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Tatsuo Kamon

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tatsuo Kamon
嘉門 達夫

| image = Tatsuo Kamon 20191212006h.jpg

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Tatsuo Torikai
鳥飼 達夫

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|03|25|df=y}}

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| origin = Japan

| instrument = Vocal, guitar

| genre = Kayōkyoku, novelty song

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1975–1980 (rakugoka)
1983–present

| label = Nippon Columbia
Victor Music
Daipro-X

| associated_acts =

| website ={{url|daipro-x.co.jp/kamon/}}

}}

{{nihongo|Tatsuo Kamon|嘉門 達夫|Kamon Tatsuo}}, real name {{nihongo|Tatsuo Torikai|鳥飼 達夫|Torikai Tatsuo}},{{cite web|url=http://www.daipro-x.co.jp/kamon/profile.htm|script-title=ja:嘉門達夫のプロフィール|publisher=Daipro-X|accessdate=7 July 2009|language=Japanese}} is a Japanese singer-songwriter born 25 March 1959 in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/196942/full/|title=嘉門達夫 PROFILE|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=7 July 2009|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.odekake.us/index/brilliant_people19.htm|title=アメリカで輝いている人 Vol.19: 嘉門達夫 Tatsuo Kamon|publisher=Odekake.US.|accessdate=8 July 2009|language=Japanese}} He is represented by the talent management firm Daikan'yama Production, and releases works through Daipro-X, a record company which is a subsidiary of Daikan'yama.

He made his professional singer-songwriter debut in 1983 by winning two major awards and being named the "Rookie of the Year" for his single {{nihongo|Yankee no Niichan no Uta|ヤンキーの兄ちゃんのうた|Yankī no Niichan no Uta}}.

Biography

Kamon was born as Tatsuo Torikai on 25 March 1959 in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Chūjō Elementary School and Yōsei Junior High, both part of the Ibaraki municipal school system. While attending Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka High School, he began studying as an apprentice to rakugo master Tsuruko Shōfukutei beginning in 1975. After graduating, he became a regular guest on the MBS Young Town radio program from April 1978 until September 1980. He also co-hosted the show with Naoko Kawai from July 1984 to September 1992.

In 1981, after meeting Keisuke Kuwata of the Southern All Stars, he changed his name to "Kamon" from "Torikai" in honor of Kuwata's pseudonym of Yūzō Kamon. Kamon made his professional debut as a recording artist on 21 July 1983 with the release of his single Yankee no Niichan no Uta. He won both the Yomiuri TV Cable Broadcast First Prize and the TBS Cable Broadcast First Prize and was named Rookie of the Year for this release.

Kaeuta Medley, a single released in 1991, sold over 820,000 copies and was Kamon's first big hit.{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/entertainment/20070925-479958/news/20080610-OHT1T00158.htm|script-title=ja:［長寿のヒミツ］音楽と笑い融合嘉門達夫バカソング一筋25年|publisher=Hochi Shimbun|date=2 September 2007|accessdate=9 July 2009|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904193554/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/entertainment/20070925-479958/news/20080610-OHT1T00158.htm|archivedate=4 September 2009}} In 2000, Kamon changed to his current "trademark" look by bleaching his hair.{{fact|date=September 2021}}

Kamon married for the first time on 15 January 2009.{{cite web|url=http://beauty-cdn.oricon.co.jp/news/63120/full/|script-title=ja:嘉門達夫夫妻が2ショットで結婚報告会見|publisher=Eltha: Oricon Beauty & Healthy|date=1 January 2009|accessdate=9 July 2009|language=Japanese}}

Discography

=Singles=

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Single titleJapaneseRelease dateLyricsCompositionArrangementNotes
1

| "Kekkon Shiyō yo" || 結婚しようよ || {{dts|format=dmy|1989|09|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon
Takuro Yoshida || Takuro Yoshida
Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō || VDRS-10004 (CD), VST-10559 (cassette)

2

| "Tarirarirān Rock 'n' Roll" || タリラリラーンロックンロール || {{dts|format=dmy|1990|02|01}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10001 (CD), VISL-2 (cassette)

3

| "Futamata" || || {{dts|format=dmy|1990|03|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon
Zenjirō || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10018 (CD), VISL-20 (cassette)

4

| "Katte ni Sinbad" || 勝手にシンドバッド || {{dts|format=dmy|1990|07|04}} || Keisuke Kuwata
Tatsuo Kamon || Keisuke Kuwata
Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10041 (CD), VISL-46 (cassette)
Reached No. 89 on Oricon chart, on the chart for one week{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292281/1/|script-title=ja:勝手にシンドバッド/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

5

| "Yatte Miso!" || やってミソ！ || {{dts|format=dmy|1990|10|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Ryō Yonemitsu
Mother Goose || VIDL-36 (CD), VISL-74 (cassette)
used in a commercial for Calbee Spicy Miso Sauce flavored Potato Chips
used in a commercial for JFE Shoji Trade Corporation

6

| "Karaoke No. 1" || カラオケNo. 1 || {{dts|format=dmy|1991|02|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10098 (CD), VISL-104 (cassette)
with Satomi Harada

7

| "Kaeuta Medley" || 替え唄メドレー || {{dts|format=dmy|1991|05|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Ichirō Nitta
Yukihiro Matsubara || VIDL-10130 (CD), VISL-137 (cassette)
Reached No. 9 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 32 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292367/1/|script-title=ja:替え唄メドレー/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

8

| "Kaeuta Medley 2" || 替え唄メドレー2 || {{dts|format=dmy|1991|09|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon
Yukihiro Masuno || Tatsuo Kamon || Ichirō Nitta
Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10158 (CD), VISL-165 (cassette)
Reached No. 4 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 22 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292395/1/|script-title=ja:替え唄メドレー2/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

9

| "Kaeuta Medley 3" || 替え唄メドレー3 || {{dts|format=dmy|1991|09|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon
Radio Comedy Allstars || Tatsuo Kamon
Takashi Kudō || Ichirō Nitta
Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10197 (CD), VISL-189 (cassette)
Reached No. 3 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 13 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292429/1/|script-title=ja:替え唄メドレー3/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

10

| "Hana kara Gyūnyū" || 鼻から牛乳 || {{dts|format=dmy|1992|04|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō
Ichirō Nitta || VIDL-10228 (CD), VISL-215 (cassette)
Reached No. 8 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 10 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292460/1/|script-title=ja:鼻から牛乳/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

11

| "Hana kara Gyūnyū Dai-2-shō" || 鼻から牛乳－第2章－ || {{dts|format=dmy|1992|07|22}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō
Ichirō Nitta || VIDL-10264 (CD), VISL-243 (cassette)
Reached No. 12 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 9 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292495/1/|script-title=ja:鼻から牛乳－第2章－/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

12

| "Duet Kaeuta Medley" || デュエット替え唄メドレー || {{dts|format=dmy|1992|12|05}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Takashi Kudō
Hiroshi Takada || VIDL-10295 (CD), VISL-260 (cassette), with Miyoko Asada
Reached No. 28 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 8 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292524/1/|script-title=ja:デュエット替え唄メドレー/嘉門達夫，浅田美代子|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

13

| "Go! Go! Schoolmates" || Go! Go! スクールメイツ || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|03|24}} || Yoshii
Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon
Ichirō Nitta || Ichirō Nitta
Jun'ichi Kanazaki || VIDL-10318 (CD), VISL-264 (cassette)
used in commercial for "Shinken Seminar Junior High Course"
Reached No. 24 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 4 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292547/1/|title=Go! Go! スクールメイツ/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

14

| "Nippon no Sazae-san" || NIPPONのサザエさん || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|07|21}} || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon
Daimyō Gyōretsu || VIDL-10368 (CD), VISL-10089 (cassette)
used in commercial for UHA Mikakutō "Nagai Kajitsu"
Reached No. 48 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 5 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292596/2/|title=NIPPONのサザエさん/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

15

| "Smokin' Boogie Ladies" || スモーキン・ブギ レディース || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|01|01}} || Takeshi Arai
Tatsuo Kamon || Ryudo Uzaki || Takashi Kudō || VIDL-10458 (CD)
Reached No. 86 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 3 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292684/1/|script-title=ja:スモーキン・ブギ レディース/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

16

| "Murphy's Law" || マーフィーの法則 || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|02|02}} || Price Sterm Sloan, In
Tatsuo Kamon || Tatsuo Kamon || Hayato Kanbayashi || VIDL-10487 (CD)
Reached No. 69 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 3 weeks{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/292712/1/|script-title=ja:マーフィーの法則/嘉門達夫|publisher=Oricon Style|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 July 2009}}

17

| "Kimi ga Ita Kisetsu" || 君がいた季節 || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|03|02}} || Tomoyuki Michiyama || Kazuo Zaitsu || Mitsuo Hagita || VIDL-10489 (CD)
Reached No. 64 on Oricon chart, on the chart for 2 weeks

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Category:1959 births

Category:Japanese male singer-songwriters

Category:Living people

Category:People from Ibaraki, Osaka

Category:Singers from Osaka Prefecture