Nami Tamaki
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(born June 1, 1988 in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer, known for her young age. Her career took off when she was selected out of 5,000 to perform the opening theme song for the Gundam SEED anime series. Her single "Reason" is the ending theme for the anime Gundam SEED Destiny.She had her tour in the United States in order to promote her album, Greeting.
Contents
Discography
Albums
Greeting (Released on February 25th, 2004)
- Eternal Voice
- Believe
- day by day
- Complete
- Be Positive <光の中で輝いて> (Hikari no Naka de Kagayaite: "Shine in the light")
- NEVER STOP MY HEART －君という奇蹟に－ (Kimi toiu Kiseki ni)
- Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆ (Wasurenaikara)
- Realize
- Naked
- Destiny
- 明日の君 The You of Tomorrow -Ashita no Kimi-
- Prayer
- Believe -Evidence01 Mix-
Make Progress (Released on May 11th, 2005)
- -Fly Away-
- Reason
- Daybreak
- Future Step
- Truth
- 大胆にいきましょう ↑Heart & Soul↑(Daitan ni Ikimashou)
- Make Progress -Instrumental-
- Heroine
- 暗闇物語 (Kurayami Monogatari)
- You
- Fortune
- DreamerS
- Distance
- Reason Reproduction ～flash-forward mix～
Speciality (Released on July 12th, 2006)
- Speciality -Instrumental-
- Result
- IDentity
- New World
- Sunrize
- CASTAWAY
- No Way Back
- Sanctuary
- Get Wild
- Reach For The Rainbow
- MY WAY
- Ready Steady Go!
Singles
2003
- Believe (debut maxi single) (2003) Oricon #6 || Gundam SEED 3rd Opening Theme
- Believe Reproduction -GUNDAM SEED EDITION-
- Realize (2003) Oricon #3 || Gundam SEED 4th Opening Theme
- Realize Reproduction -GUNDAM SEED EDITION-
- Prayer (2003) Oricon #12
2004
- Shining Star ☆忘れないから☆ (Wasurenaikara) (2004) Oricon #10
- 大胆にいきましょう↑Heart & Soul↑ (Daitan ni Ikimashou) (2004) Oricon #13
- Reason (2004) Oricon #2 || Gundam SEED Destiny 1st Ending Theme
2005
2006
- MY WAY/Sunrize (2006) Oricon #18
- Result (2006) Oricon #5 || Gundam SEED Destiny Special edition opening theme
- Sanctuary (2006) Oricon #12 || Ki-Ba opening theme
Trivia
- Nami Tamaki's musical contributions in the Gundam SEED franchise (the songs Realize and Believe for Gundam SEED's two final openings and Reason as Gundam SEED Destiny's first ending) led to an approach from producers asking to voice the character of Shiho Hahnenfuss, similar to Takanori Nishikawa (another major contributor to the Gundam SEED franchise's music) voicing the roles of Miguel Aiman (Gundam SEED) and Heine Westenfluss and Vivian Hsu (part of Vivian or Kazuma, who sang the 2nd opening of SEED Moment) voicing Aisha (Gundam SEED). However, Tamaki turned the offer down and as a result, while Shiho makes several appearances in Gundam SEED Destiny (as well as an appearance as the unseen pilot of the CGUE DEEP ARMS in a five-minute short featuring Lowe Guele), she never speaks. This is seen as beneficial for the character as while Heine, Miguel and Aisha were all brutally killed shortly after their introduction, Shiho lives through both series and is one of the most popular background characters in the SEED universe.
- Her song 大胆にいきましょう↑Heart & Soul↑ (Daitan ni Ikimashou) is a remake of the A*Teens song "A Perfect Match".
- Two of her songs, "Realize" and "Get Wild", were made in collaboration with a medical student in the Class of 2009 at UC San Diego, who she made friends with as a child in Japan, and as a modern version of a song from the popular 80's band, TM Network.
- There are three more versions of her song "High School Queen" - one is sung by a Spanish singer, one by a Dutch singer (Kim-Lian) and the another by a Portuguese band, D'ZRT, being titled as "Para mim tanto me faz" in the last.
- The theme song Fortune for the PS2 RPG "Radiata Stories" was performed by Nami Tamaki. She is also represented as a character and can be recruited to join the player's party.
External links
- [Nami Tamaki Official Site]
- [Nami Tamaki Official Site Smile Company Ltd.]
- [HEROINE a Nami Tamaki fansite]
- [Keep-Smiling Fan Club]
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