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Tomoko Kawase
川 瀬 智子
Conosciuto anche come Tommy february6 e
Tommy heavenly6
Nata 6 febbraio 1975
Origine Kyoto , Giappone
Generi Pop , rock
Anni attivo 1997-Present
Etichette Warner Music Japan (attuale), Sony Music Japan (ex)
Due to her marriage to Shunsaku Okuda, her legal name changed to Tomoko Okuda (奥田智子). However, she is still credited under Kawase Tomoko.
Kawase is the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Japanese Pop rock band The Brilliant Green. She was asked to join the band in 1995 after bassist Shunsaku Okuda and guitarist Ryo Matsui heard her sing in an amateur talent contest. As the band's lyricist (as well as in her solo career) she sings and writes songs in both Japanese and English.
Following the release of their 2002 album "The Winter Album", and the subsequent tour, The Brilliant Green disappeared, and during this time on November 22, 2003 Kawase announced her marriage to fellow band mate, bassist Shunsaku Okuda.
In 2001, Tomoko launched her solo career under the name of Tommy february6, a character named from a combination of her nickname and birth date. Vastly different from the Pop Rock sound of The Brilliant Green, Tommy february6's persona and sound are inspired by and derived from British and American 1980s synth-heavy pop, including a cover of Strawberry Switchblade`s 'Since Yesterday'.
Her eponymous debut album was released on the day of her 27th birthday. She continued to release music as Tommy february6, starting with the single Everyday at the Bus Stop, followed by Bloomin'! (a song that was also used in a commercial for cosmetic company, Shiseido)before releasing her eponymous debut album Tommy February6. She continued to release a string of singles that led to her sophomore album Tommy Airline. On the day she released her single "Love Is Forever", she also released her debut single as Tommy Heavenly6 Wait Till I Can Dream. After Tommy Airline, she continued to release singles that were later found on her best-of album. She also has a single called 'Lonely in Gorgeous', it's the opening song of the anime Paradise Kiss and L-O-V-E-L-Y yume miru boy which was used on Pokemon's 7th film. A girl group was also debuted based on tommy february6 named tommy angels.
The tommy february6 persona also released a tommy february6 blythe doll (by Hasbro) and introduced her latest persona tommy heavenly6.
Kawase's original intention with Tommy february6 was to create a character who was far from innocent, though cute in both sound and appearance; Tommy february6 was designed to be someone who was true to her feelings despite the cutesy nature of her outward character, do as she wanted (and as such, Tommy february6 is seen repeatedly in music videos drinking alcohol from flasks, bars, etc.) Unfortunately, the original concept started to disappoint her, and Kawase began to feel that the character could no longer maintain its purity. But, Tommy still kept the tommy february6 persona through cameos on tommy heavenly6's music videos, like "Lollipop Cand BAD Girl", "I LOVE X-MAS" and "PAPERMOON"
In 2008 Tommy february6 was featured on a compilation album covering "All Through the Night" by Cyndi Lauper.
However, in 2009, Tommy february6 came back with the song Strawberry Cream Soda Pop. After that no singles have been released by Tommy february6 but Tommy heavenly6's song "Wait for me there" and "Leaving You" had 2 versions and each version the singer was replaced by Tommy february6 instead of Tommy heavenly6.
The Bloomin' CM for Shiseido released two versions, Misaki Ito was the endorser for the official version for Bloomin' Shiseido Commercial while tommy february6 was the one in the Bloomin' promotional CM.
In December 2010 Kawase announced a third studio album from Tommy february6 to be released in 2011
in addition to her own solo singing career, Kawase has produced and written songs for the idol group Tommy Angels, as well as making a protégé of current Hinoi Team member, Asuka Hinoi.
In October 2002, Tommy February6 released a photo and journal book titled Tommy February6 + Hawaii. It is presented in a mock travel guide format, including features such as restaurant reviews, sightseeing hotspots and cultural information. In keeping with the character's outwardly cute personality, crude outline sketches of animals and fairies litter the pages (as seen on the cover) alongside thought bubbles gracing many of the pictures, which have the distinct appearance of doodles.
Kawase has also made an appearance as the voice of Pikki in the anime series Piroppo, briefly modelled for Italian fashion house Fiorucci and for a period of time hosted Break Down, an MTV show. She also worked as a producer on the Takashi Fujii single, entitled Oh My Juliet.
In October 2005, an exclusive Tommy February6 Blythe doll was released.
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