, is a Japanese pop singer and occasional actress. She is as a member of the band

Do As Infinity Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist Ryo Owatari, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as DAI, alluding to the fact that ...

(DAI), along with

Ryo Owatari is a Japanese guitarist who was born April 4, 1971, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was formerly a member of the amateur band ''pee-ka-boo'', but he is mainly known for his work in the band Do As Infinity alongside Tomiko Van and Dai Nagao. A ...

and

Dai Nagao Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist Ryo Owatari, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as DAI, alluding to the fact that ...

, that has resumed activities after their 2005 split.

Career

Do As Infinity

Beginnings as solo artist

Tomiko Van began as a solo artist while she was with

with the song "Again", which appeared on the charity album '' Song Nation'', and later in 2003 with the song "Drive me nuts", which was recorded for

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DJs project Cyber X. Van also appeared in six commercials for the Japanese hair product company Lavenus.

Official solo career

2005

After

disbanded on September 29, 2005, Avex Trax, Van's label, announced that the singer was going solo.

2006

In 2006, Van made her debut as a solo artist with her album '' Farewell''. Singles were not released prior to her album, released in March 2006. Her first official single as a solo artist, "

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", was released in June of the same year, and made the weekly top ten of the Japanese charts. Two other singles followed that year, " Senkō", in September, and "

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", a late November release.

2007

2007 started out with Van's first cover album titled '' Voice: Cover You With Love''. The album was Van's only release that year. Tomiko van also acted in a movie ''Heat Island''.

2008

In 2008, Van's third album and second cover album, '' Voice 2: Cover Lovers Rock'', was released in March. In this album, she covered songs performed by male artists, such as

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and Masaharu Fukuyama. Despite her one-year hiatus from the music scene, the album charted at number 10 on the first day of release. Van's fourth solo single, " Tokyo Biyori", was released on June 18, 2008. Her second original album, ''Van'', was released in December 2008. On September 29, 2008, Do As Infinity officially reunited as a band, and released a four-track single on June 17, 2009.

Personal life

Van married a man four years her junior in September 2012, first publicly announcing her marriage at a Do As Infinity concert at Shibuya AX in Tokyo on September 29. As of 2016 she is the mother of two children. She divorced her husband in July 2018.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Music videos

Featured and collaborative releases

* "Drive Me Nuts" (Cyber X feat. Tomiko Van) * "Truth'94 -Meets Tomiko Van-" (

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of TRF's original song) * "Again" (various artists album, ''Song Nation'', an

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project consisting of collaborations between many different Avex artists) * "Music Flower" (Kohey Tsuchiya & various artists) * "Velvet" (Kikkawa Kouji)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van, Tomiko 1979 births Avex Group artists Japanese women pop singers Japanese women rock singers Japanese actresses Living people People from Kumamoto Prefecture Musicians from Kumamoto Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers