Shinji Tanimura (谷村 新司, Tanimura Shinji, 11 December 1948 – 8 October 2023) was a Japanese singer-songwriter.

[1] Tanimura set up the musical group Alice together with Takao Horiuchi in 1971 and released his first extended play musical album in the following year.

During this time, Tanimura also composed several musical pieces for other singers, such as Momoe Yamaguchi.

[3] In 1981, he held concerts in places such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Beijing.

It was reported that he had battled enteritis for some time and had surgery for the disease in March of the same year.