Sakerock
{{Short description|2000–2015 Japanese band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sakerock
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| years_active = 2000–2015
| label = Kakubarhythm
Compare Notes
| associated_acts = Asa-Chang & Blue Hats
Cherry's
Chopiiin
Gentle Forest Jazz Band
Good Dog Happy Men
Goodluck Heiwa
Killing Floor
Natsumen
Newday
Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band
Wuja Bin Bin
Zainichi Funk
| website = [http://sakerock.com Official Website]
| past_members = Gen Hoshino
Daichi Itō
Kenta Hamano
Kei Tanaka
Takuji Nomura
}}
{{nihongo|Sakerock|サケロック|Sakerokku}}, typeset as SAKEROCK, was an instrumental Japanese band.
Led by Gen Hoshino, the group was formed in 2000 by graduates of a high school in Hannō, Saitama. The band was named after a Martin Denny song and performs uplift, melodic instrumental music influenced by jazz, folk, Latin music and exotica.{{Cite web|url=http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=6245|title = Sakerock}}{{Cite web | title=map store | url=http://www.mapup.net/store/other_distributed_titles/sake-0002.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040819211006/http://mapup.net:80/store/other_distributed_titles/sake-0002.html | access-date=2025-01-24 | archive-date=2004-08-19}}{{Cite web | title=map store | url=http://www.mapup.net/store/compare_notes/cn-0002.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906180647/http://mapup.net:80/store/compare_notes/cn-0002.html | access-date=2025-01-24 | archive-date=2004-09-06}} Over the decade, they released more than 10 albums and mini-albums, including soundtracks for Japanese movies, television dramas and stage plays.{{Cite web|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/a/sakerock/155186|title=SAKEROCK - CDJournal|website=artist.cdjournal.com}} They were signed to the Kakubarhythm label.{{cite web |url=http://www.kakubarhythm.com/artists/index.html |title=カクバリズム：アーティスト |website=www.kakubarhythm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507130647/http://www.kakubarhythm.com/artists/index.html |archive-date=2008-05-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kakubarhythm.com/disco/index.html|title = カクバリズム：ディスコグラフィー}}
Members
- {{nihongo|Gen Hoshino|星野源|Hoshino Gen}} — guitar, marimba
- {{nihongo|Daichi Itō|伊藤大地|Itō Daichi}} — drums, percussion
:Member of Cherry's, Good Dog Happy Men and Killing Floor.
- {{nihongo|Kenta "Hamaken" Hamano|浜野謙太|Hamano Kenta}} — trombone, scat
:Member of {{nihongo|Asa-Chang & Blue Hats|ASA-CHANG&ブルーハッツ}}, Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Killing Floor, Newday and {{nihongo|Zainichi Funk|在日ファンク}}.
- {{nihongo|Kei Tanaka|田中馨|Tanaka Kei}} — bass, hawaiian guitar
:Left on 26 December 2011. Member of {{nihongo|Chopiiin|ショピン}} and {{nihongo|Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band|トクマルシューゴ＆ザ・マジックバンド}}.
- {{nihongo|Takuji Nomura|野村卓史|Nomura Takuji}} — keyboards
:Still acts as a support-member. Member of {{nihongo|Goodluck Heiwa|グッドラックヘイワ}}, Natsumen and Wuja Bin Bin.
Both Gen Hoshino and Kenta Hamano pursue acting careers; together with Kei Tanaka and Daichi Itō, they appeared in Kankurō Kudō's 2009 film {{nihongo|The Shonen Merikensack|少年メリケンサック|Shōnen Merikensakku}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=330915|title = 映画 少年メリケンサック (2008)について 映画データベース - allcinema}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Yuta (2003)
- Yuta (Renewal) (2003)
- Life Cycle (2005)
- Penguin Pull Pale Piles Sound Tracks 「Best」 (2005)
- {{nihongo|Tropical Dōchū|トロピカル道中|Toropikaru Dōchū}} (2006)
:with Asa-Chang and Ren Takada as {{nihongo|Sakerock All Stars|サケロックオールスターズ}}
- Songs of Instrumental (2006)
- {{nihongo|Ojiisan-sensei|おじいさん先生}} original soundtrack (2007)
- {{nihongo|Penguin Pull Pale Piles #12: Yurameki|ペンギンプルペイルパイルズ#12「ゆらめき」|Pengin Puru Peiruzu #12 Yurameki}} original soundtrack (2007)
- {{nihongo|Honyarara|ホニャララ}} (2008)
- Muda (2010)
- Sayonara (2015)
=Mini-albums / EPs=
- Sakerock (2002) (demo)
- {{nihongo|Ian Ryokō|慰安旅行}} (2004)
- {{nihongo|Catchball-ya|キャッチボール屋|Kyatchibōru-ya}} original soundtrack (2006)
=Singles=
- {{nihongo|"Ana o Horu / 2, 3-nin"|穴を掘る / 2、3人}} (2004)
- {{nihongo|"Kaishain to Ima no Watashi"|会社員と今の私}} (2008)
They also contributed music to Isshin Inudō's film {{nihongo|Yellow Tears|黄色い涙|Kiiroi Namida}} starring Arashi and based on a manga by Shinji Nagashima.
=Videos=
- {{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku"|ぐうぜんのきろく}} (2005)
- {{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku 2"|ぐうぜんのきろく2}} (2007)
- {{nihongo|"Radical Holiday Sono 0"|ラディカルホリデー その0|Radikaru Horidē Sono 0}} (2008)
- {{nihongo|"Radical Holiday Sono 1"|ラディカルホリデー その1|Radikaru Horidē Sono 1}} (2009)
- {{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku 3"|ぐうぜんのきろく3}} (2009)
- {{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku Final"|ぐうぜんのきろくファイナル|Gūzen no Kiroku Fainaru}} (2012)
External links
- {{Official website|http://sakerock.com}}
- [http://hoshinogen.com Gen Hoshino website]
- [http://www.tanaka-kei.com Kei Tanaka website]
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Gen Hoshino}}
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Category:Japanese musical quintets
Category:Musical groups established in 2000