Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga

Hiroaki Tominaga (富永 弘明), known by his stage name, Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga (富永TOMMY弘明) or TOMMY is a Japanese singer and the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band BLUFF. He made his solo debut performing "JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~", the first opening theme song for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation and has since then become an active member of the JoJo-based vocal unit, The JO☆STARS.

Early life
TOMMY formed a soul band while studying at and began performing at Tokyo live houses in 1986 when he was 22 years old. In New York he won the, which aired on. Three years later after graduating, he formed a funk band. In 1990, the band disbanded and he joined a South Korean band called Be Brothers. He also appeared as a regular reporter in a Japanese TV documentary series called Earth catch me (地球キャッチミー).

Professional Work

 * In 1998, TOMMY formed the vocal group BETCHIN' with and JIN. They performed in many  tours and released two albums.
 * In 2006, he formed his own band TOMMY CHILDE and performed at various places in Tokyo.
 * In 2008, TOMMY formed the brass rock band BLUFF with former members of Spectrum.
 * Along with performing activities with BLUFF, sessions as TOMMY, commercial singing and narration, he also does vocal teaching.

JO☆STARS
In 2015, TOMMY, Coda and JIN used the pseudonym JO☆STARS to sing JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~, the second opening of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and the fourth opening of the anime overall.

The first album of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The anthology songs collection features songs sung by TOMMY such as "Fire of Soul", "GO WEST", and "Mirai e no Isan -Jonathan's Ballade-".

The JO☆STARS returned as JO☆UNITED among THE DU, batta, Karen Aoki, and Daisuke Hasegawa to sing Great Days -Units Ver.-, featured in the final episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Trivia

 * Tommy's favorite character in season one was Will Anthonio Zeppeli. His favorite scene in particular was the ending of Episode 6 where Zeppeli walks to Tarkus to face his fate.