SKY
• [1998.02.18] Rhythm / Kaerou ~you are my place~ (リズム／帰ろう ～you are my place～)
• [1998.04.01] Anshin Shiro yo (安心しろよ)
• [1998.07.01] Hana Matsuri (花まつり) (Ishii Beauty)
• [1998.12.02] HI TENTION LOVE
• [1999.07.23] Asahi ni Tsuzuku Michi (朝日につづく道)
• [2000.02.23] GOLDEN FISH & SILVER FOX
• [2001.10.11] Tooku e... (遠くへ・・・)
• [2002.01.17] Anata ni (あなたに)
• [2002.06.26] MOON DANCER (MOONSTONES with Shizuki Asato)
• [2002.09.04] Ko・u・ka・i (コ・ウ・カ・イ)
• [2002.09.26] Kimi wo Tsurete (君をつれて)
• [2003.02.26] Yume no Mayoi Michi de / Silhouette Romnace (夢の迷い道で / シルエット・ロマンス)
• [2003.03.26] RIVER / Mizuiro no Ame (RIVER / みずいろの雨)
• [2003.05.21] RIVER ~GUNDAM SEED EDITION~
• [2003.11.19] GROUND ANGEL (T.I GRAND PROJECT)
• [2004.02.25] Mirai ~Mada Mime Jidai~ (未来～まだ見ぬ時代よ～)
• [2004.05.19] Kimi wa Lambadan Bamba (君はランバダンバンバ)
• [2005.02.23] Kokoro no Kotoba (心の言葉)
• [2005.06.22] Ai no Chikara (愛の力)
• [2005.12.07] GROUND ANGEL in HIROSHIMA (T.I GRAND PROJECT)
• [2006.02.08] KAMEN (Koda Kumi feat. Ishii Tatuya)
• [2007.04.04] Kimi ni Modorou / Kumo (君に戻ろう / 雲)
• [2008.03.12] Tabi no Tochuu de (旅の途中で)
• [2008.04.16] Mahou no Kagi ~The Dream Goes On (魔法の鍵～The Dream Goes On) (Takasugi Satomi & Ishii Tatuya)
• [2008.10.22] AIRA no Daichi (AIRAの大地)
• [2009.02.04] DANCE IN LOVE
• [2010.05.12] OCEAN DRIVE feat. K

DVDs

• [1999.04.01] DRAG-ON Films ~The Legend of Dragon Slayers~
• [1999.04.01] TATUYA ISHII CLIPS Vol.1 TROUBLEMAKER
• [1999.10.14] TRANS　FILMS
• [2000.02.09] THE CIRCUS FILMS Circus Shounendan NATSU NO YO NO YUME (THE CIRCUS FILMS サアカス少年團 NATSU NO YO NO YUME)
• [2000.04.19] SPACE HAWAIIAN FILMS
• [2000.10.18] DRAGASIAN FILMS
• [2002.12.04] A・N ~Complete "Art Nude" DVD BOX~
• [2003.03.05] ZERO CUBE ~Complete "ZERO CITY" DVD BOX~
• [2003.03.26] ZERO CITY ~AQI~
• [2003.03.26] ZERO CITY ~HAL~
• [2003.03.26] Art Nude 2002
• [2003.03.26] Art Nude 2000
• [2003.03.26] Art Nude 1999
• [2003.03.26] Art Nude 1998
• [2000.04.19] PREGASIA
• [2003.07.24] NYLON CLUB
• [2005.12.07] 20th Anniversary　TWO TONE TOUR
• [2006.02.08] NYLON CLUB SUPER DELUXE
• [2006.04.26] COCOROCK FOREST CONCERT ~Toumei no Mori Yousei~ (COCOROCK FOREST CONCERT ～透明森の妖精～)
• [2006.05.31] ISHYST
• [2006.06.28] SKETCH
• [2006.07.26] DANCE NYLON ~Nylon Club de Aimaseu~ (DANCE NYLON ～ナイロンクラブで逢いませう～)
• [2007.05.30] TATUYA ISHII SYMPHONY DREAMS
• [2008.07.02] TATUYA ISHII CONCERT TOUR 2008 PENDULUM
• [2008.11.26] TATUYA ISHII SPECIAL CONCERT 2008 MUSIC TREE LIVE ~Tsukihi no Tou~ (TATUYA ISHII SPECIAL CONCERT 2008 MUSIC TREE LIVE ～月日の塔～)
• [2009.08.26] TATUYA ISHII CONCERT TOUR 2009 CHANDELIER SCANDAL BLACK ROSE / RED ROSE

External Links

• Official Site
• Sony Music Japan Page
• Japanese Wikipedia: 石井竜也