The Official Van Tomiko Thread
 

I thought this would be extremely appropriate for Van Tomiko to have her own thread considering the fact that she's going solo and DAI is splitting up, but hopefully they'll have some kind of reunion of some sort for the fans. Van Tomiko is a beautiful Japanese artist who doesn't get the attention she deserves so I think she should be in the spotlight, that my reason for this thread. So talk about whatever you want to say about her on here, and don't forget to update with news about pv's, music previews, performances, etc...

Has anyone seen her offcial site?
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/van/

She looks really pretty in that picture. ^_^

When is she going to release her solo album?

The new single of Tomiko will be released on March.

I personally love her, I think is one of the best japanese singers :)
Although i'm not into D·A·I so much :) I respect her so much as an artist

oh, it's a single? i can't wait then!:)

Single? I thought she was releasing an album. O_o

that's what i thought too...im confused now ^_^'' is there ANY official info?

Ohh I'm sorry it was an album... I thought it was a single because i thought it was obvious... how weird, an album releasing after any single ofr promote it??

yes, here's the official info that is at the moment.

Tomiko Van
UNTITLED [CD+DVD]
Catalog No.: AVCD-17917
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 2
Release Date: 2006/03/29
Price: 3619yen (US$ 31.46/ 3800yen)

From CDJapan:
Solo debut from former Do As Infinity vocalist Tomiko Van features an all new sound and some great new singles like the soon-to-be-chart-topper "Hold ME..." Includes bonus DVD.

aha! that's wah im talkin' about! :D

I wonder how the album will be at the charts without any single released

since it's more of a "mystery" album, and the fact that tomiko was a part of popular band DAI, the album should be on the top 5

I hope she will do well with this new step as a singer, and I hope a well done promotion for the album :yes

yes yes me too. I hope for a refreshing start and that will need us fans to support her~! we'll see what happens in March =D

i am nerveous too for her lol i dont know what to say or do i wonder if it will contain any songs from DAI but her own versions? i bet this cd was done for a while lol

I bet it'll be good! I think she should shake off the DAI image and try something totally new. I've heard all her solo songs so far and they are very non-DAIsh..

i hope she has that beautiful voice still i still want her to carry some kind of DAI sound to her it made her so different i wonder will Dai Naigo compose for her i mean its unlikly but i would like to see it done i hope she doesnt flop i am so scared u have no idea DAI should never had breaken up do u think they might get back together anyone?

Looking forward to Tomiko's new material. Big DAI fan here. Anybody else think she's gonna do like a Sarah McLachlan style or something similar?

i thought her voice was not bad, won't it be the american way to release an album without any singles?

The girl gets plenty of attention.

I think they broke up at the appropriate time, DAI was running dry of ideas anyway. That said, the preview of her new song exceeded my expectations, hopefully she'll get herself some decent songwriters.

Perhaps she will work with Dai Nagao or with Ryo :)