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    Tomoko Kawase

    Japanese musicians (born 1975)

    Tomoko Kawase (川瀬 智子, Kawase Tomoko, born February 6, 1975) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6.

    Biography

    Her debut solo album Tommy february6 peaked at No. 1 on the Japan Oricon chart. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, as well as her second studio album Tommy Airline. She has released eight solo albums. Her songs appeared in various anime including Paradise Kiss, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Soul Eater, Pokémon, Gin Tama, and Bakuman. Two of her songs were used in the 2004 film adaptation of Kamikaze Girls. From 2001 to 2009, she released music through Defstar Records, a division of Sony Music Japan. In 2010, she was signed to Warner Music Japan.

    She has appeared on the cover of Marquee magazine nine times, and has also been featured on the cover of JGM and NewsMaker. She modeled for Italian fashion house Fiorucci, and hosted the MTV Japan show Breakdown. She mentored and produced music for the pop-duo Amoyamo. In 2005, an official Blythe doll of Kawase was released.

    She has been cited as an influence to other pop artists, such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Charli XCX.

    Life and career

    1995–2001: The Brilliant Green

    In 1995, after bassist Shunsaku Okuda and guitarist Ryo Matsui heard her sing in an amateur talent contest, Kawase was asked to join The Brilliant Green as the lead vocalist. The first two releases from The Brilliant Green were the non-album singles "Bye Bye Mr. Mug" and "Goodbye and Good Luck", which received moderate success. Their break came in 1998 when their third single, "There Will Be Love There" was chosen as the theme song for the popular Japanese drama Love Again, and as a resu

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    Tomoko Kawase was best known for her role as vocalist of the jpop band The Brilliant Green, which was popular during the late 1990's into the early 2000's. In 2001, Tomoko decided it was time to go solo and created an alter ego she called Tommy february6, which was a name derived from her birth date of February 6th and her name.

    Tommy February6 was a character designed to be styled like the girl next door gone bad, adorable and sweet, yet having the wild side that everyone wants to have - speaking her mind, partying and bar hopping, and just being herself without worry about society's opinion. This persona flourished, and within seven months of beginning her career, she released her first single, EVERYDAY AT THE BUS STOP in July 2001. Tommy's releases remained steady and by July 2002 she had released four singles including the popular KISS ONE MORE TIME, and her first self titled album. In October, Tommy released a photo book entitled Tommy february6 + HAWAII.

    2003 was a quiet year for Tommy february6 in terms of releases, and only two singles hit Japan's shelves that year in February and July. On May 26, 2003, Tommy appeared on a television show special entitled "SPACE SHOWER TV × Tommy february6 SPECIAL NIGHT," which would feature a performance by Tommy february6. Instead, she pulled her glasses off and announced the creation of a new persona, Tommy heavenly6. She expressed that the ego of Tommy febrary6 had begun to change from her original design and that was disappointing her, but she would continue with the persona as well as the new ego.

    For more information on the history between Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6, see Tommy heavenly6's profile.

    In October 2003, Tommy produced the television show, "Oshare! Idol Academy," on Tokyo Television. In December, she produced a cheer leading unit called Tommy☆angels who performed their new single, You'll be my boy on the show. Tommy focused on pr

    Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories

    October 2, 2015
    Throughout my life I have written hundreds of short stories; some stretching to thousands of words, and some only a paragraph or two. It’s strange that someone who admits to avoiding short fiction, for the most part, would be so drawn to writing it himself. Although I guess it sums up my personality. In any case, it isn’t that I don’t like short stories but, rather, that I think most of them are poor [including my own, most likely]. The masters of the form – Carver, Chekhov et al – show that at its best it is capable of capturing something of the true, and often banal, profundity of human existence in a way that nothing else can. In my writing, I’m somewhat obsessed with the idea of snapshots or moments, of dropping in on someone’s life for only a few minutes or hours, because when I think about my own life that is how I see it: in moments, not as some detailed, linear narrative; when I picture myself I see my father pulling me out of a river by my hair; I see myself holding a pencil out of a window of a top-floor flat, and I remember how that was one of the scariest things I have ever done.

    To the list of ‘masters of the form’ I now want to add Yukio Mishima. I’ve long been an admirer of his writing, but had, until now, never sampled his short fiction. It seems impossible to discuss Mishima without referencing his strange personal life and beliefs [I have done so in all my previous reviews of his work]. I do not want to go over all that again in detail, except to say that on the basis of the title, Death in Midsummer, some other reviews I have come across, and the author’s biography, I found myself surprised by how normal, how free of perversity, and shock value these stories are. They are, in the main, domestic, focusing on relationships, specifically marriage, and children. It is a reminder that no matter how odd certain aspects of someone’s life is or was, it does not account for the whole person; Mishi

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    Tomoko Kawase is a japanese singer, song-writer, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto, Japan. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the alternative rock band, The Brilliant Green. She also has a successful solo career under the pseudonyms of Tommy february and Tommy heavenly.

    Life and career[]

    1975–1994: Early life[]

    Tomoko Kawase was born on February 6, 1975, in Kyoto, Japan.

    1995-present: The Brilliant Green[]

    In 1995, after bassist Shunsaku Okuda and guitarist Ryo Matsui heard her sing in an amateur talent contest, Kawase was asked to join The Brilliant Green as the lead vocalist. The first two releases from The Brilliant Green were non-album singles "Bye Bye Mr. Mug", and "Goodbye and Good Luck" which received moderate success. Their break came in 1998 when their third single, "There Will Be Love There" was chosen as the theme song for the popular Japanese Drama Love Again, and as a result went straight to the top of the charts. After another number one hit with "Tsumetai Hana" they released their self-titled debut album which sold over one million copies in just two days. On the back of this success their first national tour, titled "There Will Be Live There," sold out across Japan in only three minutes.

    The Brilliant Green went on to release five singles, before releasing their second studio album, Terra 2001 on September 8, 1999. The band then toured for Terra 2001 before releasing two more single, followed by their third studio album, Los Angeles. In 2001, Time magazine chose The Brilliant Green as one of the top ten contemporary acts outside the U.S. for their "Los Angeles" album. After the release of three more singles and their fourth studio album, The Winter Album, in 2002, the band members moved on to solo projects, but the group never officially broke up. On November 22, 200

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