Tatsuya Ishii

, also known as Tatuya Ishii (born September 22, 1959) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, artist, and industrial designer from Ibaraki Prefecture.

Biography In 1985, he debuted as vocalist in the band . In 1992, their single won the Japanese record first prize. After Kome Kome Club's breakup in 1997, he began a solo career. His first solo single was released in 1997. To date, he has released 20 singles and 12 albums in his solo career. He has written and produced numerous songs for special events in Japan.

In addition to his musical career, Ishii has executed a number of different projects, including acting as the spatial coordinator for HEP Five, coordination producer for the "Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance Races", the producer of "The Forest Fairy's Ball" for Expo 2005, and recently the producer of "Ground Angel in Hiroshima", an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. He has held private art exhibitions such as "Daydream Art Gallery" in 1997, and in 1999, "Expo Ishii 1999 Show Ten". Ishii also acts as a radio personality for FM Yokohama on his weekly radio show Yokohami. As an industrial designer, he has managed many designs for items like PCs and accessories, tableware, furniture, and often produces the costumes and stages for his concerts. He is also a writer, and has written numerous books. He had a monthly magazine publication that ran for two years called .

Alongside his many artistic talents, Ishii has also produced two films, ACRI ~The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius (1996) and Kappa (1994). In addition to producing ACRI, Ishii teamed up with artists Char and Ariga Nobuo to produce a soundtrack for the movie, under the band name ACRI.

Ishii's song "River" also was used as the second ending to the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon H Released: 21 March 1998 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming22 Deep Released: 21 January 1999 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming10 Guy Released: 29 March 2000 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming20 Released: 27 March 2002 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming20 Theater Released: 19 September 2002 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming22 Nipops Released: 23 April 2003 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming34 released as T.I. Grand Project Released: 3 December 2003 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming51 Nylon King Released: 23 April 2004 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming39 Sketch Released: 24 March 2005 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming50 Released: 4 April 2007 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming51 Pendulum Released: 26 March 2008 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming44 Chandelier Released: 4 March 2009 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming45 Moon & Earth Released: 9 March 2011 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming31 Love Released: 5 September 2012 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming23 White Canvas Released: 4 September 2013 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming26 Shine Released: 3 September 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming28 Stone Released: 2 September 2015 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming23 Black Diamond Released: 31 August 2016 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming23 Diamond Memories Released: 27 September 2017 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming35 Love Diamonds Released: 27 September 2019 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming45 Touchable Released: 12 February 2020 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming28 Lost Message Released: 7 September 2022 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming31 Deeper Released: 20 December 2023 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming36 Lost Message: Chaos Released: 29 May 2024 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming26 Stone Rock's Released: 25 December 2024 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2×CD, digital download, streaming43 Lost Message: Reborn Released: 16 April 2025 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming31

EPS Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Sony Music Records

Videography Video albums No. Release Title Serial No.+Formats 1st 20 June 1998 Drag-On Films: The Legend of Dragon Slayers SRVM-5632 2nd 8 September 1999 Trans Films SRVM-5666 3rd 21 January 2000 The Circus Films Circus Shonen Dan Natsu no Yo no Yume SRVM-5675 4th 1 April 2000 Space Hawaiian Films SRVM-5687 5th 18 October 2000 Dragasian Films SRVM-5708（VHS）SRBL-1093（DVD） 6th 4 December 2002 A.N: Complete "Art Nude" DVD Box SRBL-1155/8 7th 5 March 2003 Zero Cube: Complete "Zero City" DVD Box SRBL-1173/4 8th 26 March 2003 Art Nude 1998 SRBL-1176 9th Art Nude 1999 SRBL-1177 10th Art Nude 2000 SRBL-1178 11th Art Nude 2002 SRBL-1179 12th Zero City: HAL SRBL-1180 13th Zero City: AQI SRBL-1181 14th 24 July 2003 Nylon Club SRBL-1191 15th 7 December 2005 2005 Two Tone Tour SRBL-1270/1 16th 8 February 2006 Nylon Club Super Deluxe SRBL-1273 17th 26 April 2006 Cocorock Forest Concert: Tōmei Mori no Yōsei SRBL-1280 18th 31 May 2006 Ishyst SRBL-1281 19th 28 June 2006 Sketch: Book of Ground Angel SRBL-1283 20th 27 July 2006 Dance Nylon: Nylon Long Live de Aimaseu SRBL-1285 21st 30 May 2007 Tatuya Ishii Symphony Dreams SRBL-1321/3 22nd 2 July 2008 Pendulum SRBL-1344 23rd 26 November 2008 TMusic Tree Live: Tsukihi no tō SRBL-1384 24th 26 August 2009 Chandelier Scandal SRBL-1397/8 25th 22 December 2010 Rin'ne shūgetsu in Yakushiji SRBL-1449 26th 19 October 2011 Ingot SRBL-1477/82 27th 21 December 2011 Moonlight Orchestra SRBL-1511 28th 27 March 2013 Moonlight Dance Party SRBL-1569 29th 26 March 2014 White Moonlight SRBL-1610/2 SRBL-1613 30th 25 March 2015 Pegasus SRBL-1652/3 31st 3 February 2016 Arrows Head SRBL-1690/3 32nd 22 February 2017 Black Diamond Reflection SRBL-1738 33rd 28 November 2018 Tatuya Ishii Concert Tour 2018: Jin SRXL-190 34th 11 March 2020 Oh! Ishii Live SRXL-231/2 SRBL-1890

Music videoclips No. Release Title Serial No.+Format 1st 20 February 1999 Troublemaker SRVM-5642 2nd 19 April 2000 Pregasia SRVM-5692（VHS）SRBL-1050（DVD）

Documentaries No. Release Title Serial No.+Format 1st 21 February 2001 Dragon Spirit Vol.1 SRVM-5721（VHS）SRBL-1119（DVD） 2nd 25 April 2001 Dragon Spirit Vol.2 SRVM-5724（VHS）SRBL-1122（DVD） 3rd 4 July 2001 Dragon Spirit Vol.3 SRVM-5729（VHS）SRBL-1125（DVD）

Directed movies No. Release Title Serial No. 1st 5 December 2007 Kappa PCBP51613 2nd ACRI PCBP51614

Filmography Kyrie (2023)

Television cameo Tatsuya Ishii guest starred in the Canadian science fiction TV series Sanctuary; he briefly appears as the head of the Tokyo Sanctuary at the beginning of the Season 2 finale "Kali", which aired on SyFy on January 15, 2010. His character, Onryuji, head of the Tokyo Sanctuary, returned in two subsequent episodes, in Seasons 3 and 4.