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

		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

Television

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

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

Film

Tanokin Super Hit Series

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

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

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

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

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


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

^ 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^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "Golden Arrow Award winners" (PDF). Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-31.

External links

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^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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

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