was a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Tanimura set up the musical group

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together with Takao Horiuchi in 1971 and released his first

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musical album in the following year. Alice produced its first album two years later. During this time, Tanimura also composed several musical pieces for other singers, such as

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. In 1981, he held concerts in places such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Beijing. He also made recordings on the Japanese division of the

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label. Tanimura died on 8 October 2023, at the age of 74. It was reported that he had battled

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for some time and had surgery for the disease in March of the same year.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Self-cover albums

Cover albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Box sets

Singles

Duet singles

Videography

Video albums

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanimura, Shinji 1948 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese male singers People from Suminoe, Osaka Singers from Osaka Japanese male singer-songwriters Universal Music Japan artists Academic staff of the Tokyo College of Music Academic staff of Shanghai Conservatory of Music Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon