Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga

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TOMMY, real name Hiroaki Tominaga (富永 弘明), is a Japanese singer. TOMMY is the vocalist of a Japanese rock band BLUFF and made his solo debut performing "JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~", the 1st opening for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation.

Biography

Early Life

TOMMY formed a soul band while studying at Toyo University and began performing at Tokyo live houses in 1986 when he was 22 years old. In New York he won the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, which aired on Fuji TV. 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).[1]

Professional Work

  • In 1998, TOMMY formed the vocal group BETCHIN' with m.c.A.T and JIN. They performed in many Da Pump 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.[1]

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.

They 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.

Discography

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Cover Album / Single Name Artist Release Date Release Date
1 Jojo OP1.jpg JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~
(ジョジョ~その血の運命(さだめ))
Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga November 21, 2012
2 Jojo OP4.jpg JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~
(ジョジョ その血の記憶~end of THE WORLD~)
JO☆STARS
~TOMMY, Coda, JIN
January 28, 2015
3 Anthology OST-1.jpg JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The anthology songs 1 Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga April 22, 2015
4 JoJo OP7b.png Great Days UNITS ver. JO☆UNITED
(Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto, Jun Shirota, Taisuke Wada, Jeity, Tatsu Hoshino, Karen Aoki, Daisuke Hasegawa)
December 24, 2016

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