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Tatsuro Yamashita
Cover of a single Sekai no Hatemade (1995)
Background information
Born	February 4, 1953
Origin	Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s)	Adult Contemporary, Rock, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Funk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitars Piano Keyboards Drums Percussion
Years active	1972 - present
Label(s)	RCA/AIR Alfa Moon/Warner Pioneer Moon/Warner Music Japan
Website	Official

Tatsurō Yamashita (山下達郎, Yamashita Tatsurou^?) (February 4, 1953-) is a Japanese musician, and producer. He is also known as husband and producer of Mariya Takeuchi.

After the hits of single "Ride on Time" and same-titled album which was released in 1980, all his albums have reached the top five on the Japanese music chart ( "Oricon" weekly chart) .

His most well-known song is "Christmas Eve". It first appeared on his album Melodies in 1983. In 1986, this song was released as single. In 1989, "Christmas Eve" was used as the theme song of a television advertisement by the Central Japan Railway Company. This made the song more popular, and to date, it has sold over 1,800,000 copies. This song became a standard Japanese Christmas song, and the single is the 37th best-selling single record in Japan.

Since the 1980s, he has written many songs for male idol singers formed by Johnny & Associates, such as Masahiko Kondo, and Shonentai. Kinki Kids' biggest hits, "Glass no Shonen" and "Aisareruyorimo Aishitai" were composed and produced by Yamashita.

Contents 1 Album Discography 1.1 Studio Albums 1.2 Live albums 1.3 Compilation albums 1.4 Other Albums 2 Notable works for other artists 3 External links

• Circus Town (1976)
• Spacy (1977)
• Go Ahead! (1978)
• Moonglow (1979)
• Ride on Time (1980)
• On the Street Corner 1 (1980)
• For You (1982)
• Melodies (1983)
• Big Wave (1984)
• Pocket Music (1986)
• On the Street Corner 2 (1986)
• Boku no Naka no Shōnen (僕の中の少年) (1988)
• Artisan (1991)
• Season's Greetings (1993)
• Cozy (1998)
• On the Street Corner 3 (1999)
• Sonorite (2005)

• It's a Poppin' Time (1978)
• Joy: Tatsuro Yamashita Live (1989)

• Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita (1982)
• Come Along (1984)
• Come Along II (1984)
• Tatsurou Collection (1985)
• Ballad for You (1986)
• Rock'n Funk Tatsu (1986)
• Best Pack I & II
• Treasures (1995)
• Rarities (2002)

• Add Some Music to Your Day (1972)
• Songs (Worked as a member of Sugar Babe, 1973)
• Niagara Triangle Volume One (1976)— Collaboration with Eiichi Ohtaki and Ginji Itoh.

• Mariya Takeuchi
  • Beginning (1978)— Compose
  • University Street (1979)— Compose, produce and arrangement
  • Love Songs (1980)— Compose, produce,perform and arrangement
  • Miss M (1980)— Compose, produce, perform and arrangement
  • Portrait (1981)— Compose, produce, perform and arrangement
  • Variety (1984)— Produce, perform and arrangement
  • Request (1987)— Produce, perform and arrangement
  • Quiet Life (1992)— Produce, perform and arrangement
  • "Jun-ai Rhapsody" (1994)— Produce, perform and arrangement
  • Bon Appetit! (2001)— Produce, perform and arrangement
  • Longtime Favorites (2003)— Produce, play and arrangement

• Yumi Matsutoya
  • Misslim (1974)— Chorus arrange and vocalize
  • "Rouge no Dengon" (1976)— Chorus arrangement and vocalize
  • The 14th Moon (1976)— Chorus arrangement and vocalize
  • Ryusenkei '80 (1978)— Chorus arrangement and vocalize
  • Olive (1979)— Chorus arrangement and Vocalize

• Melissa Manchester
  • Stand in the Light (1996)— Produce, perform, vocalize and arrangement

• Kinki Kids
  • "Glass no Shonen" (1997)— Compose, arrangement, and produce
  • "Aisareruyorimo Aishitai" (1997)— Compose, arrangement, and produce
  • A Album (1997)— Compose, arrangement, and Produce

• Tackey and Tsubasa
  • "You and I" (2004)— Compose

• Shonentai
  • "Wangan Skier" (1997)— Compose, arrangement and produce

• Frank Nagai
  • "Woman" (1982)— Compose and Produce

• Masayuki Suzuki
  • Radio Days (1988)— Compose, arrangement and produce

• Masahiko Kondo
  • "Highteen Boogie" (1982)— Compose

• Official Site (Japanese)
• Artist Page in Warner Music Japan
• Nippop Profile | Tatsuro Yamashita