Sunny Day Service
{{Short description|Japanese rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sunny Day Service
| caption = Sunny Day Service's album Complete Best
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| years_active = 1992–2000
2008-present
| current_members = Keiichi Sokabe
Takashi Tanaka
Daikuhara Mikio
| past_members = Norio Katayama
Kiyoshi Kodama
Harushige Maruyama
}}
{{nihongo|Sunny Day Service|サニーデイ・サービス}} is a three-piece Japanese rock band which formed in 1992.
Members
Current members
- {{nihongo|Keiichi Sokabe|曽我部恵一|Sokabe Keiichi}} – guitars, lead vocals (1992–present)
- {{nihongo|Takashi Tanaka|田中貴|Tanaka Takashi}} – bass guitar, vocals (1992–present)
- {{nihongo|Mikio Daikuhara|大工原幹雄|Daikuhara Mikio}} – drums (2020–present)
Former members
- {{nihongo|Norio Katayama|片山紀夫|Katayama Norio}} – percussion (1992–1995)
- {{nihongo|Kiyoshi Kodama|児玉清|Kodama Kiyoshi}} – keyboards (1993-1995)
- {{nihongo|Harushige Maruyama|丸山晴茂|Maruyama Harushige}} – drums (1995-2018)
History
The band formed in 1992, originally made up of Keiichi, Takashi and other members. In this form, they published "Cosmo-Sports" and "Super Disco". In 1994, they released "Hoshizora no doraibu" and "Cosmic Hippie". In 1995, they released their first single "Gokigenikaga?" and made their major label debut.{{cite web| title = The Quirky Japan Home Page: Sunny Day Service| url = http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/originals.htm| author = | date = | accessdate = 2006-10-03}}
Maruyama Harushige later joined the band. They released the albums "Wakamonotachi", "Tokyo", "Ai-to-warai-no-yoru" and "Sunny Day Service." In 1999, they toured Japan with The Trash Can Sinatras.{{cite web|title = Trash Can Sinatras 1999 Japan Tour|url = http://www.gis.net/~jdimaria/tcs/japan/japan.html|author = Joey DiMaria|year = 1999|accessdate = 2006-10-04}}
The band disbanded in 2000, but Keiichi continued to make music as a solo artist.
{{cite web| title = Reviews : Sokabe Keiichi| url = http://www.keikaku.net/reviews/121| author = Shawn Grover
| date = 2006-07-02| accessdate = 2006-10-03}}
In 2008, the band reunited.
On July 15, 2018, it was announced that the band's drummer, Harushige Maruyama, had died in May of that year.
{{cite web| title = 訃報 News (Announcement of Harushige Maruyama's death) | url = http://rose-records.jp/2018/07/post_492.html| author = 曽我部恵一 (Keiichi Sokabe)
| date = 2018-07-15| access-date = July 15, 2018}}
Discography
=Albums=
- 1995 - Wakamono Tachi
- 1996 - Tokyo
- 1997 - Ai to Warai no Yoru (Nights of Love and Laughter)
- 1997 - Sunny Day Service
- 1998 - 24 Ji
- 1999 - Mugen
- 2000 - Love Album
- 2010 - Honjitsuwa seitenari
- 2014 - Sunny
- 2015 - Birth of a Kiss
- 2016 - Dance to You
- 2017 - Popcorn Ballads
- 2018 - the CITY
- 2019 - the SEA
- 2020 - Iine!
- 2022 - Doki Doki
=Compilations=
- 2001 - Extra Best
- 2001 - Complete Best
External links
- [http://sunnyday.cside.ne.jp/ Sunny Day Service Official Site (in Japanese)]
References
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Category:Japanese pop music groups
Category:Musical groups from Tokyo
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