Nami Tamaki

Name:Nami Tamaki
Born : June-1-1988

1988 and raised in Wakayama-ken, Japan. Nami Tamaki at young age wanted to become a singer. At 9th grade, she moved to Tokyo to start a new life. She went to dance schools and went to many auditions. In Sony Music Audition, she performed Destiny Child's "Survivor" and was picked.

In 2002, a new anime show "Gundam Seed" had started. As for the 3rd opening theme of the anime, Nami Tamaki first single "Believe" was chosen. It instantly became a big hit and gained lots of attention. Nami Tamaki debuted on April of 2003 with the single 'Believe'. On the 18th Annual Japan Gold Disc Award's, Nami Tamaki won the New Artist of the Year award.

In 2004, Nami Tamaki released her 1st album, 'Greeting' and was No.5 at the Oricon Charts. Her first album was also released in America by TofuRecords. TofuRecord is known to promote Japanese music in America and releases Japanese cds in America. In the same year of her American release, Nami also performed in America for the first time.

Early May of 2005, Nami Tamaki released her 2nd album, 'Make Progress' and reached No.1 on the Oricon Charts. It was Nami Tamaki's first cd that reached No.1 and was a huge success. Her 3rd album 'Speciality' was released on July 12th 2006, following her previous album, this album was also ranked No.1 on the Oricon Charts. A few months later, Nami played one of the supporting role in the movie, "Lovely Complex".

In late 2006, Nami released her first best album, containing her first 13 singles. In 2007, Nami starred in the Japanese version of "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" with Koyama Keiichiro (NEWS). After about a year and half since her last album release, Nami had finally released her fourth album, Don't Stay. On May 11th and May 17th 2008, Nami had her fifth anniversary concert.

Nami Tamaki who is an artist under Sony, who use to be a young JPop princess singer, is now also an adult, an actress, and model.