Koji Tamaki

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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
2. Deadman Inferno (2015)
3. The Last Bullet (1995) — Ichiro Yamamura
4. Many Happy Returns (1993) — Tetsuharu Komamura
5. Lost in Time (1996) — Kosuke Takao
6. Tokyo Bandwagon (2013) — Ganato Hotta
7. The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994 (1994) — Self
8. Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
9. SMAP×SMAP (1996) — Musical Guest
10. Coach (1996) — Mikumi
11. Chocolate cosmos〜恋の思い出、切ない恋心〜 (2021)
12. Love Has Fallen (1997)
13. Some Kinda Love (1996) — Takanori Shibata
14. Portrait in Prussian Blue (1986)
15. こんな恋のはなし (1997)
16. Anzenchitai 30th Anniversary Concert Tour Encore 'The Saltmoderate Show' (2013)
17. 安全地帯 IN 甲子園球場 「さよならゲーム」 (2020)
18. 玉置浩二 Concert Tour 2021 故郷楽団～Chocolate cosmos (2022)
19. Koji Tamaki Live In Zepp Tokyo (2005) — Kôji Tamaki
20. billboard classics PREMIUM SYMPHONIC CONCERT 2021 (2021)
21. I'm Dandy (1989)
22. The Drive (1992) — Takeshi
23. Wild Side (1993)
24. Just Two Of Us (1988)
25. 安全地帯 ALL TIME BEST「35」~35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2017~LIVE IN 日本武道館 (2017) — Himself
26. Koji Tamaki '06「PRESENT」Tour Live (2006)
27. Koji Tamaki 35th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (2023)
28. Love Song (2005) — Kataoka Yuji

Directed

1. Koji Tamaki Live In Zepp Tokyo (2005) — Director