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The second Legato Project that famous J-pop singers sing "Now"! Keizo Nakanishi sings about the night city of a different world wandering for something beyond one's grasp. He has hit songs such as 'Woman', and also he provided songs as 'Choo Choo Train', 'Timing', 'A Cold Kiss'. He sings a song that he's been wanting to sing all along, on the sound of Synth wave and Waver Wave which has been drawing attention recently. Is that the past that once existed, or the future once imagined? Keizo Nakanishi, debuted in '91. 'Choo Choo Train' that he provided to a dance unit "ZOO" at that time recorded a million hits.(Also this song hit again by EXILE, 2003) This song became a representative song that attracted pop dance in the 1990s and won the 13th Great Advertising Music Competiton Composition Award. The next year, '92, his own song "Woman" was also a hit. He won the Japan Record Composition Award for this song and competed in the 31st Red and White Singing Festival. The next album "STEPS" and "STARTING OVER" shone at number one on the Oricon chart. In 1994, he participated in the planning unit "Ice Box". The single "A Cold Kiss" was a hit. After 1995, he also released collaboration songs with foreign artists such as Wendy Morton, Peabo Bryson and Christina Aguilera. In 1998, the song "Timing" which was provided to Black Biscuit, the team Vivian Hsu was in, was a million hit. He provided a number of other songs. He sang "Power Warp Gymnastics" in the program of NHK "With Mom". He is expanding his activities more, including the production of the 'song of the month' such as "Boyoyon March", "Manmaru Smile", and "ASAPERA!" which received favorable reviews. In the fall of 2020, he founded his label "TAO LIFE RECORDS" and released his first single, "Shooting Star / Believing in Love, ~Amazing Grace For You~."

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  • Keizo Nakanishi

    1991 年デビュー。この年ダンスユニット ZOO に提供した シングル「Choo Choo Train」( 03年には EXILEにより再びヒット) がミリオンヒット。90 年代のポップダンスシーンを牽引する代表曲となり、第13 回JAM 広告音楽大競技会作曲賞を受賞。 翌92 年自らの楽曲「Woman」もヒット。この年同曲で日本レコード大賞作曲賞を受賞、並びに第31 回紅白歌合戦へ出場。 続くアルバム「STEPS」「 STARTING OVER」はオリコンチャートNO1に輝く。94年には企画ユニット ICEBOX に参加。 シングル「冷たいキス」がヒット。 95 年以降はWendy Moton 、Peabo Bryson 、Christina Aguilera など海外の アーティストとも 楽曲をリリース。98 年にはビビアンスーが在籍したブラックビスケッツ に提供した「タイミング」がミリオンヒット。 その他提供楽曲多数。NHK 「おかあさんといっしょ」には、体操曲「ぱわわぷ体操」の歌唱や、月の歌として好評を博した 「ぼよよん行進曲」や「まんまるスマイル」「あさペラ!」の制作など活動の幅を広げている。 2020 年秋、自主レーベル『TAO LIFE RECORDS』を設立、その第一弾シングルとして 『流れ星/ 愛することを信じて~ Amazing Grace For You ~』がリリースされた。

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