Kazuki Tomokawa

Kazuki Tomokawa, 2017

Kazuki Tomokawa ( Japanese 友 川 か ず き , Tomokawa Kazuki ; born February 16, 1950 in Hachiryū, today Mitane, Akita Prefecture ) is the stage name of Tenji Nozoki ( 及 位 典 司 , Nozoki Tenji ), an extremely productive Japanese acid folk singer , Poet, author and artist who has been active on the Japanese music scene since the 1970s. Because of his very own singing style, he is also known as the "screaming philosopher". His music has been used in films by directors such as Takashi Miike and Kōji Wakamatsu , and he himself appears in Miikes Izo (2004).

Discography

• Yatto Ichi Mai Me (English title: Finally First Album ), 1975
• Nikusei (English title: Human Voice ), 1976
• Senbazuru o Kuchini Kuwaeta Hibi , 1977
• Ore no Uchi de Nariymanai Uta - Nakahara Chuya Sakuhinshu (English title: Poems That Won't Stop Crying From With Me - Nakahara Chūya Collection ), 1978
• Inu - Tomokawa Kazuki Akita Concert Live (English title: Dog - Akita Concert Live ), 1979
• Sakura no Kuni no Chiru Naka O (English Title: Within the Country of Falling Cherry Blossoms ), 1980
• Umi shizuka, Koe wa Yami (English title: Sea Is Silent, Voice / Soul Is Suffering ), 1981
• Muzan no Bi (English Title: Beauty Without Mercy ), 1986
• Hanabana no kashitsu (English title: Fault of Flowers ) , 1993
• Live Manda-La Special , 1994
• Maboroshi to asobu (English title: Playing with Phantoms ), 1994
• Hitori Bon-Odori (English title: Dance A Bonodori Alone ), 1995
• GO-EN: Live In Nihon Seinenkan , concert with Kan Mikami 1995
• Shibuya Apia Document , 1995 (Live)
• Zeiniku no Asa (English title: Fat in The Morning Light ), 1996
• Hoshi no Process (English title: The Process of Stars ), 1998 (Compilation)
• Yume wa Hibi Genki ni Shinde Yuku (English Title: Dreams Die Blithefully Day By Day ), 1998
• Sora no Sakana (English title: Sky Fish ), 1999
• Akai Polyan (English Title: Red Polyanthus ), 2000
• Elise no me (English title: The Eyes of Elise ), 2001
• Kenshin no Ichigeki (English title: A Blow By Kenshin ), 2002
• Box , a set of Tomokawa's previous albums, 2003
• Pistol - Shibuya Apia Live 2003 DVD, 2004
• Itsuka toku mite ta , 2004
• Golden Best , 2004
• Satoru , 2005
• Live 2005 Osaka Banana Hall , 2005
• Blue Water, Red Water , 2008
• A Bumpkin's Empty Bravado , 2009
• Blue Ice Pick , 2010
• Vengeance Bourbon , 2014
• Gleaming Crayon , 2016

Web links

• Official website of Kazuki Tomokawa
• Kazuki Tomokawa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Kazuki Tomokawa at Discogs (English)