{{short description|1980s Japanese entertainment group}} {{nihongo|'''Tanokin Trio'''|たのきんトリオ|Tanokin Torio}} was a Japanese group, composed of three Johnny's idols, Toshihiko Tahara (Toshi), Yoshio Nomura (Yoshi), and Masahiko Kondo (Matchy).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTUrDwAAQBAJ&q=Tanokin&pg=PA371|title=Non-Western Popular Music|last=Langlois|first=Tony|date=2017-07-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351556156|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/archives/culture/pt20171219165302.html|title=The "Johnny's" Entertainers Omnipresent on Japanese TV: Postwar Media and the Postwar Family {{!}} Discuss Japan－Japan Foreign Policy Forum|website=www.japanpolicyforum.jp|date=30 July 2013 |access-date=2018-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tanokin.main.jp/index.html|title=たのきんトリオ 田原俊彦／近藤真彦／野村義男|website=tanokin.main.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5MldAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Tanokin+Trio%22&pg=PT199|title=Women, Media and Consumption in Japan|last1=Moeran|first1=Brian|last2=Skov|first2=Lise|date=2013-12-16|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136782800|language=en}}</ref> It was active for a short period in the early 1980s (dissolved on 28 August 1983), they became icons among young people of their generation.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IRXDwAAQBAJ&q=Tanokin&pg=PA15|title=Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible|last1=Raphael|first1=Jackie|last2=Lam|first2=Celia|last3=Weber|first3=Millicent|date=2018-04-19|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004365322|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHjPFLLWRgQC&q=%22Tanokin+Trio%22&pg=PA171|title=Whose Master's Voice?: The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures|last1=Ewbank|first1=Alison J.|last2=Papageorgiou|first2=Fouli T.|date=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313277726|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&q=%22Tanokin+Trio%22&pg=PA198|title=Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States|last=West|first=Mark D.|date=2008-09-15|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226894119|language=en}}</ref> All three appeared as students in the first series of Kinpachi-sensei.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7I-VyCfZdQC&q=%22Tanokin+Trio%22&pg=PT483|title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|last2=Tamamuro|first2=Motoko|date=2003-11-01|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=9781611725216|language=en}}</ref>

== Members == {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:small" |- ! ! ! Nickname ! Color |- | '''Toshihiko Tahara''' (Leader) | February 28, 1961, Type B blood, Yamanashi Prefecture | Toshi (トシちゃん) | {{Color|red|■}}Red |- | '''Yoshio Nomura''' | October 26, 1964, Type A blood, Tokyo | Yoshi (ヨッちゃん) | {{Color|blue|■}}Blue |- | '''Masahiko Kondo''' | July 19, 1964, Type O blood, Kanagawa Prefecture | Matchy (マッチ) | {{Color|yellow|■}}Yellow |- |}

==Major casting works== ===Television=== *Kinpachi-sensei (TBS) **The first series (October 26, 1979 - March 28, 1980) **The second series, episode 13 (December 26, 1980) **Special 1 (October 8, 1982) **Special 3 (October 5, 1984) *Tadaima Hokago (ただいま放課後) (May 26 - September 19, 1980, Fuji TV) *幕末花の美剣士たち (January 4, 1981, TV Tokyo)

===Variety=== *Tanokin Zenryoku Tokyu (たのきん全力投球!) (October 9, 1980 - March 27, 1983, TBS)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50706006/the-honolulu-advertiser/ KHAI-TV Japanese programming lineup], Honolulu Advertiser, March 18, 1984, TV Week section, page 9.</ref>

===Film=== ====Tanokin Super Hit Series==== *Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues (February 11, 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tanokin.main.jp/tanokin_movie01.html|title = 青春グラフィティ スニーカーぶる～す}}</ref> *Blue Jeans Memory (July 11, 1981)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D74zDwAAQBAJ&q=Tanokin&pg=PT156|title=The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies|last=Zahlten|first=Alexander|date=2017-09-15|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822372462|language=en}}</ref> *Good Luck Love (December 20, 1981) *Highteen Boogie (August 7, 1982)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tanokin.main.jp/tanokin_movie04.html|title = ［映画］ハイティーン・ブギ}}</ref> *The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (December 11, 1982) *Heart Beat (August 4, 1983)<ref>http://www.ihkmusic.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=VE11901&txtParam=0&txtCat=%BC@%B1%A1%A4%F9{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Stage=== *サヨナラ日劇FESTIVAL (February 11, 1981, Japan Theater) *たのきんスーパースリー 桜島野外コンサート (typhoon in March 1981, canceled) *たのきん3球コンサート (August 1981, August 1983)

===Songs=== *君に贈る言葉 （アフター・スクール） (B side of Toshihiko Tahara's "Sorrowful Heart") *ときめきはテレパシー (insert in the movie Good Luck Love)

===Video=== *たのきんHOTライブ (November 5, 1980, Pony Canyon) *3球コンサート 1983・8・28 大阪スタヂアム (1983)

===Cassette tape & photo collection=== *Takenokin Live '81 (July 8, 1981, Shueisha) **Side A ***哀愁メドレー（哀愁でいと～レッツゴー・ダンシング～ファンキー・モンキー・ベイビー～ルイジアナママ～哀愁トゥ・ナイト～哀愁でいと） ***スニーカーぶる～す ***月の灯り ***ある日曜日の出来事 ***Rockn Rollメドレー（恋のゴーカート～悲しき雨音～ハッピーバースデースウィート16～ダイアナ） **Side B ***コール・ミー ***雨が降ってきた ***ラストダンスは私と ***しらけちまうぜ ***ハッとして Good! ***ヨコハマ・チーク ***恋はDo！ ***君にこのうたを

==Awards and nominations== {{Awards table|5}} |- | 1980 | 18th Golden Arrow Award | Popularity Award | Tanokin Trio | {{won}} | <ref name="goldenarrow">{{cite web|url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/assets/doc/golden_list2008.pdf|title=Golden Arrow Award winners|work=Japan Magazine Publishers Association|accessdate=2021-10-31|language=ja}}</ref> |- | 1982 | 20th Golden Arrow Award | Super Idol Award | Tanokin Trio | {{won}} | <ref name="goldenarrow"/> {{end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://tanokin.main.jp/index.html Tanokin Trio]

Category:Japanese pop music groups Category:Johnny & Associates Category:Japanese idol groups Category:Japanese boy bands Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1983