Tanokin Trio (たのきんトリオ) was a Japanese group, composed of three Johnny's idols, Toshihiko Tahara (Toshi), Nomura Yoshio (Yoshi), Masahiko Kondo (Matchy).[1][2][3][4] It was active for a short period in the early 1980s (dissolved on 28 August 1983), they became icons among young people of their generation.[5][6][7] All three appeared as students in the first series of Kinpachi-sensei.[8]

Members

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Nickname Color
Toshihiko Tahara (Leader) February 28, 1961, Type B blood, Yamanashi Prefecture Toshi (トシちゃん) Red
Nomura Yoshio October 26, 1964, Type A blood, Tokyo Yoshi (ヨッちゃん) Blue
Masahiko Kondo July 19, 1964, Type O blood, Kanagawa Prefecture Matchy (マッチ) Yellow

Major casting works

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Television

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  • Kinpachi-sensei (TBS)
    • The first series (October 26, 1979 - March 28, 1980)
    • The second series, episode 13 (December 26, 1980)
    • Special 1 (October 8, 1982)
    • Special 3 (October 5, 1984)
  • Tadaima Hokago (ただいま放課後) (May 26 - September 19, 1980, Fuji TV)
  • 幕末花の美剣士たち (January 4, 1981, TV Tokyo)

Variety

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Film

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Tanokin Super Hit Series

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Stage

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  • サヨナラ日劇FESTIVAL (February 11, 1981, Japan Theater)
  • たのきんスーパースリー  桜島野外コンサート (typhoon in March 1981, canceled)
  • たのきん3球コンサート (August 1981, August 1983)

Songs

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  • 君に贈る言葉 (アフター・スクール) (B side of Toshihiko Tahara's "Sorrowful Heart")
  • ときめきはテレパシー (insert in the movie Good Luck Love)

Video

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  • たのきんHOTライブ (November 5, 1980, Pony Canyon)
  • 3球コンサート 1983・8・28 大阪スタヂアム (1983)

Cassette tape & photo collection

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  • Takenokin Live '81 (July 8, 1981, Shueisha)
    • Side A
      • 哀愁メドレー(哀愁でいと~レッツゴー・ダンシング~ファンキー・モンキー・ベイビー~ルイジアナママ~哀愁トゥ・ナイト~哀愁でいと)
      • スニーカーぶる~す
      • 月の灯り
      • ある日曜日の出来事
      • Rockn Rollメドレー(恋のゴーカート~悲しき雨音~ハッピーバースデースウィート16~ダイアナ)
    • Side B
      • コール・ミー
      • 雨が降ってきた
      • ラストダンスは私と
      • しらけちまうぜ
      • ハッとして Good!
      • ヨコハマ・チーク
      • 恋はDo!
      • 君にこのうたを

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1980 18th Golden Arrow Award Popularity Award Tanokin Trio Won [14]
1982 20th Golden Arrow Award Super Idol Award Tanokin Trio Won [14]

References

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  1. ^ Langlois, Tony (2017-07-05). Non-Western Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 9781351556156.
  2. ^ "The "Johnny's" Entertainers Omnipresent on Japanese TV: Postwar Media and the Postwar Family | Discuss Japan-Japan Foreign Policy Forum". www.japanpolicyforum.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  3. ^ "たのきんトリオ 田原俊彦/近藤真彦/野村義男". tanokin.main.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  4. ^ Moeran, Brian; Skov, Lise (2013-12-16). Women, Media and Consumption in Japan. Routledge. ISBN 9781136782800.
  5. ^ Raphael, Jackie; Lam, Celia; Weber, Millicent (2018-04-19). Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible. BRILL. ISBN 9789004365322.
  6. ^ Ewbank, Alison J.; Papageorgiou, Fouli T. (1997). Whose Master's Voice?: The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313277726.
  7. ^ West, Mark D. (2008-09-15). Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226894119.
  8. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Tamamuro, Motoko (2003-11-01). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611725216.
  9. ^ KHAI-TV Japanese programming lineup, Honolulu Advertiser, March 18, 1984, TV Week section, page 9.
  10. ^ "青春グラフィティ スニーカーぶる~す".
  11. ^ Zahlten, Alexander (2017-09-15). The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822372462.
  12. ^ "[映画]ハイティーン・ブギ".
  13. ^ http://www.ihkmusic.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=VE11901&txtParam=0&txtCat=%BC@%B1%A1%A4%F9[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ a b "Golden Arrow Award winners" (PDF). Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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