, formerly known professionally as , is a Korean-Japanese television personality and a former

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singer associated with

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...

Career

1999-2000: Early career as Chinatsu Miyoshi

Under the name Chinatsu Miyoshi, Tani was the grand prix winner of the

Morning Musume , formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...

Michiyo Heike , (born (same reading) on April 6, 1979, married name unknown) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Osaka Prefecture and raised in Nabari, Mie. She first become known after her appearance on the Japanese talent show ''Asayan'' in the late 19 ...

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in March 1999. On August 4, 1999, she released her first single, "Unchain My Heart", as the ending theme to ''Kiss Dake ja Iya!'' Her second single, "Love, Yes I Do!" was released on November 10, 1999, as the ending theme to ''

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''. In 2000, she also appeared in ''Pinch Runner'', a film starring

. Her third single, "Anata no Shirt to Love Song", was released on May 31, 2000. All of her singles failed to chart, after which she decided to leave Hello! Project in September 2000.

2005-present: Return to entertainment, relocation to South Korea

In 2005, Tani returned to entertainment under her real name and provided vocals to the songs "W/U I Can" and "Hear My Cry", which were featured in the horror film ''Kokkuri-san''. After her marriage in 2006, she relocated to South Korea. She was a cast member in the variety show '' Oh! My Baby''.

Personal life

Tani is a third-generation Korean-Japanese. On October 21, 2006, Tani married South Korean singer and actor Kim Jung-min. They have three sons, and one of them, Da-myool, was featured with them on the reality show '' Oh! My Baby''.

Discography

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

References

External links

Official blog
1979 births Living people Japanese women pop singers Japanese idols Japanese people of Korean descent Japanese people of South Korean descent Japanese women television personalities Japanese expatriates in South Korea Singers from Tokyo Hello! Project members South Korean people of Japanese descent {{Japan-singer-stub