Ataru Nakamura
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| Birth name | Ataru Nakamura |
| Born | 28 June 1985 |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 2004–Present |
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| Website | http://www.nakamura-ataru.jp/ |
Ataru Nakamura (中村 中 Nakamura Ataru?, born 28 June 1985) is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter and actress.
Born in Tokyo on 28 June 1985, Nakamura began studying music at a young age. She taught herself to play the piano at age ten, and began to write her own songs at the age of fifteen.
In 2006, she switched to a major label, the popular Avex Trax. Her first major label single, "Yogoreta Shitagi", was released on her birthday, and received minor attention. "Yogoreta Shitagi" was written about an ex-boyfriend who was cheating on her and is written from the former boyfriend's point of view. Nakamura called this individual on the telephone to explain that the song she had written about him was to be her debut single.
Her second single, "Tomodachi no Uta", received greater attention, and placed at number 150 on the Oricon charts. However, it was not until Nakamura came out as a transgender female that she received major attention. Her explanation garnered a lot of media attention, and her single rose to number 9 on the Oricon charts. "Tomodachi no Uta" became the theme song for the popular television drama Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni, a primetime television drama about a young transsexual woman. Nakamura even received a small cameo appearance on the program.
Nakamura wrote "Tomodachi no Uta" when she was fourteen years old; notably, it was the first song she ever wrote. She wrote the song to say goodbye to the friends in junior high she would never see again. "Tomodachi no Uta" was featured in an Avex Trax musical titled "Kokoro no Kakera". The soundtrack featured 21 songs chosen from the company's hits over the past two decades.
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