Ketsumeishi
Encyclopedia
is a four-member Japan
ese pop
and hip hop
group that incorporates singing and rapping into their music. They have had several major hits in Japan, including "Sakura", which reached number two on the Oricon
yearly chart for 2005 and was featured in the Japanese game Taiko no Tatsujin
. Ketsumeishi is a Japanese
word for a type of medical herbs made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
, which is often used in Chinese medicine.
! # !! Title !! Release date !! Peak chart position
(Oricon
)
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!colspan="4"| Indies
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| 1 || || December 15, 1999 || 91
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| 2 || || April 25, 2000 || –
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| 3 || || July 20, 2000 || –
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!colspan="4"| Major
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| 1 || || April 25, 2001 || 36
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| 2 || || June 27, 2001 || 18
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| 3 || || October 24, 2001 || 14
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| 4 || || February 20, 2002 || 5
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| 5 || || September 26, 2002 || 4
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| 6 || || January 8, 2003 || 2
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| 7 || || July 6, 2003 || 3
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| 8 || || August 20, 2003 || 4
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| 9 || || April 21, 2004 || 2
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| 10 || || July 28, 2004 || 2
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| 11 || || February 16, 2005 || 1
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| 12 || || April 26, 2006 || 1
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| 13 || || July 19, 2006 || 3
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| 14 || || April 11, 2007 || 3
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| 15 || || June 27, 2007 || 2
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| 16 || || November 21, 2007 || 2
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| 17 || || January 23, 2008 || 2
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| 18 || || May 12, 2010 || 3
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| 19 || || July 21, 2010 || 3
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| 20 || || November 17, 2010 || 12
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| 21 || || January 26, 2011 || 5
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| 22 || || April 21, 2011 ||
|-}}
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 pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group that incorporates singing and rapping into their music. They have had several major hits in Japan, including "Sakura", which reached number two on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
yearly chart for 2005 and was featured in the Japanese game Taiko no Tatsujin
Taiko no Tatsujin
is a series of rhythm games created by Namco. The series has seen releases for the arcade, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, iOS, Advanced Pico Beena, and mobile phones....
. Ketsumeishi is a Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
word for a type of medical herbs made from the seeds of Senna obtusifolia
Senna obtusifolia
Senna obtusifolia is a legume in the genus Senna, sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Diallobus. It grows wild in North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and is considered a particularly serious weed in many places...
, which is often used in Chinese medicine.
Albums
| # | Title | Release date | Peak chart position (Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indies | |||
| 1 | December 20, 2000 | 27 | |
| Major | |||
| 1 | April 3, 2002 | 1 | |
| 2 | October 1, 2003 | 1 | |
| 3 | June 29, 2005 | 1 | |
| 4 | August 29, 2007 | 1 | |
| 5 | June 25, 2008 | 3 | |
| 6 | March 16, 2011 | 1 | |
Singles
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="2"! # !! Title !! Release date !! Peak chart position
(Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
)
|-
!colspan="4"| Indies
|-
| 1 || || December 15, 1999 || 91
|-
| 2 || || April 25, 2000 || –
|-
| 3 || || July 20, 2000 || –
|-
!colspan="4"| Major
|-
| 1 || || April 25, 2001 || 36
|-
| 2 || || June 27, 2001 || 18
|-
| 3 || || October 24, 2001 || 14
|-
| 4 || || February 20, 2002 || 5
|-
| 5 || || September 26, 2002 || 4
|-
| 6 || || January 8, 2003 || 2
|-
| 7 || || July 6, 2003 || 3
|-
| 8 || || August 20, 2003 || 4
|-
| 9 || || April 21, 2004 || 2
|-
| 10 || || July 28, 2004 || 2
|-
| 11 || || February 16, 2005 || 1
|-
| 12 || || April 26, 2006 || 1
|-
| 13 || || July 19, 2006 || 3
|-
| 14 || || April 11, 2007 || 3
|-
| 15 || || June 27, 2007 || 2
|-
| 16 || || November 21, 2007 || 2
|-
| 17 || || January 23, 2008 || 2
|-
| 18 || || May 12, 2010 || 3
|-
| 19 || || July 21, 2010 || 3
|-
| 20 || || November 17, 2010 || 12
|-
| 21 || || January 26, 2011 || 5
|-
| 22 || || April 21, 2011 ||
|-}}