Tazumi Toyoshima

Tazumi Toyoshima
豊島 たづみ
Born (1954-11-26) 26 November 1954
OriginFukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Genres
  • R&B[1]
  • City pop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
LabelPolydor Records

Tazumi Toyoshima (Japanese: 豊島 たづみ, Hepburn: Toyoshima Tazumi; born 26 November 1954) is a Japanese singer. She released five albums with Polydor Records in the 1970s and 1980s, and her 1979 single "Tomadoi Twilight" peaked at #19 on the Oricon Singles Chart. Her music enjoyed renewed popularity due to the city pop wave of the 2010s and 2020s, including a 2015 album as part of the Light Mellow series.

Biography

Tazumi Toyoshima, a native of Fukuoka Prefecture, was born on 26 November 1954.[2] She was a fan of American-British singer Scott Walker when she was a girl.[3] While attending university as a Chinese literature major,[3] she appeared in several television commercials.[4]

Toyoshima's debut album Chigire Gumo was released by Polydor Records in 1977.[2] She subsequently released four more albums: Tomadoi Twilight (1979), Still Night (1979), Shukujo no Tashinami (1980), and Lonely One (1981).[5] She performed "Tomadoi Twilight", the theme song of the TBS drama Tatoeba, Ai ,[6] and after it was released as a single peaked at #19 on the Oricon Singles Chart.[7] Her experiences with live performances included the Tokyo Music Festival.[2] She also worked as a radio personality, hosting TAZZ no Mellow Night on FM Fukuoka and Young Plaza 3:00 AM  on TBS Radio.[4]

In October 1982, after giving birth to a child, Toyoshima retired from singing to devote herself to life as a full-time housewife.[3] She made a comeback to music as a "kitchen singer" in 2007, and she released a new album produced by Jirō Yoshida in 2009, named Kitchen kara Ai wo Komete.[2] In 2018, she released Saikai: Don'na Ashita mo Dakishimetai,[8] where she "portrays the lives of couples who have spent many years together, while also singing of a profound philosophy of life".[6] Writing for UtaTen, Toshikazu Kanazawa called the album an "ambitious return to her roots: Japanese AOR" and "Saikai" a "killer tune that strikes right to the heart of mature women".[6]

Amidst the city pop wave of the 2010s and 2020s, Toyoshima returned to popularity. She received her own album within Kanazawa's Light Mellow series in 2015.[6] Her song "Machibouke" appeared on the 2019 city pop compilation Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1976–1986;[9] Chris Ingalls of PopMatters said that the song possessed "slinky sophistication".[10] Her song "Tomadoi Twilight" was sampled in Jeezy's 2014 song "Seen It All";[11] Cardo, who produced the Jeezy song, remarked Toyoshima's song "just made [him] picture the Japan night life and the culture, with the neon lights and the people".[12]

Toyoshima has a son and two daughters with her Dutch husband, and they live in Kamakura.[2] She also owns a Shiba Inu named Dontaku (ドンタク).[2]

Discography

Albums

Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
Chigire Gumo (ちぎれ雲)[13] 1977
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Polydor
 — —
Tomadoi Twilight (とまどいトワイライト)[14] 1979
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
 — —
Still Night (in all-caps)[15] 1979
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
 — —
Shukujo no Tashinami (淑女のたしなみ)[16] 1980
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor
 — —
Lonely One (in all-caps)[17] 1981
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Polydor
 — —
Kitchen kara Ai wo Komete (キッチンから愛をこめて)[18] 2009
  • Released: 17 June 2009
  • Label: Kamland
 — —
Light Mellow: Toyoshima Tazumi (LIGHT MELLOW 豊島たづみ)[19] 2015
  • Released: 18 November 2015
  • Label: Ultra-Vybe
 — —

Singles

Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN[7]
"Tomadoi Twilight" (とまどいトワイライト)[7] 1979
  • Released: 1 February 1979
 19 —

References

  1. ↑ "Cardo Speaks On Producing Jeezy And Jay Z's "Seen It All"". XXL Mag. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "豊島たづみのアーティストページ". UtaTen (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "[Interview with Toyoshima]". Radio Magazine. Vol. 1983年1月号. 1983. p. 72-73.
  4. 1 2 "吉田次郎・豊島たづみ: ジョイントコンサート" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "豊島たづみ「LONELY ONE(+12)」". Bridge Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "豊島たづみ、シティ・ポップ・ブームで人気再燃！豊島たづみ 新アルバム発売!". UtaTen (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 "豊島たづみのシングル売上TOP1作品". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "豊島たづみ、シティ・ポップ・ブームで人気再燃！豊島たづみ 新アルバム発売!の画像（2/2）". UtaTen (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Bloom, Madison (9 March 2019). "Light in the Attic to Release Japanese "City Pop" Compilation". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Ingalls, Chris (3 May 2019). "'Pacific Breeze' and the Lost Japanese Genre of City Pop". PopMatters. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "New Trap Album from Trap God Jeezy, Seen It All - WLOY Loyola Radio". WLOY. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  12. ↑ Markman, Rob (2 July 2014). "Cardo Explains How Big Sean Almost Had Jeezy And Jay Z's 'Seen It All' Beat". MTV News. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020.
  13. ↑ ちぎれ雲 (Media notes). Tazumi Toyoshima. Polydor. 1977. MR-3071.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ とまどいトワイライト (Media notes). Tazumi Toyoshima. Polydor. 1979. MR 3169.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ STILL NIGHT (Media notes). Tazumi Toyoshima. Polydor. 1979. MR 3201.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ 淑女のたしなみ (Media notes). Tazumi Toyoshima. Polydor. 1980. 28MX 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ↑ LONELY ONE (Media notes). Tazumi Toyoshima. Polydor. 1981. 28MX 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ↑ "キッチンから愛をこめて | 豊島たづみ". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "LIGHT MELLOW 豊島たづみ | 豊島たづみ". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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