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Kazuki Tomokawa

Musical artist

Tenji Nozoki (及位典司; born February 16, 1950), best known by the stage name Kazuki Tomokawa (友川 かずき), is a prolific *anese musician, active in the *anese music scene since the early 1970s. His music has been used in the films of cult directors Takashi Miike and Kōji Wakamatsu, and he also appears in person in Miike's Izo (2004).

*anese poet Satoru Nozoki is his brother.

Discography

  • Yatto Ichi Mai Me (English *le: Finally First Album), 1975
  • Nikusei (English *le: Human Voice), 1976
  • Senbazuru Wo Kuchini Kuwaeta Hibi, 1977
  • Ore no Uchi de Nariyamanai Uta (English *le: Poems That Won't Stop Crying From Within Me), 1978
  • Inu - Tomokawa Kazuki Akita Konsaato Raibu (English *le: Dog - Akita Concert Live), 1979
  • Sakura No Kuni No Chiru Naka O' (English *le: Within the Country of Falling Cherry Blossoms), 1980
  • Umi shizuka, koe wa yami (English *le: Sea Is Silent, Voice/Soul Is Suffering), 1981
  • Muzan No Bi (English *le: Beauty Without Mercy), 1986
  • Hanabana no ka*su (English *le: Fault of Flowers), 1993
  • Live Manda-La Special, 1994
  • Maboroshi to asobu (English *le: Playing with Phantoms), 1994
  • Hitori Bon-Odori (English *le: Dance A Bonodori Alone), 1995
  • GO-EN: Live In Nihon Seinenkan, concert with Kan Mikami 1995
  • Shibuya Apia Do*ent, 1995 (Live)
  • Zeiniku No Asa (English *le: Fat in The Morning Light), 1996
  • Hoshi no Process (English *le: The Process of Stars), 1998 (Compilation)
  • Yume Wa Hibi Genki Ni Shinde Yuku (English *le: Dreams Die Blithefully Day By Day), 1998
  • Sora no Sakana (English *le: Sky Fish), 1999
  • Akai Polyan (English *le: Red Polyanthus), 2000
  • Elise no me (English *le: The Eyes of Elise), 2001
  • Kenshin no Ichigeki (English *le: A Blow By Kenshin), 2002
  • Box, 2003, a boxset of Tomokawa's previous albums, including 3 bonus CDs of unreleased material (a compilation of his three first albums, Works of Chuya Nakahara and Satoru).
  • Pistol - Shibuya Apia Live 2003 DVD, 2004
  • Itsuka tooku o miteita, 2004 (Compilation with re-recorded and unreleased songs, including "Pistol", from Izo)
  • Golden Best, 2004
  • Satoru, 2005
  • Live 2005 Osaka Banana Hall, 2005
  • Nakahara Chuya Sakuhinnshu (English *le: Works of Chuya Nakahara), 2006 (including the same tracks as on Ore no Uchide Nariymanai Uta, but with rearranged music)
  • Blue Water, Red Water, 2008
  • A Bumpkin's Empty Bravado, 2009
  • Blue Ice Pick, 2010
  • Vengeance Bourbon, 2014
  • Gleaming Crayon, 2016

External links

  • Kazuki Tomokawa official homepage (*anese)
  • Paintings by Kazuki Tomokawa (*anese)
  • Fan-run Kazuki Tomokawa MySpace
  • English homepage
  • Kazuki Tomokawa at IMDb
  • Discogs page