Tomiko Van
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Career
Do As Infinity
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Beginnings as solo artist
Tomiko Van began as a solo artist while she was with Do As Infinity with the song "Again", which appeared on the charity album Song Nation, and later in 2003 with the song "Drive me nuts", which was recorded for trance DJs project Cyber X. Van also appeared in six commercials for the Japanese hair product company Lavenus.[1]
Official solo career
2005
After Do As Infinity disbanded on September 29, 2005, Avex Trax, Van's label, announced that Van was going solo.[2]
2006
In 2006, Van made her debut as a solo artist with her album Farewell. Singles were not released prior to her album, released in March 2006. Her first official single as a solo artist, "Flower", was released in June of the same year, and made the weekly top ten of the Japanese charts. Two other singles followed that year, "Senkō", in September, and "Yumeji", a late November release.
2007
Van began 2007 with her first cover album, Voice: Cover You With Love. The album was Van's only release that year. Tomiko van also acted in a movie Heat Island.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2008
In 2008, Van's third album and second cover album, Voice 2: Cover Lovers Rock, was released in March. In this album, she covered songs performed by male artists, such as Spitz and Masaharu Fukuyama. Despite her one-year hiatus from the music scene, the album charted at number 10 on the first day of release. Van's fourth solo single, "Tokyo Biyori", was released on June 18, 2008.[3] Her second original album, Van, was released in December 2008.
On September 29, 2008, Do As Infinity officially reunited as a band, and released a four-track single on June 17, 2009.
Personal life
Van married a man in September 2012, first publicly announcing her marriage at a Do As Infinity concert at Shibuya AX in Tokyo on September 29.[4] As of 2016, she is the mother of two children.[5][6] She divorced in July 2018.[7]
Discography
Singles
| Information | Sales |
|---|---|
"Flower"
|
24,230 copies sold |
"Senkō"
|
13,860 copies sold |
"Yumeji"
|
10,237 copies sold |
"Tokyo Biyori"
|
10,500 copies sold |
Albums
| Information | Sales |
|---|---|
Farewell
|
45,409 copies sold |
Voice: Cover You With Love
|
14,581 copies sold |
Voice 2: Cover Lovers Rock
|
7,979 copies sold |
Van.
|
8,852 copies sold |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Flower" | Masaki Ookita |
| "Hold Me..." | Ten Shimoyama | |
| "Farewell" | Naoto Kumasawa | |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Hiroshi Usui | |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Wataru Takeishi | |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Wataru Takeishi |
| 2008 | "Cherry" | Ryuuji Seki |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Ryuuji Seki |
Featured and collaborative releases
- "Drive Me Nuts" (Cyber X feat. Tomiko Van)
- "Truth'94 -Meets Tomiko Van-" (cover version of TRF's original song)
- "Again" (various artists album, Song Nation, an Avex project consisting of collaborations between many different Avex artists)
- "Music Flower" (Kohey Tsuchiya & various artists)
- "Velvet" (Kikkawa Kouji)
References
External links
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