is a Japanese musician, drummer and actor. After performing with several prominent punk rock bands, Nakamura rose to fame as drummer of Blankey Jet City from 1987 to 2000. In 1996, he founded his solo project Losalios, where he performs every instrument. He is also a member of

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, Mannish Boys with

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, and Gokumontō Ikka.

Biography

Tatsuya Nakamura has been working as a drummer since he was a teenager, performing with various bands such as Oxydoll, Genbaku Onanies,

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, The God, Masturbation, Nickey & The Warriors, and

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. After coming up to Tokyo, he went wrong and hunted the leather jacket of motorcycle gangs around

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, and he competed with his fellows for the number. When Nakamura had time job at a record store, he found a kindred spirit in Kenichi Asai whom he met by chance at a disco. Then, Nakamura and Asai formed Blankey Jet City with Toshiyuki Terui in 1987. Nakamura started a design for his solo works "Love Shop Losalios" which he composes all by himself in 1996, and he released 1st album "" in which many musicians, such as Asai, Terui, Ken Morioka, and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, participated under the name of Losalios in November 1999. Blankey Jet City disbanded in 2000. Nakamura restarted Losalios in 2002. Nakamura released the collaboration album "Buck Jam Tonic" of

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and

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in 2003. Nakamura formed Twin Tail with Toshiyuki Terui, Yuji Katsui (ROVO) and others in 2006. Nakamura is active under the name of Friction with Reck at present. Nakamura starred in the movie "" released in December 2009. Nakamura appeared on the last episode of

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" in 2010. In June 2011, Nakamura formed the rock duo Mannish Boys with guitarist and singer

. They had their first concert at the Join Alive music festival on July 24, and their second at the

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on July 31. In 2013, Nakamura formed the band Gokumontō Ikka alongside Avu-chan from

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and KenKen from

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Discography

Blankey Jet City

The Stalin

* ''Mushi'' (1983)

Other

* '' Buck Jam Tonic'' (2003) * '' Honeycreeper'' (2007) – drums on "Kimi to Otobai" and "Hayai Kuruma" * '' Mind Travel'' (2011) * '' Fight'' (2011) – drums on "Monjai Beat" * ''

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'' (2014) – drums on "Till Kingdom Come"

Filmography

Dramas

* ' as Nobu (

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, 2002) * ' as Tatsuya (

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, 2008) * ''

'' as , Member of

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(NHK, 2010)

Movies

* ''

Bullet Ballet is a 1998 Japanese film directed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, and co-starring Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyōka Suzuki. After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man (Shinya Tsukamoto) beco ...

'' as Idei (There is Enterprise, 1999) * ''696 Traveling High'' (Slow Learner, 2001) – Documentary Film * ''L'amant'' as tattooist (Slow Learner, 2004) * ' as Tatsuya (Kinetic, 2006) * ''

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'' as Akiyoshi Kinjo (

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, 2006) * ''Kikoe'' (Slow Learner, 2009) – Documentary Film * ' as Oguri (Phantom film, 2009) * ''Bakugyaku Familia'' ( Toei, 2012) * '' Fires on the Plain'' (2014) * ''Evil and the Mask'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''Noroshi ga Yobu'' (2019) * ''Burai'' (2020)

References

External links

Official website
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