| Tavito Nanao | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tabito Nanao |
| Also known as | 770, Singing DJ Toshiko (SINGING dj 寿子)[1] |
| Born | 20 August 1979 |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronic, experimental, punk |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, disc jockey |
| Instruments | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sony (1998-2001) Wonderground Music (2002-2007) Heartfast (2007) BII - Felicity (2009-present) |
| Associated acts | Eiko Ishibashi, Takkyu Ishino, Ginji Itō, Hiroya Komeiji, Salyu, Zentarō Watanabe, Yakenohara |
| Website | tavito.net |
Tavito Nanao (七尾旅人 Nanao Tabito, born August 20, 1979)[2] is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 1998. He has worked with a great number of musicians, including Takkyu Ishino, Salyu and Yakenohara. Nanao has reached a wider audience since 2007, after his album 911 Fantasia, a 3CD musical about the September 11 attacks, his collaboration single with Yakenohara, "Rollin' Rollin'," and the success of his 5th album, Billion Voices.
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Nanao was born prematurely on August 20, 1979, and grew up in a rural area of Japan.[2][3] Until 13, most of the music Nanao had listened to was jazz, due to the influence of his father. From the beginning of middle school, however, Nanao began to listen to musicians such as a rock band B'z.[3]
In the summer of 1994, he discovered grunge music and would often be absent from school. On New Year's Eve of 1994, Nanao decided to write music, by humming tunes and writing down lyrics, and throughout the next year began writing songs daily.[2][3] After copying the styles of several bands he enjoyed, Nanao found songwriting a spontaneous activity.[3] In 1996, after a year of high school, Nanao decided to drop out of high school, and in September took a friend's acoustic guitar and multitrack recorder and moved to Tokyo.[2] In a year's time in 1997, Nanao sent in a demo tape for the Sony Soytzer Music Audition, which led to Nanao being signed to Sony.[2]
Nanao's initial recordings were in Los Angeles in March and July 1998, where he bought acoustic and electric guitars. In September, Nanao debuted with the single "Omoide Over Drive."[4] After several other singles, Nanao recorded his debut album throughout early to mid 1999, and released it in August, titled Ame ni Utaeba...! Disc 2.[2] In March 2000, Nanao performed his first live at the Shinjuku Liquid Room.[2]
Nanao slowly worked on his second studio album, Heavenly Punk: Agadio, throughout 2000 and 2001, releasing two singles in 2000. Most of the work was completed between December 2001 and March 2002, with the final product released in April.[2] The album was the first album to be released through Wonderground Music, an independent record label.[5] In May and June 2002, Nanao performed his first tour alongside Hiroya Komeiji, performing at four cities across Japan.[2] Nanao continued to work with Wonderground, releasing a self-accompanied album in 2003 and a single+DVD set in 2004.[6] The single was the first of Nanao's works through both Sony and Wonderground to chart on Oricon's albums and single charts.[7]
In 2007, Nanao released a three CD musical album called 911 Fantasia, themed around the events of the September 11 attacks. Nanao considers this the peak work of his teens and 20s.[8] The release of this album lead to Nanao's introduction to rapper Yakenohara, and the pair collaborated with the single "Rollin' Rollin" in 2009.[9] This, along with Nanao, 2010 album, were both releases that charted in the top 50.[7]
| Year | Album information | Chart positions [7] |
Total sales [10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
Ame ni Utaeba...! Disc 2 (雨に撃たえば…！ ｄｉｓｃ２, "When the Rain Hits Me")
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— | — |
| 2002 |
Heavenly Punk: Agadio (ヘヴンリィ・パンク：アダージョ Hevunri Panku: Adājo)
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— | — |
| 2003 |
Hikigatari Monogatari Vol. 1: Humming Bird (ひきがたり・ものがたり vol.1～蜂雀(ハミングバード), "Self-Accompanioed Stories Vol 1: Humming Bird")
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— | — |
| 2007 |
911 Fantasia
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85 | 1,800 |
| 2010 |
Billion Voices
|
41 | 7,600 |
| Release | Title | Notes | Oricon singles charts [7] |
Oricon sales [10] |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Omoide Over Drive" (オモヒデ オーヴァ ドライヴ, "Memory Over Drive") | Lead track "Omoide! Omoide!!" | — | — | Ame ni Utaeba |
| "'Ohayō, Bondage Cyborg'" (「おはよう．．．! ボンデェジ・サイボーグ」, "Good Morning, Bondage Cyborg") | Lead track "Kokoro wa Kōshite Uru no" | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Tetsuyōbi no Yoru, Ranyōbi no Asa" (鉄曜日の夜→蘭曜日の朝, "Ironday Night, Orchidday Morning") | Lead track "Moe no Ha" | — | — | |
| 2000 | "Night of the Heading Head" (ナイト・オブ・ザ・ヘディング・ヘッド Naito obu za Hedingu Heddo) | Lead track "Angel Call" | — | — | Heavenly Punk |
| "Yoru, Hikaru." (夜、光る。, "Night, Shining.") | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "Lastscene" (ラストシーン Rasuroshīn) (Takkyu Ishino feat. Tabito Nanao) | 73 | 3,400 | Soul Scramble | |
| 2004 | "Oyoso Kono Uchū ni Sonzai Suru Banbutsu ga "Uta" de Aru Koto no, Saisho no Shōmei" (およそこの宇宙に存在する万物全てが【うた】であることの、最初の証明, "The First Proof that Almost Every Living Thing in this Universe Has "Song"") | Lead track "My First Chant" | 91 | 1,600 | — |
| 2009 | "Rollin' Rollin'" (Tavito Nanao x Yakenohara) | 46 | 2,500 | Billion Voices | |
| 2010 | "Kensaku Shōnen" (検索少年, "Search Boy") | Digital download | — | — |
| Release | Artist | Title | Role | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Atami | "Doppler" | Vocals | Doppler |
| Hitomi | "Open Mind" | Background vocals | Huma-rhythm | |
| Makoto Kawamoto | "Blossom" | Lyrics, music | "Blossom" (single) | |
| 2002 | Joseph Nothing | "Ballad for the Unloved" | Vocals, lyrics, music | Dummy Variations |
| World's End Girlfriend | "All Imperfect Love Song" | Dream's End Come True | ||
| 2003 | Kūki Kodan | "Onkai Sayokyoku" (音階小夜曲, "Music Scale Serenade") | Vocals | Kodomo |
| "Tabi o Shimasen ka" (旅をしませんか, "Shall We Travel?") | ||||
| Hyōe Yasuhara | "TekeTeke" | Vocals | Seishun no Outline | |
| "More" | Lyrics, music, vocals | |||
| Tatsuya Kokufu | "Ōgon Taiken" (黄金体験, "Gold Experience") | Vocals | Rock Tensei | |
| 2004 | Takkyu Ishino | "Starlights in Sunshine" feat. Tavito Nanao | Vocals, writing, production | Title #2+#3 |
| 2005 | Denki Groove x Scha Dara Parr | "Saint Ojisan" (聖☆おじさん, "Saint Uncle") | Background vocals | Denki Groove toka Scha Dara Parr |
| "Eisū/Kana" (英数／かな, "ASCII, I Think") | ||||
| 2006 | Miki Furukawa | "Sekai no Sasayaki" (世界のささやき, "Whispers of the World") | Lyrics, background vocals | Mirrors |
| Disco Twins | "Awase Kagami no Senjitsu" (∞あわせKAGAMIの現実∞, "The Reality in Facing the Mirror") | Lyrics | Twins Disco | |
| 2008 | Denki Groove | "Superstar" (スーパースター Sūpāsutā) | Background vocals | J-Pop |
| Eiko Ishibashi | "Fearless [Stop]" | Background vocals | Drifting Devil | |
| "Drifting Devil" | ||||
| Tavito Nanao | "Last Date" | Perfect!: Tokyo Independent Music | ||
| 2010 | Roy Tamaki | "Break Boy in the Dream" feat. Tavito Nanao | Lyrics, music, vocals | Break Boy |
| Ua | "Watashi no Akachan" (私の赤ちゃん, "My Baby") | Cover; lyrics, music | Kaba | |
| Dorian | "Shooting Star" feat. Tavito Nanao & Yakenohara | Lyrics, music, vocals | Melodies Memories | |
| 2011 | Salyu x Salyu | "Sailing Days" | Lyrics | S(o)un(d)beams |
| "Rainboots de Odorimashō" (レインブーツで踊りましょう , "Let's Dance in Rainboots") |