Keizo Nakanishi
{{short description|Japanese singer-songwriter and composer (born 1964)}}
{{BLP one source|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Keizo Nakanishi
| native_name = 中西 圭三
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Minami-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|soft rock|album-oriented rock|rhythm and blues|soul|jazz fusion}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|composer}}
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 1991–present
| label = {{hlist|Pioneer LDC (1991–2001)|Universal J (2002–03)|NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (2004–06)|VAP (2008)|Tower Records (2011)|AtoNO Records/Music United (2014)|Warner Music Japan (2016–)}}
}}
{{nihongo|Keizo Nakanishi|中西 圭三|Nakanishi Keizō|born 11 November 1964, in Nadasaki, Kojima District (now Minami-ku, Okayama), Okayama Prefecture}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M04-0032|title=中西 圭三|work=Nihon Tarento Meikan|language=ja|publisher=VIP Times|accessdate=19 Feb 2017}} is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School and Nihon University College of Economics.{{efn|Besides Nakanishi and his senior Satoshi Ikeda joining the same university, other similar musicians went there such as Toshiki Kadomatsu.}}
In 2017, Nakanishi participated as a guest artist at the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice in Makuhari. He performed in the show opening to the song "{{ill|Choo Choo Train (Zoo song)|lt=Choo Choo Train|ja|Choo choo train}}" amongst others.{{Cite news |url=https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/clm/othersports/figure/2017/06/02/post_16/index.php |script-title=ja:羽生結弦が五輪用に選んだショパン。世界最高得点の時との違いを分析 |trans-title=Chopin chosen by Yuzuru Hanyu for the Olympics: Analysis of the difference to performance of the world's highest score |publisher=Shueisha |first=Toshimi |last=Oriyama |location=Chiyoda, Tokyo |language=ja |date=June 2, 2017 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829051041/https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/clm/othersports/figure/2017/06/02/post_16/index.php |url-status=live }}
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| ! Year
! Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st | rowspan="2"| 1991 | "Tangerine Eyes" |
| 2nd | "Kataomoi no Birthday" | |
| 3rd | rowspan="5"| 1992 | "Woman" |
| 4th | "Kimi wa Kimi no Hokori" | |
| 5th | "Ticket To Paradise" | |
| 6th | "Ano Sora o Wasurenai" | |
| 7th | "Kimi no iru Hoshi" | |
| 8th | rowspan="3"| 1993 | "You And I" |
| 9th | "Nemurenu Omoi" | |
| 10th | "Tatta hitotsu no Ai o" | |
| 11th | rowspan="4"| 1994 | "A.C.E." |
| 12th | "Hijō Kaidan (Radio Mix)" | |
| 13th | "Hijō Kaidan (Hyper-Radio Mix)" | |
| 14th | "Kiss, Merry X'mas" | |
| 15th | rowspan="3"| 1995 | "Atarashī Boku ni narou" |
| 16th | "So Bad" | |
| 17th | "Why Goodbye (Single Mix)" | |
| 18th | rowspan="3"| 1996 | "Must Be Heaven" |
| 19th | "Happy Ever After" | |
| 20th | "Tsugi no Yume" | |
| 21st | rowspan="3"| 1997 | "Sorezore no Chiheisen" |
| 22nd | "What I Do For Love" | |
| 23rd | "Ai wa ima" | |
| 24th | rowspan="3"| 1998 | "Negai" |
| 25th | "Meikyū no Rakuen (Break Out Mix)" | |
| 26th | "Jack-In-The-Box '98" | |
| 27th | rowspan="3"| 1999 | "Kaze no Tobira" |
| 28th | "Higher Self" | |
| 29th | "Touch of your lips" | |
| 30th | 2000 | "bug" |
| 31st | 2006 | "Lighthouse Of Love –Keizo Nakanishi-Yae-Shinji Harada" |
=Original albums=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| ! Year
! Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1991 | Keizo –Kanawanai Yume mo atta |
| 2nd | 1992 | Yell |
| 3rd | 1993 | Steps |
| 4th | 1994 | Starting Over |
| 5th | 1995 | graffiti |
| 6th | 1997 | Spinning |
| 7th | rowspan="2"| 1998 | Stay Gold |
| 8th | Songs | |
| 9th | rowspan="2"| 1999 | Moonlight Groove |
| 10th | Sunshine Groove | |
| 11th | 2002 | Kesshō |
| 12th | 2003 | Idenshi |
| 13th | 2006 | Folklore / L.O.T.U.S. –Satoshi Ikeda, Keizo Nakanishi, Ikuyo Akasaki, New Folklore Group– |
| 14th | 2008 | I'm home' |
=Best Albums/Compilations=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| ! Year
! Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1994 | Single |
| 2nd | 1999 | Selection Blood Type [AB] |
| 3rd | 2000 | Singles II |
| 4th | 2001 | Best Selection |
| 5th | 2004 | Keizo Nakanishi complete Best Selection –Choo Choo Train– |
| 6th | 2016 | All Time Best –Keizo's 25th Anniversary– |
=Other participation works=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year
! Artist ! Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | the Taps | Ashita gārusa |
| 1997 | rowspan="2"| Various artists | Kyu Sakamoto Tribute Album |
| 2000 | Hibari Misora Tribute | |
| 2004 | Junko Ohashi | trinta |
| 2005 | Various artists | a day / Green hearten |
| 2006 | rowspan="2"| | Angel Heart Vocal Collection Vol. 2 |
| 2008 | Masashi Sada Tribute: Masashi no uta | |
| rowspan="8"| | Aichi-ken Aisai-shi Ichi no Uta | Itsu no Hi mo |
| Aichi-ken Aisai-shi Ichi no Ondo | Aisei Ondo | |
| Kanagawa-ken Mitoyo-shi Ichi no Uta | Shippō no kaze | |
| rowspan="2"|Okayama-ken Okayama-shi | Okayama Shimin no Hi | |
| Okayama! Shimin Taisō | ||
| Meibutsu kamado | Kama dono uta | |
| rowspan="2"| Mukaiya Club | 21st Love Express | |
| Twilight Stream |
=Videos & laser discs=
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Title | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | One From The Heart |
=VSD (video single discs)=
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Title | |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Tangerine Eyes |
Music provisions
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- 20th Century
- Ayano Ahane
- Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's
- Black Biscuits
- D-51
- Dream5
- Exile
- Hiromi Go
- Gospellers
- Shoko Haida
- Mayuki Hiramatsu
- The Idolmaster (Hibiki Ganaha)
- Satoshi Ikeda
- Ai Kago
- Reiko Kato
- Daisuke Kawakami
- Ruriko Kubo
- Ken Matsudaira
- Alisa Mizuki
- Hiroko Mori
- Mayo Nagata
- Miho Nakayama
- Manami Numakura
- Junko Ohashi
- Okaasan to Issho (Yuzo Imai, Shoko Haida, Daisuke Yokoyama, Takumi Mitani)
- Ryu Si-won
- Sachiko Sakurai
- Kaho Shimada
- Shonentai
- Akihiro Sugita
- Masayuki Suzuki
- Yasuhiro Suzuki
- Toku
- Harumi Tsuyuzaki
- V6
- Misato Watanabe
- Wink
- Toshinori Yonekura
- Takuro Yoshida "Banyan Beach Bar" (included in the album Hawaiian Rhapsody)
- Shinobu Yoshioka
- y'z factory
- Zoo
}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" | |
| Title
! Network | |
|---|---|
| Uptown Square | Nack5 |
| Keizo Nakanishi: Starting Over | JFN |
=''NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' appearances=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Year/{{abbr|No.|Number}}
! {{abbr|No.|Number}} of times ! Song ! Order ! Opponent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992/43rd | 1st | "Kimi no iru Hoshi" | 15/28 | Gao |
Music videos
| class="wikitable" | |
| Director
! Song | |
|---|---|
| Kentaro Watanabe | "Izayoi no Tsuki" |
| Unknown | "A.C.E.", "Happy Ever After", "So Bad", "Ticket To Paradise", "Why Goodbye", "Woman", "You And I", "Ano Sora o Wasurenai", "Sorezore no Chiheisen", "Tangerine Eyes", "Ai wa ima", "Negai", "Tsugi no Yume", "What I Do For Love", "Hijō Kaidan" |
Main live performances
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Title | |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Live R35 –Mōichido, Tsuma to Utaou.– |
| 2011 | Age Free Music |
| rowspan="3"| 2012 | Live! Do You Kyoto? |
| Zoo Funk TV | |
| Kyo Pop | |
| rowspan="6"| 2013 | Keizo Nakanishi×Tsutomu Egashira "Shiwaseno Cilci 2013" |
| Sweet Heart Yokohama 2013 | |
| Shoko Inoue Concert –25-Nen-me no kiseki– | |
| Shoko Haida Family Concert 2013 | |
| Live! Do You Kyoto? 2013 | |
| Golden Ring: Charity Concert: Egakou! Suriranka no Ashita o! | |
| rowspan="2"| 2014 | Live! Do You Kyoto? 2014 |
| Sapporo Music Naked presents Real Music Village 2014 | |
| rowspan="5"| 2015 | 21st Anniversary - 2015 m.c.A.T Matsuri - "Ore Fes" |
| Shiwaseno Cilci 2015 | |
| Live! Do You Kyoto? Vol. 8 | |
| Machiko Watanabe Nanajūnana Starlight Symphony Charity Concert | |
| Dai Sakakibara: Seiya no Concert special | |
| rowspan="8"| 2016 | Singers 3 Valentine Concert |
| Shiwaseno Cilci 2016 | |
| Around 40 memory concert | |
| Keizo Nakanishi 25th Anniversary's Special Stage | |
| Seaside Summer Fes Umibe no Carnival 2016 | |
| Back To The Good Days | |
| Kawasaki Jazz 2016 | |
| Masao Urino: Sakushi Katsudō 35 Shūnenkinen Concert | |
| 2017 | 2017 m.c.A.T Matsuri - "Ore Fes" |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.keizo.jp/|Keizo's Cafe}} {{in lang|ja}}
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