J. Pop & Rock – Checkers

Checkersチェッカーズ – It was a famous pop and rock band especially in the 80s. The group consists of different members, like, Fumiya Fujii(vocals, chorus), Masaharu Tsuruku (vocals, chorus), Yoshihiko Takamoku (vocals, chorus), Tohru Takeuchi (guitars, chorus), Yuji Ohdoi (bass, contrabass, chorus), Yoshiya Tokunaga (drums, percussion, chorus), and Naoyuki Fujii (sax, flute, back-vocals, chorus). They made a debut on ’83 and then disbanded on ’92. Many went on to pursue their own solo career. Their singles and albums were always stayed on top 10 in music charts, such as “Without Fail Checkers/絶対チェッカーズ “, “Motto Checkers/もっと!チェッカーズ “, “毎日!!チェッカーズ “, “Flowers”, “Go”, “Screw”, Seven Heaven”, Oops!”, “I Have a Dream”, and “Blue Moon Stone”. 

J. Pop & Rock – Kome Kome Club

Kome Kome Club米米CLUB – It is the only J. pop & rock band formed and recognized in 80s. It consists of the large group of members: Carl Smoky Ishii(Vocal), James Onoda(Vocal, Chorus), Bon(Bass), be( Guitar), Flash Kaneko(Saxophone), Toshi(Drums), RYO-J(Drums), Joplin Tokunoh(Guitar), Mataro( Percussion, Chorus), Machiko(Chorus), Juliano Katsumata(Keyboards), Kohtaro(Chorus), Shinji(Chorus),
Minako(Vocal, Dance), Mari(Vocal, Dance), B.H.B., S.C.S., G.I. Gyo(Trumpet), Himarayan Shimogami( Trumpet), Kawai Wakaba(Trombone), Orita Nobotta(Flute), and Fussy Kobayashi(Trumpet). Their songs achieved success by combining musical funky and rakugo styles together. They have released albums in 80s and 90s, like “Roman Hiko”, “Kimi gaIru Dake de” have been stayed in Japan Oricon chart for a long time.