Biography
Tomiko Van (伴都美子) (born January 9, 1979), is a Japanese pop singer. Formerly from the band Do As Infinity, she is now persuing a solo career following the amicable split of the band in 2005. She is on the Avex Trax label.
n 2006 Tomiko made her debut as a solo artist with her album "FAREWELL", with an all new music style, with mainly soft ballads, and even getting into jazz tunes, a style really different from old her works with band Do As Infinity. Surprisingly for a Japanese artist, no singles were released prior to her album for promoting it and helping sales, and the album was finally released in March 2006.
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On October 3, 2006, Tomiko announced that she shall make her debut role in the Japanese movie, Heat ISLAND, as a café bar manager. Apparently, it has already begun its production process. Tomiko also announced her second stage-play role in a Japanese version of a recent play in America, Brooklyn, which shall involve her singing talent as well as acting. However, she has stated that this will not put a halt on her career as a singer, her second album is already in the production and was released in March 2007. It is a cover album entitled voice ~cover you with love~
She will be releasing a 2nd cover album title VOICE 2 ~lovers rock~ on March 8th, 2008
In September 2008, Do As Infinity was reformed with Tomiko Van taking her spot as lead singer again.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.