Tomiko Van is the former lead singer of the J-Rock group Do As Infinity. Tomiko Van was born on January 9, 1979 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. One of her nicknames in early childhood used to be Tonko, but she has stated several times she doesn't like it very much now. After dropping out of high school, she became a singer at a local club. In May 1999 she auditioned for Dai Nagao and within two days recorded her first song with Do As Infinity.

She returned to high school and earned her diploma, while her studies in modeling at Tokyo Modeling School. She starred in six commercials for Kao's LAVENUS hair care.

After Do As Infinity disbanded in 2005, Tomiko Van started a solo career. Her debut solo album, FAREWELL, was released in March 2006. She already had recorded solo material, like "Hold Me..." (SLOW DANCE OST), "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Cinderella OST Special Edition), and "farewell" (which promoted the album). Those songs were not singles, which means that no single cds were released by her prior to the album. FAREWELL album debuted on March 29, 2006. It reached #7 on first day sales in Oricon Ranking and #10 on first week sales.

In June of 2006, she released her first single Flower. A few months later in September, she released the single Senkou. Her last single release, Yumeji was released in November of 2006. Then Van released a cover album Voice ~cover you with love~ in February of 2007. Since then she's acted in the movie Heat Island, and in the Japanese version of the Broadway musical Brooklyn.

Tomiko Van returned to the music scene with her second cover album VOICE 2 ~cover lovers rock~ in March of 2008. Her first single in a year and a half will be released on June 18th, 2008. The single, titled Tokyo Biyori, will feature two new songs, one composed by Zaitsu Kazuo (TULIP) and the other by Van herself. It will also contain a cover of ORIGINAL LOVE's song Hum a Tune.

Birth name: 伴 都美子 (Van Tomiko, pronounced: Ban Tomiko)
Also known as: Ban-chan
Born: January 9, 1979
Origin: Yamato, Kumamoto, Japan
Genres: J-Pop, J-Rock, Jazz
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
Years active: 1999-2005 (Do As Infinity); 2005-Present (solo)
Label: Avex Trax