Tsunku is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and record producer. In the 1990s, Tsunku rose to fame as the lead singer of the band Sharam Q, where he wrote songs for the band.
During the broadcast of Asayan in search for a new member of Sharam Q, Tsunku gave the opportunity for the runner-ups to debut as Morning Musume in 1997. Since the foundation of the group, Tsunku has been their primary producer. In addition, he later founded Hello! Project in 1998 as a musical collective for Morning Musume. He became the primary producer of their acts, including Aya Matsuura, Maki Goto, Coconuts Musume, V-u-den, Berryz Kobo, and Cute. Outside of Hello! Project, Tsunku became the primary producer of EE Jump, Sonim, and Nice Girl Project!
Outside of artists, Tsunku also produced soundtracks for the Rhythm Heaven video game series and was a contributing artist for ClassicaLoid. In 2015, Tsunku has become the fifth best-selling songwriter in Japan.[1]
Released songs
edit1998
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| First Time | Morning Musume | "Morning Coffee" (モーニングコーヒー) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| "Summer Night Town" (サマーナイトタウン) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| — | "A Memory of Summer '98" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| First Time | "Good Morning" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| "Dō ni ka Shite Doyōbi" (どうにかして土曜日) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Yume no Naka" (夢の中) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Wagamama" (ワガママ) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Mirai no Tobira" (未来の扉) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Usotsuki Anta" (ウソつきあんた) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Samishii Hi" (さみしい日) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| Second Morning | "Daite Hold on Me!" (抱いてHold on Me!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Tatoeba" (例えば) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Tanpopo 1 | Tanpopo | "Last Kiss" (ラストキッス) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Jikan yo Tomare" (時間よ止まれ) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
1999
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Second Morning | Morning Musume | "Memory Seishun no Hikari" (Memory 青春の光) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Happy Night" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Second Morning | "Never Forget" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| "Manatsu no Kōsen" (真夏の光線) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Koi no Shihatsu Ressha" (恋の始発列車) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Furusato" (ふるさと) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| — | "Wasurerannai" (忘れらんない) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Second Morning | "Night of Tokyo City" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| "Suki de ×5" (好きで×5) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Papa ni Niteiru Kare" (パパに似ている彼) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Senkō Hanabi" (せんこう花火) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Otome no Shinrigaku" (乙女の心理学) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Da Di Du De Do Da Di!" (ダディドゥデドダディ!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| 3rd: Love Paradise | "Love Machine" (LOVEマシーン) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "21 Seiki" (21世紀) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Non-album single | Coconuts Musume | "Halation Summer" (ハレーションサマー) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Non-album single | "Dance & Chance" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
2000
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Non-album single | EE Jump | "Love is Energy!"[2] | Yes | — | Yes | — | No | Shin Kōno |
| — | "Baby! Tomodachi ni Narou yo" (Baby!友達になろうよ) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | No | — | |
2001
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Non-album single | EE Jump | "Hello! Atarashii Watashi" (HELLO!新しい私)[3] |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Natsu da yo!" (春だよ!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Non-album single | "Otto Totto Natsu da ze!" (おっととっと夏だぜ!)[4] |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Hey! Mr. Sunshine" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Non-album single | "Iki na Rhythm!" (イキナリズム!)[5] |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Kesshin Shita Yoru" (決心した夜) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Nakama tte Ii jan!" (仲間っていいじゃん!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Hana | EE Jump (feat. Sonim) |
"Winter (Samui Kisetsu no Monogatari)" (WINTER-寒い季節の物語-) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
2002
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Non-album single | EE Jump | "Seishun no Sunrise" (青春のSUNRISE)[6] |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Sayonara Shita Hi Kara" (さよならした日から)[7] |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Hana | Sonim | "Curry Rice no Onna" (カレーライスの女) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Ai wa Motto Sou Janakute" (愛はもっとそうじゃなくて) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Hana | "Tsugaru Kaikyō no Onna" (津軽海峡の女) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Missing You" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
2003
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Koinu Dan no Monogatari: Original Soundtrack | Morning Musume, Hello! Project Kids, Maki Goto |
"Ganbacchae!" (がんばっちゃえ!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Morning Musume | "Hey! Mirai" (HEY! 未来) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Hana | Sonim | "Tokyo Midnight Loneliness" (東京ミッドナイト ロンリネス) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Natsu ga Konai" (夏が来ない) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Hana | "Suki na Hito Dakara" (好きな人だから) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| "Kokuryō" (国領) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Funkise yo!" (奮起せよ!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "Heibonteki Joshi na Jōken" (平凡的女子な条件) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| "See You!" | Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| Non-album single | "Gōkon Ato no FamiRes Nite" (合コン後のファミレスにて) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Ada Boy & Da Girl" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Non-album single | ZYX | "Iku ZYX! Fly High" (行くZYX!FLY HIGH) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Non-album single | "Shiroi Tokyo" (白いTOKYO)[8] |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
2004
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Non-album single | Mini-Moni | "Lucky Cha Cha Cha!" (ラッキーチャチャチャ！) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Egao no Date Saigo no Date" (笑顔のデート 最後のデート) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| 2nd W | W | "Aa Ii na!" (あぁ いいな!) |
Yes | — | Yes | — |
| — | "Otome no Keitai Denwa no Himitsu" (乙女の携帯電話の秘密) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| 2nd W | "Robo Kiss" (ロボキッス) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| — | "Sexy Snow" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| All for One & One for All! | H.P. All Stars | "All for One & One for All!" | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Atsuko Inaba, Masae Ohtani, Ayumi Shibata, Aya Matsuura |
"Sankaku Kankei" (三角関係) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| Reina Tanaka, Megumi Murakami, Airi Suzuki |
"Suki ni Naccha Ikenai Hito" (好きになっちゃいけない人) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | |
Unreleased songs
edit| Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Yuki | "Shitamachi Sodachi no Boku Dakara" (下町育ちの僕だから) |
Yes | — | Yes | — | No | — |
|
Soundtracks
edit2016
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| Non-album single | Smile Kiss | "Utae! Ai no Kōyaku" (歌え!愛の公約)[9] |
Yes | — | Yes | — | No | — |
| ClassicaLoid Musik Collection Vol. 1 | Merumo Hisaoka, Kaori Horiuchi, Reiko Kubota, The Ichi-chōme Philharmonic Chorus |
"Shalala Nayandete mo Kaiketsusen" (from The Nutcracker) (SHALALA 悩んでても解決せん ～くるみ割り人形より～) |
Yes | — | No | — | Yes[a] | Kaoru Ōkubo |
2018
edit| Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | Credited | With | |||
| ClassicaLoid Musik Collection Vol. 2 | Hikaru Ōhashi U.M.E.D.Y. |
"Maryoku no Aria" (魔力のアリア) |
Yes | — | No | — | Yes[a] | Kaoru Ōkubo |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ 【オリコン】秋元康氏、作詞シングル総売上が1億枚突破「34年間の積み重ね」. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "LOVE IS ENERGY!の歌詞" [Love is Energy! lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "HELLO!新しい私の歌詞" [Hello! Atarashii Watashi lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "おっととっと夏だぜ!の歌詞" [Otto Totto Natsu da ze! lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "イキナリズム!の歌詞" [Iki na Rhythm! lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "青春のSUNRISEの歌詞" [Seishun no Sunrise lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "さよならした日からの歌詞" [Sayonara Shita Hi Kara lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "白いTOKYOの歌詞" [Shiroi Tokyo lyrics]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ Loo, Egan (2016-12-04). "Idol Incidents Anime's Promo Video Introduces Tsunku-Produced Opening Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-06-05.