Tank (Taiwanese singer)

Tank
Tank at the 2008 The Nike+ Human Race in Taipei
Born	Lü Jianzhong (1982-02-06) 6 February 1982 Taitung, Taiwan
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, music composer, record producer, guitarist, pianist
Years active	2006–2012
Spouse	MerMer (m.2012, d.2014)
Children	Hua Hua (呂りょ樺かば樺かば) b. May 2012
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	呂りょ建たて忠ただし
Simplified Chinese	吕建忠ただし
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǚ Jiànzhōng
Musical career
Origin	Republic of China
Genres	Mandopop, acoustic rock
Instruments	Piano, guitar
Labels	HIM International Music (2006–present) Join Us Music (宙ちゅう爾なんじ斯音樂おんがく)
Website	www.him.com.tw

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lü.

Tank (real name 呂りょ建けん中ちゅう Lǚ Jiàn Zhōng, born February 6 1982) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. He is currently signed to HIM International Music, which also manages famous singers and groups like S.H.E, Fahrenheit and Power Station. Tank's first album, Fighting 生存せいぞん之の道みち was released on 23 February 2006.

Early life

Tank was born in Taitung, Taiwan. He is an aboriginal Taiwanese. Before releasing his debut album, Tank helped write songs for Vic Zhou and S.H.E, among many other famous C-Pop artists. By the age of 21, he was already well known for composing more than 200 songs.

He bloomed into fame when two songs he composed, 三國みくに戀こい (Romance of Three Kingdoms) and 給きゅう我わが你的愛あい (Give Me Your Love), were used as theme songs for Taiwanese TV shows. Another song, titled as 千せん年ねん淚なみだ, was used as an ending theme for the drama serial 天外てんがい飛ひ仙せん. His second album Keep Fighting! (延長えんちょう比ひ賽さい) was released on 19 January 2007. His single, My Angel, was used for an ending theme of romantic comedy series Hana Kimi.

Discorgaphy

Tanks has released two albums.

Title		Release date	Record label	Language
English	Chinese
Fighting	生存せいぞん之の道みち	24 February 2006	HIM International Music	Mandarin
Keep Fighting	延長えんちょう比ひ賽さい	19 January 2007	HIM International Music	Mandarin

Tank is currently writing his third album. It is set to be released later in 2008

Sources

• Official Site Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Blog
• Tank Lyrics Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine