Group Tamashi
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is a Japan
ese rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai (Sadao Abe
), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo
), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it started, the group was just a group of comedians using the guitar. The members perform in many theaters, and also at Shōten
. In 1997, bass, guitar, and drum players join and became a band. In 2002 they released their debut album called while they were signed to "MIDI". In 2005, Group Tamashi signed to Ki/oon Records
. The name of the band derives from the song "Tamashi Kogashite" of the rock band ARB
. The reason they put the "Group" in the band name is "Nobody didn't say 'Group' by myself." In 2008 they released a long-awaited new album entitled "Patsun Patsun". It was their longest album to date, at 27 tracks, and featured them covering a new variety of musical genres such as reggae
and hip-hop. 2010 marks the group's 15th anniversary, and several releases and events are scheduled in honor of it, including a new album entitled 1!2!3!4!.
Several of the members of Group Tamashii also have jobs as actors and writers, in addition to their music careers.
) (2007-06-13) (2010-07-21) (2010-10-27) (2011-02-02) (1st opening song of the anime Beelzebub)
(2004-06-23)
(Bride and Rock) (2006-12-06)
(2008-06-18)
(2010-11-24)
(2005-04-27)
(2006-04-26)
(2007-12-12)
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai (Sadao Abe
Sadao Abe
is a Japanese actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and his real name is . His popularity started as the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Group Tamashii...
), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo
Kankuro Kudo
Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku...
), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it started, the group was just a group of comedians using the guitar. The members perform in many theaters, and also at Shōten
Shoten
Shōten is a Japanese TV comedy program, continuously broadcast on Sunday evenings on Nippon TV since 15 May 1966, the second-longest running TV show in Japan....
. In 1997, bass, guitar, and drum players join and became a band. In 2002 they released their debut album called while they were signed to "MIDI". In 2005, Group Tamashi signed to Ki/oon Records
Ki/oon Records
is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.-Artists:Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, FLOW, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Pushim, chatmonchy, Denki Groove, The Babystars, DOES, Guitar Wolf, Miki Furukawa, Nico Touches the Walls, plingmin,...
. The name of the band derives from the song "Tamashi Kogashite" of the rock band ARB
Arb (band)
ARB is a Japanese rock band formed in 1978. Its members are Ryo Ishibashi, Koya Naito, Ebi, and Keith.-Singles:* 'Norainu' * 'Wild lowteen girl' * 'Tamashii Kogashite'...
. The reason they put the "Group" in the band name is "Nobody didn't say 'Group' by myself." In 2008 they released a long-awaited new album entitled "Patsun Patsun". It was their longest album to date, at 27 tracks, and featured them covering a new variety of musical genres such as reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and hip-hop. 2010 marks the group's 15th anniversary, and several releases and events are scheduled in honor of it, including a new album entitled 1!2!3!4!.
Several of the members of Group Tamashii also have jobs as actors and writers, in addition to their music careers.
Members
- Vocal: Hakai "Destroy" (Sadao AbeSadao Abeis a Japanese actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and his real name is . His popularity started as the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Group Tamashii...
) - Guitar: Boudou "Riot" (Kankuro KudoKankuro KudoKankurō Kudō is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku...
) - Harmonica: Baito Kun "Side Job" (Seminosuke Murasugi)
- Vocal: Minato Kaworu (Sarutoki Minagawa)
- Bass: Kozono (Ryuichi Kozono)
- Drums: Sekken "Soap" (Hiroki Miyake)
- Guitar: Chikoku "Late" (Taku Tomizawa)
Singles
(2003-02-05) (2005-07-27) (I Want to Buy You Some Juice) (2005-10-26) (3rd opening song of Sgt. FrogSgt. Frog
Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
) (2007-06-13) (2010-07-21) (2010-10-27) (2011-02-02) (1st opening song of the anime Beelzebub)
Major Albums
(2002-12-25)(2004-06-23)
- TMC (2005-11-23)
(Bride and Rock) (2006-12-06)
(2008-06-18)
(2010-11-24)
Other
- Group Tamashii no Denki Mamushi no Santora (1999)
- Respectable Roosters→Z a-gogo (2005) (The RoostersThe RoostersThe Roosters were a Japanese rock band that mixed punk, blues-rock, ska and straightforward rock and roll.-History:They formed in 1979 in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka. Although there were four different lineups throughout the life of the band—all centered around guitarist Hiroyuki Hanada--Shinya Ohe...
tribute album) - Matchy Tribute (2006) (Masahiko KondoMasahiko Kondoor Matchy is a Japanese singer, lyricist and actor represented by Johnny & Associates.Kondō is also a semi-professional racing driver and a racing team owner. He founded the racing team Kondo Racing in 2000 which competes in Formula Nippon and the Super GT.- 1980–1987: Early recording career :As a...
tribute album) - Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album (2010) (The StalinThe Stalinwere an influential Japanese punk rock band formed in June 1980, by leader and vocalist Michiro Endo. After numerous member changes, he disbanded the group in February 1985. In May 1987 Michiro formed a group called Video Stalin, which mostly made videos instead of albums, they disbanded in 1988...
and Michiro EndoMichiro Endois a Japanese musician, author and socialist activist. Known as frontman of the influential punk band The Stalin.Endo was born in Nihonmatsu and graduated from Yamagata University. After college he wandered through Vietnam and Southeast Asia...
tribute album)
DVD
(2003-12-03)(2005-04-27)
(2006-04-26)
(2007-12-12)
- Group Tamashii at The Chichibu Patsun Patsun Festival~ (グループ魂の秩父ぱつんぱつんフェスティバル(雨) Gurūppu Tamashii no Chichibu Patsun Patsun Festival) (2009-02-11)