
Koji Tamaki
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…
Acting
- 2013Tokyo BandwagonGanato Hotta10 ep.
- 2005Love SongKataoka Yuji10 ep.
- 1997こんな恋のはなし12 ep.
- 1996CoachMikumi12 ep.
- 1996SMAP×SMAPMusical Guest1 ep.
- 1994Furuhata Ninzaburo1 ep.
- 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen5 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2025The Royal FamilyTheme Song Performance10 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1999Furuhata Ninzaburo1 ep.
- 1996SMAP×SMAPMusical Guest1 ep.
Also known as: Kôji Tamaki · 玉置 浩二