Nana Tanimura

Nana Tanimura (2016)

Nana Tanimura ( Japanese 谷 村 奈南 , Tanimura Nana ; born September 10, 1987 in Sapporo ) is a Japanese singer of J-Pop . She began her career in 2007, when she signed her first recording deal with the music label Sonic Groove , an Avex Trax label .

life and career

Tanimura grew up in Osaka most of the time ; when she was three and eight, she and her family moved to different places such as Hawaii and Los Angeles . She attended Aoyama Gakuin University and successfully graduated in March 2010.

In her third year of high school, Tanimura got the attention of agents of some music producers through an event in Osaka. In 2007 she released her first singles on the Sonic Groove label . Among them were her debut single "Again" and her second single "Say Good-Bye". However, the singles only reached 55th and 105th place on the Oricon charts in Japan. Then she released the third single "Jungle Dance" on May 30, 2008, the single landed at number 15 on the Oricon charts in Japan for the first time in the first week and sold 6,551 times in the first week. The single was represented in the Japanese Oricon charts for 21 weeks and sold a total of 28,302 times in eight researched weeks. On August 13, 2008, she released her fourth single, which is called "If I'm Not the One / Sexy Senorita". This single was also able to build on the success of "Jungle Dance" and was even more successful. The single debuted at number 8 on the charts, sold 28,451 times in three out of nine weeks researched and is still her most successful record today. She reached the peak of her career on December 30, 2008, when she won a Japan Record Award for the song "Jungle Dance" at the fiftieth Japan Record Awards .

From 2007 to 2008 she also gave her own radio show "Nana Groove" in Japan.

In 2010 she was selected to sing the theme songs for the game Hokuto Musō . This was followed on March 23, 2010 by the seventh single "Far Away / Believe You", both songs were part of the title songs. On November 24, 2010, she released the single "Toxic", which had been outside the top 20 for a long time and debuted at number 39 and sold 4,965 times in three weeks. Since 2010 she has also been a member of the group "Fanta", she has is the main singer in the band. As a group member of the band Fanta , the band released the first download single on July 20, 2011, which is called "Fantastic Love". The band is primarily promoting the drink of the same name, Fanta, in the Japanese consumer market, so they are doing commercials for Fanta.

On August 10, 2011, she released her debut album as a compilation, the album has all eight singles released up to then and contained two new songs "Gimme Mo" and "My Way", for both songs there were also music videos. The album debuted at number 7 on the daily charts and ended up at number 15 at the end of the first week. For the album, she recorded the song "If I'm Not the One" in English, both language variants can be found on the album.

Discography

Albums

publication	title	Chart position *	Sales *	annotation
August 10, 2011	Nana Best	15 (6 weeks)	11,000	Debut album / 1st compilation
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication. * Charts and sales for Japan only .

Singles

publication	title	Chart position *	Sales *	annotation
May 30, 2007	Again	55 (6 weeks)	-	1. Single
November 14, 2007	Say good-bye	105 (7 weeks)	-	2nd single
0May 7, 2008	Jungle dance	15 (21 weeks)	28,000	3. Single
August 13, 2008	If I'm Not the One / Sexy Senorita	8 (9 weeks)	28,000	4. Single
February 18, 2009	Crazy for You	10 (6 weeks)	15,000	5. Single
0July 8, 2009	Every-body	16 (5 weeks)	8,000	6. Single
March 24, 2010	Far Away / Believe You	11 (5 weeks)	10,000	7. Single
November 24, 2010	Toxic	39 (3 weeks)	5,000	8. Single
July 20, 2011	Fantastic love	-	-	Download collaboration as a group member of Fanta
0March 3, 2016	Destiny Star	-	-	1. Download single
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication. * Charts and sales for Japan only.

Various products

publication	title	annotation
October 25, 2008	Calendar 2009	Annual calendar for 2009
October 15, 2010	Nana (奈南)	Photo book: ISBN 978-4-8470-4316-1
August 27, 2011	Want	Photo book: ISBN 978-4-8470-4390-1
0September 7, 2014	7th	Photo book: ISBN 978-4-8470-4668-1
September 12, 2015	I am nana	Photo book: ISBN 978-4-8470-4778-7

Music videos

1. Again
2. Say good-bye
3. Jungle dance
4. Sexy senorita
5. If I'm Not the One
6. Crazy for You
7. Every-body
8. Far away
9. Believe you
10. Toxic
11. Circus World
12. My way
13. Gimme Mo

Web links

• Tanimura's official website (Japanese)
• Tanimura's official profile on Avex (Japanese)
• Official Blog (Japanese)
• Nana Tanimura on Twitter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Generasia. Jungle Dance. Retrieved January 2, 2012
2. ↑ Generasia. I'f I'm Not the One / Sexy Senorita. Retrieved January 2, 2012
3. ↑ Hamasaki.asia Nana Tanimura - page 2 (German) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2012 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Generasia Nana Tanimura: Discography (English) Retrieved on January 2, 2012