Biography
Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二, Tamaki Kōji, born September 13, 1958) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well known as frontman of the rock band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed a successful career, particularly during the 1980s. In the 1990s, he also began his career as a solo artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese vocalists.
In 2014, he was ranked first by a panel of 200 experts for the best ever singing voice in Japan. Moreover, in 2021 Koji was voted as the greatest active male Japanese singer, with 190 experts agreeing that he is a "living national treasure of music" and that he portrays an "unparalleled mass of expressiveness and emotion which only seems to get better with age". As a vocalist and a songwriter of the band, Tamaki spawned multiple successful compositions which were mostly co-written by lyricists including Gorō Matsui and Yōsui Inoue, by the time that the group suspended their career in 1993.
In 1987, Tamaki released the first solo single "All I Do", and continued his solo career after Anzen Chitai went into hiatus (1993–2001, 2004–2009). Throughout his solo career, he has released 23 singles and over a dozen studio albums. His song "Den-En" released as a single in 1996 became a massive hit, which reached the number-two on the Japanese Oricon charts and sold in excess of 900,000 copies.
Tamaki has also been known as an actor who has appeared in seven feature films and numerous television dramas. He has started acting career for the first time on "Prussian Blue no Shozo", the 1986 motion picture he starred.
He has been married three times; the second wife was actress Hiroko Yakushimaru (divorced in 1998), and the third spouse was keyboardist Satoko Ando, who had formerly worked on his albums and live tours (divorced in 2007). Tamaki also had an affair with actress Mariko Ishihara between 1983 and 1986. In her autobiography published in 2006, Ishihara confirmed her relationship with Tamaki two decades prior.
After Tamaki's retirement announcement due to health issues in 2008, Ishihara contacted Tamaki and the two began dating again. On February 25, 2009, Tamaki and Ishihara submitted their application for marriage in Tokyo. However, the application was not accepted and he split up with Ishihara after all. Anzen Chitai returned from a recess and released their new single "Aoi Bara/Wine Red no Kokoro (2010 version)" on March 3, 2010.
On his 2012 album Offer Music Box, Tamaki — who composed the original song — covered Yuki Saito's song "Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa", which was used as the first theme song for the anime television series Maison Ikkoku.
Filmography
all 28
Movies 21
TV Shows 7
self 2
Director 2
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn (2022)
玉置浩二 Concert Tour 2021 故郷楽団~Chocolate cosmos (2022)
billboard classics PREMIUM SYMPHONIC CONCERT 2021 (2021)
Chocolate cosmos〜恋の思い出、切ない恋心〜 (2021)
安全地帯 IN 甲子園球場 「さよならゲーム」 (2020)
安全地帯 ALL TIME BEST「35」~35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2017~LIVE IN 日本武道館 (2017)
Deadman Inferno (2015)
Tokyo Bandwagon (2013)
Anzenchitai 30th Anniversary Concert Tour Encore 'The Saltmoderate Show' (2013)
Koji Tamaki '06「PRESENT」Tour Live (2006)
Koji Tamaki Live In Zepp Tokyo (2005)
Love Song (2005)
こんな恋のはなし (1997)
Love Has Fallen (1997)
Coach (1996)
Some Kinda Love (1996)
SMAP×SMAP (1996)
Lost in Time (1996)
The Last Bullet (1995)
The Great Music Experience - Nara City Japan 1994 (1994)
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
Many Happy Returns (1993)
Wild Side (1993)
The Drive (1992)
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
I'm Dandy (1989)
Just Two Of Us (1988)
Portrait in Prussian Blue (1986)
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-09-13 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceAsahikawa, Japan
RelationshipsHiroko Yakushimaru (1991-01-01 - 1998-06-06), Satoko Andō (1999-12-01 - 2007-12-01)
SpouseNoriko Aota
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKôji Tamaki, 玉置浩二, たまき こう
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