Tsunku

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Tsunku (つんく♂) is a record producer, songwriter and composer, singer and vocalist of the band Sharam Q.

Contents 1 Profile 2 Information 3 Discography 3.1 Singles 3.2 Download Exclusive 3.3 Albums 3.4 DVDs 4 Works 4.1 Movies 4.2 TV 4.3 Radio 5 Photobooks 6 Books 7 External links

Profile

• Name: Tsunku (つんく♂)
• Real Name: Terada Mitsuo (寺田光男)
• Birthdate: 1968.10.29
• Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Height: 170 cm
• Blood type: B

Information

Tsunku is the producer of and mastermind behind Hello! Project, TNX, and NICE GIRL Project, as well as producer of some non-Hello! Project acts such as Deka Moni and EE JUMP. He writes nearly all of the songs for his artists. He also releases his own records occasionally, his most recent being "V3~Seishun Cover~". He released two solo photobooks, Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~COOL~ and Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~Natural~, on September 6, 2005. He has co-hosted the TV show Pop Jam, has his own Web-TV show called Tsunku tv!!! (つんく♂tv!!!), and helped produce Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Tengoku Gold.

In June 2006 Tsunku married Idemitsu Kanako (出光加奈子), a 25-year old former model from Fukuoka. In March 2008 it was announced that Idemitsu was 8 months pregnant with twins, and she's expecting birth in mid May 2008. On 30 April 2008, Idemitsu gave birth to a healthy girl and boy. [1]

Discography

Note: Click here for Sharam Q discography.

Singles

• [1999.04.24] LOVE ~Dakiatte~ (LOVE～抱き合って～) (Tsunku with 7HOUSE)
• [1999.11.03] TOUCH ME
• [2002.02.27] Suggoine! (すっごいね！) (as The Tsunku Bi♂To (ＴＨＥつんくビ♂ト))

Download Exclusive

• [2008.05.02] Resonant Blue (リゾナント ブルー)

Albums

• [2000.12.06] A Hard Day's Night
• [2004.02.18] TAKE 1
• [2005.07.13] Type2 (タイプ２)
• [2006.06.28] V3~Seishun Cover~ (V3～青春カバー～)
• [2007.09.26] Tsunku Best Sakuhin Shuu Ue 'Sharam Q ~ Morning Musume' ~Tsunku♂ Geinou Seikatsu 15 Shuunen Kinen Album (つんく♂ベスト作品集 上 「シャ乱Q~モーニング娘。」~つんく♂芸能生活15周年記念アルバム~)
• [2007.12.05] Tsunku Best Sakuhin Shuu Shita 'Sharam Q ~ Morning Musume' ~Tsunku♂ Geinou Seikatsu 15 Shuunen Kinen Album (つんく♂ベスト作品集 下 「シャ乱Q~モーニング娘。」~つんく♂芸能生活15周年記念アルバム~)

DVDs

• [2004.12.29] Tsunku♂ Suppon Library 'DVD BOX Vol.1' (つんく♂ すっぽんライブラリー 「DVD　BOX　Vol.1」)

Works

Movies

• [1997.08.30] Sharam Q no Enka no Hanamichi (シャ乱Qの演歌の花道)
• [2004.03.06] Hotel Venus (ホテルビーナス)

TV

• [1996.04.18~1996.06.27] Age,35 Koishikute (Age,35 恋しくて)
• [1997.05.11~2002.03.24] ASAYAN
• [1999.04.14~1999.06.30] Semidoub (セミダブル)
• [1999.10.14~2001.03.28] Tsunku Town (つんくタウン)
• [2001.04.12~2001.06.28] Muko Dono (ムコ殿)
• [2002.07.04~2002.09.19] Renai Hensachi (恋愛偏差値)
• [2003.04.??~2005.03.??] Pop Jam (ポップジャム)
• [2003.04.17~2003.06.26] Muko Dono 2003(ムコ殿2003)
• [2007.01.04~2007.04.24] Tokumei Kibou (トクメイ希望)
• [2007.01.22] Getsuyou Golden (月曜ゴールデン)

Radio

• [2001.08.18~2002.10.05] Tsunku Ban (つんくばん)

Photobooks

• [2005.09.06] つんく♂フォトギフト〜inラスベガス&ハワイ!〜タイプA(COOL) (Tsunku♂ Photo Gift~in Las Vegas & Hawaii!~Type A (COOL))
• [2005.09.06] つんく♂フォトギフト〜inラスベガス&ハワイ!〜タイプB(NATURAL) (Tsunku♂ Photo Gift~in Las Vegas & Hawaii!~Type B (NATURAL))

Books

• [2000.01.??] LOVE論-あなたのいいトコ探します (LOVE Ron - Anata no Ii Toko Sagashimasu) amazon.co.jp
• [2000.10.??] LOVE論-決定版 あなたのいいトコ探します (LOVE Ron - Ketteiban Anata no Ii Toko Sagashimasu) amazon.co.jp
• [2000.10.??] つんく愛の営業方針-心のトレーニングしようよ! (Tsunku Ai no Eigyou Houshin - Kokoro no Training Shiyou yo!) amazon.co.jp
• [2001.03.??] つんくタウンの発想 (Tsunku Town no Hassou) amazon.co.jp
• [2002.10.??] 女ノ色 男ノ術 (Onna no Shoku Otoko no Jutsu) amazon.co.jp
• [2003.09.??] てっぺん (Teppen) amazon.co.jp
• [2005.04.28] ポジティブ本-プチ成功への近道 (Positive Hon - Puchi Seikou he no Chikamichi) amazon.co.jp

External links

• Official Website
• Official Blog
• UP FRONT WORKS Profile
• Tsunku tv on the streaming video site "Kokuchi-ch!!"
• Wikipedia: English, Japanese