Meimi Tamura
{{short description|Japanese actress and singer (born 1998)}}
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| birth_place = Isesaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Actress
- singer}}
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{{nihongo|Meimi Tamura|田村芽実|Tamura Meimi|born October 30, 1998}} is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the Hello! Project group Angerme.
Early life and background
Meimi Tamura's mother was a troupe organizer and actor in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.[http://www.go-isesaki.com/isesaki_np/people_100312.html Interview with Ayako Tamura The Organizer of the citizen musical troupe "Hermony"](Isesaki Shinbun 2010-3-12)(Japanese Languege) Her elder sister, Karen Tamura, is also an actress. Influence from her mother and sister inspired Meimi in working to become an actress.[http://musicalvillage.net/entrance/090711/meimitamuratop.htm Interview with Meimi Tamura 「MUSICAL VILLAGE）」）] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212224852/http://musicalvillage.net/entrance/090711/meimitamuratop.htm |date=2013-12-12 }}(Japanese Languege).2012-6-12
Career
=2004–2010: Early acting career=
Tamura's first public performance took place in the Concert Tour of Japanese Enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa, on the stage in Okinawa Convention Center March 27, 2004, as a member of the Dodonpa Kids when she was five years old.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040408061108/http://columbia.jp/~hikawa/dodonpa02.html 氷川きよし「きよしのドドンパ」リリース記念 ドドンパキッズ大発表!!(Japanese Language)] INTERNET ARCHIVE 2004 April 8
At age of 10 she was cast in the 2009 musical Shugo Chara as Yaya Yuiki.{{Cite web | date=2009-08-12 | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/deview/68379/ | title= Musical "Shugo Chara" New Casting (Japanese Language) | publisher=Oricon Entertainment | accessdate=2012-06-12}}
After co-starring with then S/mileage members, Yuuka Maeda (who played Amu), Kanon Fukuda (who played Nadeshiko) and Ayaka Wada (who played a student and X-Egg) in this musical, she became a S/mileage fan herself, and she went to several S/mileage concerts.tv show Hello Pro! Time #26 (2011-10-20 On-Air)
=2011–2016: Smileage and Angerme=
On May 29, 2011, at S/mileage's major debut first anniversary event, producer Tsunku announced that new members will be added to the group and an audition was subsequently held by Up-Front Agency. Tamura, along with approximately 2,000 other contestants attended the first round of the audition held in Shibuya, Tokyo, in June 2011.{{cite episode
| title = Hello Pro! TIME
| station =TV Tokyo
| airdate = August 4, 2011
| number =15
| minutes = 25 mins
}} Tamura was chosen to proceed to the second round with 49 other contestants on July 9, 2011. Only 12 contestants, including Tamura, made it to the third round. The third round last for two days in the form of a training camp, which took place in a remote location two hours away from Tokyo. Contestants had their dancing and vocal abilities assessed by choreographer Yoshiko, vocal coach Mariko Ueno and producer Tsunku. At the end of the third round, Tamura passed the audition with four other contestants (Akari Takeuchi, Rina Katsuta, Fuyuka Kosuga, and Kana Nakanishi). These five girls became S/mileage's sub-members{{Cite web | date=2011-08-14 | url=http://news24.jp/entertainment/news/1618702.html | title=スマイレージに新メンバー。顔の見せ方重視(日テレNEWS24) | accessdate=2011-08-14}}{{Cite web | date=2011-08-14 | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/54826 | title=スマイレージ新"サブ"メンバー5名、恒例夏ハロコンで発表（ナタリー (ニュースサイト)|ナタリー） | publisher=株式会社ナターシャ | accessdate=2011-08-14}} On October 16, Tamura was promoted to official members of the group. With the name changed to ANGERME in 2014, Tamura continued as a main vocalist in the group until she graduated on May 30, 2016.
=2016–present: Post-Angerme =
On December 13, Tamura auditioned for the role of Annie in Annie the Musical, but was unsuccessful in obtaining the part.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Tamura_Meimi/status/808503424404766720|title=Tweet From Tamura Meimi}} On January 22, 2017, Tamura had been cast as Minako Honda on stage play Minako-taiyo ni Natta Utahime, which would run through May 17–21.{{Cite web|url=http://stage-minako.com/news.html|title=starring · Minako Honda. Decided on "Tamura Meimi" role!}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20170123/geo17012305010011-n1.html|title=田村芽実、「ｍｉｎａｋｏ－」で本田美奈子．さん役に！抜群の歌唱力と表現力で大役つかむ|date=23 January 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/01/23/kiji/20170122s00041000323000c.html|title=元アンジュルム田村芽実が主演 本田美奈子．さんの軌跡を舞台化}} On February 16, 2017, a media report confirmed that Tamura had left UP-FRONT GROUP and she was currently working as a freelance without a manager.
On April 1, Tamura announced she was cast in the Peacepit stage play Grand Guignol, the latest installment in playwright Suemitsu Kenichi's TRUMP series that also includes LILIUM -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki-. It would run from July 29 to August 20.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Tamura_Meimi/status/848026059161206784|title=Tamura Meimi Twitter}}{{Cite web|url=http://grandguignol.westage.jp/|title=Grandguignol Website}}
On May 1, Tamura joined the agency BMI.{{Cite news|url=http://mantan-web.jp/article/20170430dog00m200031000c.html|title=MANTAN-WEB.JP}} On September 29, Tamura appeared on TV Asahi's "Kanjani ∞ The Mozart Music King No.1 Decision Fight".{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/the-mozart/|title=TV ASAHI - THE MOZART}}
On October 15, she performed in the music theater show Funfair.{{Cite web|url=https://lineblog.me/tamurameimi/archives/426665.html|title=LINE BLOG TAMURA|date=4 July 2017 }} It was revealed on Tamura's official website that she would be holding a limited birthday event on October 29 with two shows, to celebrate her 19th birthday. It was also announced that Tamura will be participating in the stage play Kyo no Hotarubi from November 3 to 26 at the Meijiza, one of the oldest theaters in Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://lineblog.me/tamurameimi/archives/475604.html|title=LINE BLOG TAMURA|date=13 June 2017 }}
On August 21, 2018, a teaser trailer or short version video clip for her first solo release music video was posted on YouTube by Victor Entertainment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4tHKX1uWM|title=田村芽実／輝いて ～My dream goes on～ MV [Verse 1]|website=YouTube |date=August 21, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2018}}
From October 10 to October 25, Tamura performed as Jaquenetta in the Toho's production of Love's Labour's Lost -Koi no Honeorizon-, which is a Japanese version of The Public Theater's 2013 musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.
In 2020-26, Tamura played roles in several musical stage productions in Japan:
- February 2020 - Maria in West Side Story.
- June 2020-October 2022 - Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray, a role which she played again from August till October 2022.
- March-April 2021 - Nina Rosario in In the Heights.
- August 2021 - Pritti Pasha in Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
- November 2021 - Betty Rizzo in Grease.
- July 2022 - Claudia in Claudia, which was Minako Honda's final theatre role before she died.
- January-February 2023 - Janis Sarkisian in Mean Girls.
- 8 December 2023-9 January 2024 - Mathilde De La Mole in Le Rouge et le Noir.
- 31 January-16 March 2025 - Anne Boleyn in Six
- 27 April-8 June 2025 - Lauren in Kinky Boots.
- January-March 2026 - Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman.
From January 19 through January 23 2022, Tamura Meimi played a leading role in "Equal," a two-man play about childhood friends attempting to use alchemy to achieve immortality. "Equal" is traditionally performed with two men, and this marks the first time a production has been staged with two female leads.
On September 17, it was announced that Tamura was cast in the roles of Nancy Grahl and Orsola in the Toho production "Da Ponte ~Mozart no Kage ni Kakureta Mou Hitori no Tensai~". The production will run preview performances From June 21 through June 25, 2023 and will run at the Tatemono Brillia Hall in Tokyo from July 9 through July 16, 2023.
On January 27, it was announced Tamura would be voicing Nessarose in the Japanese dubbing of the film Wicked.{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/stage/news/609113|title= 映画「ウィキッド」フィエロ役に海宝直人、ネッサローズ役に田村芽実 日本語吹替キャスト第2弾発表|access-date= January 27, 2025|work= Natalie}}
Discography
{{See also|Angerme#Discography}}
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak |
| scope="col" |Oricon{{cite web|title=Tamura Meimi {{pipe}} Oricon Style|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/562773/products/|work=Oricon |accessdate=April 15, 2020|language=ja}}
! scope="col" |Hot Albums{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums|work=Billboard Japan|accessdate=April 15, 2020|language=ja}}
|
|---|
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|Fig |無花果|Ichijiku}} |
| 47 || 68 |
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak |
| scope="col" |Oricon
! scope="col" |Hot Albums |
|---|
| scope="row" | Sprout
|
| 49 || 80 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" colspan="1" |Oricon |
|---|
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Sparkling ~My dream goes on~" |輝いて ～My dream goes on～|Kagayaite ～My dream goes on～}} |rowspan="2"|2018 |45 |rowspan="3"|Fig |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"I'll Give You Magic ~Magic In The Air~" |魔法をあげるよ ～Magic In The Air～|Mahō o ageru yo ～Magic In The Air～}} |38 |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Stage"|舞台|Butai}}
|2019 |62 |
Filmography
=DVD and Bu-ray=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="3"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="3"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak |
| scope="col" colspan="2" |JPN |
|---|
| style="width:2.5em;"|DVD
! style="width:2.5em;"|Bu-ray |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|Angerme Meimi Tamura Solo Special Live |アンジュルム 田村芽実ソロスペシャルライブ}} |
| 27 || — |
= Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Network ! Notes ! Ref. | |||||
| 2023 | Ranman | Kayo Ōhata | NHK | Asadora | {{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230426dog00m200010000c.html|title= らんまん:新キャスト9人発表 元「アンジュルム」田村芽実、小野大輔、伊礼彼方ら朝ドラ初出演|access-date= April 26, 2023|work= Mantan-web|date= 26 April 2023}} |
| 2024 | Omusubi | Risa "Risapon" Yuzuki | NHK | Asadora | {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2317000/full/|title= 田村芽実、今秋朝ドラ『おむすび』に出演 オーディションで大役掴む|access-date= March 5, 2024|work= Oricon|date= 5 March 2024}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.tamurameimi.com}}
{{S/mileage}}
{{Hello! Project}}
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Category:Japanese female idols
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