Tsunku

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Tsunku

Tsunku (つんく♂), real name Terada Mitsuo, is a record producer, songwriter and composer, and singer.

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Tsunku is the producer of and mastermind behind Hello! Project, TNX, and NICE GIRL Project, as well as producer of some non-Hello! Project acts such as Deka Moni and EE JUMP. He writes nearly all of the songs for his artists.

He begin his music career when he formed Sharam Q in 1988 as the main vocals. He first produced song was in 1994 that was Ashita ga Kuru Mae ni by Youngtown's FUJIWARA. Then in 1997, after taking the five "losers" from the Sharam Q's Female Vocal Audition, he created the girl-group Morning Musume in 1997. After their success, he went on to produced the flagship group Hello! Project as well his own label and Nice Girl Project. He also releases his own records occasionally since 1999, his most recent being "V3~Seishun Cover~". But, his most famous point of his solo single when he released a single with Hamasaki Ayumi entitled LOVE ~Takiatte~.

He has released two solo photobooks, Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~COOL~ and Tsunku Photo gift in Las Vegas and Hawaii~Natural~, on September 6, 2005. He has co-hosted the TV show Pop Jam and he has his own Web-TV show called Tsunku tv!!! (つんく♂tv!!!).

In June 2006 Tsunku married Idemitsu Kanako (出光加奈子), a 25-year old former model from Fukuoka. In early 2009, Kanako gave birth to twins.

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