Line #59 Music/NamiTamaki


1	[[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/namitama.jpg]]
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3	Singer, dancer, actress, and model.
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5	Born June 1, 1988 in Wakayama-ken, Japan, Nami Tamaki had always dreamed of becoming a singer from a young age. She is known for her radiating positive attitude and smile. In her mid-teens, she moved to Tokyo and attended many dance schools and auditions. In a Sony Music Audition, she performed ''Survivor'' by Destiny's Child and was selected out of 1000 contestants.
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7	After the anime ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' came out around 2002, Nami Tamaki's 2003 debut single's ''Believe'' was chosen to be the third opening theme, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fclh4p-kvWk here]]. In 2004, she released her first album, titled ''Greeting'', under the record labels [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment_Japan Sony]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu_Records Tofu Records]].
8	She has had a few other anime and game industry tie-ins, as well as a few roles in stage plays, most notably the Japanese version of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', and films, such as the [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7469 live-action movie version]] of the anime ''Manga/LovelyComplex''. Since 2009, she has released music under the record label [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group Universal-J]] simply under the name Nami.
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10	In her earlier years, she was popularly known as the [[GratuitousPrincess Princess of JPop]]. Her music style shifts along the genres of {{JPop}}, dance-pop, pop-rock, R&B, and {{Disco}}. (That's right. You heard me. [[GratuitousDiscoSequence DISCO]].) She currently has released five albums, 19 singles, and has compiled a few covers of other various songs from other artists. For more on her, check out the other wiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nami_Tamaki here]].
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12	In 2014 she started having trouble singing and sought treatment. She was diagnosed with a chronic condition of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fold_nodule vocal nodules]]. This unfortunately greatly impacted her musical output, and from 2015 through 2022 she only released three singles[[note]]"Everlasting Love" in 2015, "All-Ways" in 2016 for the ending themes of ''Manga/ConcreteRevolutio'', and "Break the Chain" in 2020, the opening theme of ''TabletopGame/BattleSpirits: Kakumei no Garrett''[[/note]].
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14	In 2023, she started to become more active on social media for the 20th anniversary of her professional debut, opening up [[https://www.youtube.com/@NamiTamaki_official/ a Youtube channel]] on April 20, 2023 and uploading many of her old music videos from the 2000s. Rumors also began swirling that she may be involved with the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom'' film project, especially after she appeared at both the “P Fever Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Presentation” in May and then performing at “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FESTIVAL ~CONNECT Beyond That Era~” in November.
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16	On December 10, 2023, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-20/gundam-seed-freedom-film-lyric-video-features-nami-tamaki-support-song/.205750 the rumors were confirmed]] when it was officially revealed that she had been tapped to sing once more for the franchise for ''SEED Freedom'' with said single [[MeaningfulName "Reborn"]] to release on January 24, 2024, two days before the movie comes out.
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18	On Christmas Day 2023, it was announced that she ahd returned to Sony Music's label and that she would release a new album in March 2024. This will be her first original album in 13 years since the 2011 release of ''Ready!'' (the previous 2014 release was a cover album, ''NT Gundam Cover''). On March 13, 2024, "Singularity" was released.
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21	!! Albums:
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23	* Greeting
24	* Make Progress
25	* Speciality
26	* Don't Stay
27	* STEP
28	* Ready!
29	* Singularity
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32	!! Singles:
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34	* Believe
35	* Realize
36	* Prayer
37	* Shining Star ☆Wasurenai kara☆
38	* Daitan ni Ikimashou ↑Heart & Soul↑
39	* Reason
40	* Fortune
41	* Heroine
42	* Get Wild
43	* MY WAY/Sunrize
44	* Result
45	* Sanctuary
46	* Cross Season
47	* Brightdown
48	* Winter Ballades
49	* Give Me Up
50	* Friends!
51	* Moshimo Negai ga...
52	* Omoide ni Naru no?
53	* Missing You... ~Time To Love~
54	* LADY MIND
55	* PARADISE
56	* REAL
57	* Vivid Telepathy
58	* Everlasting Love
59	* All-Ways
60	* Connect the Truth
61	* Break the Chain
62	* Reborn
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65	!! Compilations:
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67	* Graduation ~Singles~
68	* Tamaki Nami Reproduct Best
69	* NT GUNDAM COVER[[labelnote:*]]Basically a compilation cover of various theme songs from the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' Franchise.[[/labelnote]]
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72	!! Things relating to Nami Tamaki:
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74	* TheCameo: Nami acts out the role of herself in ''VideoGame/RadiataStories''.
75	** It's HER song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEUS4xxXvs&feature=related Fortune]]'' featured as the theme song, so why not?
76	*** She even [[{{Cosplay}} dresses]] as her ''VideoGame/RadiataStories'' character in her music video.
77	* CoverVersion: She covered quite a bit, from ''Tonari no Totoro'' to ''Gokigendaze~''
78	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''LADY MIND'' and to a lesser extent, ''Missing you... ~time to love~'' have an edgier sound/feel to them than her earlier works. To compare the music videos for Believe/Heroine and LADY MIND is almost mind blowing.
79	* DeadStarWalking: Subverted - Nami was offered a voice role in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', but turned it down.
80	** Not that Nami never voice-acted before - she played a small voice role in two episodes of the anime ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4119 Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple]]'' around 2004-2005.
81	* GirlishPigtails: In her music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgz_5OJmqUo&feature=related MY WAY]].
82	* GratuitousPrincess: She's been called the ''Princess of [=JPop=]'' for quite a while (by both America ''and'' Japan).
83	* HotterAndSexier: ''LADY MIND''
84	* IdolSinger: She started out pretty young as a TeenIdol.
85	* NewSoundAlbum: Ever since she shifted farther from the dance-pop and more into R&B and bubbly disco, fans have been a bit worried...
86	** LADY MIND has shifted back into dance-pop, but with less techno and an almost ChipTune-ish sound.
87	* TheOner: ''LADY MIND (Dance Version)''

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