Meet Japanese pop singer Tomoko Kawase, more commonly known as Tommy February6 or Tommy Heavenly6.
I learnt about Tomoko when she was singing for pop band The Brilliant Green, where they sang the opening song for Jdorama “Over Time” that starred Takeshi Sorimachi and Esumi Makiko..
Not really a huge fan of The Brilliant Green though, their songs were nice but lacked a bit of uniqueness. I favored Do As Infinity, Kiroro and some other solo J-pop artist back then.
The Brilliant Green became hiatus since 2002, but before that Tomoko was already releasing her solo singles and album by using the pseudonym, Tommy February6. Tommy is Tomoko’s nickname and February 6 her birthday.
I am not sure how to define the music genre of Tommy February6, it’s anime like kinda pop music.. and indeed her songs are used in a few popular Japanese anime, including “Lonely in Gorgeous” for anime series “Paradise Kiss..”
Tomoko later also released her music using another pseudonym, Tommy Heavenly6. Heavenly6 is a bit more rocker type compared to February6, but the music style is still pretty similar in between.
In fact it’s not easy to identify which song belongs to February6 and which belongs to Heavenly6 by listening.. the different are more noticable from her music videos though, February6 wear spectacles whereas Heavenly6 don’t.
Ok this is another favorite from Tomoko, “Hey My Friend” from Tommy Heavenly6 in 2004..
Actually it’s because of Hey My Friend that I started tracking back to some of Tomoko’s earlier tracks. Somehow I just like the song even though I can’t understand what’s she singing other than the 3 English words.
You can see some of her other MVs on YouTube.. “Love is Forever,” “Je t’aime, Je t’aime,” “Bloomin” and “I’m Gonna Scream.”
September 26th, 2006 at 11:21 am
kawaii, song i like, paradise kiss is airing in astro 75, like it.
September 26th, 2006 at 11:51 am
kawaii? Maybe.. she’s already 31 btw.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
hehe in a twinkling of an eye all grow so fast…look at Puffy..haha when i first saw them, they were kawaii young girls….now one of them is a mama already….time sure flies eh??
September 27th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Puffy were earlier than The Brilliant Green ain’t so? I think I heard of them even when I was in high school.. oh ya time flies.
October 22nd, 2006 at 5:04 am
i’m sorry but i don’t understand what it was said above. i’m french and i just know tommy february6. I really love it. can you put some more informations please? thank you very much.
October 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 am
sakura.. what information you need, what I wrote about pretty much sums up her career.. ok I’ll make it into easier words..
Tomoko Kawase started professional singing in band, “Brilliant Green” in 1995, but the band last album was in 2002.
Tomoko started her own solo career in 2001, named herself Tommy February6. She got the name because her nickname is Tommy, and she was borned on February 6, 1975.
She later release albums using the name Tommy Heavenly6 for different music genre.
October 23rd, 2006 at 3:10 am
thank you for these informations. afflicted but I do not have that a school English level so I have difficulties to understand as soon as it is a little bit complicated. I will want just to check something: was she really born in 1975. that appears to me because she appears to be younger than to have about thirty years.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:50 am
sakura.. she born in 1975. I know she look younger, but definitely 31-year-old.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:53 am
ok thank you very much