    is a japanese pop singer. she has various commercial tie-ins with the anime and games industry, and has also performed in stage musicals and a movie. == career == === beginnings === in 1999, tamaki attended dance school and learned how to perform on stage. she auditioned for sony music japan in 2001 when she was thirteen years old where she performed cover songs of the destiny's child hit "survivor" and "full moon prayer" by core of soul. she was selected out of 1,000 applicants and started her career in 2003 with her debut single "believe" which was an opening song for mobile suit gundam seed. her followup single, "realize", was also used for anime. her first concert performance was opening for t.m.revolution at the pacific media expo in 2004. she released her first studio album, greeting, and was hailed as a j-pop princess.  she graduated from high school in march 2007. her first greatest hits album was released on november 29, 2006 to mark the event, and she soon began an acting and stage performing career. her first japanese tour, "nami tamaki best concert 'my graduation'" took place in march 2007. === record label transfer & "nami" === in 2008, nami's live events were in full motion. nami's fourth album, don't stay, was released on april 23, 2008, containing songs 
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