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

| label = Universal/Polygram

| 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The band formed in 1992, originally made up of Keiichi, Takashi and other members.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

References

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Category:Japanese pop music groups

Category:Musical groups from Tokyo

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