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Tamio Okuda is a Japanese male singer-songwriter, born on May 12, 1965 in Hiroshima, Japan. He formed his first band when he was in junior high school, and by the time he was in high school, he was active in music as a vocalist in addition to playing guitar. After the band he was in during his vocational school years broke up, he was invited by Koichi Kawanishi and Isamu Teshima to form the band "Unicorn" as a vocalist in 1986. The band passed Sony Music's audition and moved to Tokyo in 1987. In October of the same year, the band debuted with the album "BOOM," and their first single "Dai nuisance" became a big hit in 1989, and they produced many hits including "Working Man," which reached No. 3 on the Oricon, "Yuki ga Furueru Machi" and "Fabulous Days," but the band disbanded in 1993. In 1996, he produced the female duo PUFFY, which became a big hit. His collaboration with Yosui Inoue, Masanori Hamada, and the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, as well as his own singles such as "Easy Rider," "Wandering," and "Mashimaro" were all successful. 2004's album "LION" reached No. 3 on the Oricon, and 2008's "Fantastic In 2025, he formed the unit "Ooochie Koochie" with Koji Yoshikawa.
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