Tanokin Trio

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[edit]

		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[edit]

Television[edit]

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[edit]

Tanokin Zenryoku Tokyu (たのきん全力投球!) (October 9, 1980 - March 27, 1983, TBS)^[9]

Film[edit]

Tanokin Super Hit Series[edit]

Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues (February 11, 1981)^[10]
Blue Jeans Memory (July 11, 1981)^[11]
Good Luck Love (December 20, 1981)
Highteen Boogie (August 7, 1982)^[12]
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (December 11, 1982)
Heart Beat (August 4, 1983)^[13]

Stage[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]


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[edit]

^ Langlois, Tony (2017-07-05). Non-Western Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 9781351556156.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Moeran, Brian; Skov, Lise (2013-12-16). Women, Media and Consumption in Japan. Routledge. ISBN 9781136782800.
^ Raphael, Jackie; Lam, Celia; Weber, Millicent (2018-04-19). Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible. BRILL. ISBN 9789004365322.
^ Ewbank, Alison J.; Papageorgiou, Fouli T. (1997). Whose Master's Voice?: The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313277726.
^ 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.
^ Clements, Jonathan; Tamamuro, Motoko (2003-11-01). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611725216.
^ KHAI-TV Japanese programming lineup, Honolulu Advertiser, March 18, 1984, TV Week section, page 9.
^ "青春グラフィティスニーカーぶる～す".
^ Zahlten, Alexander (2017-09-15). The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822372462.
^ "［映画］ハイティーン・ブギ".
^ http://www.ihkmusic.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=VE11901&txtParam=0&txtCat=%BC@%B1%A1%A4%F9
^ ^a ^b "Golden Arrow Award winners" (PDF). Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-31.

External links[edit]

Tanokin Trio

[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] ttp://www.ihkmusic.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=VE11901&txtParam=0&txtCat=%BC@%B1%A1%A4%F9

[goldenarrow-14] "Golden Arrow Award winners" (PDF). Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-31.

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