Group Tamashii

Group Tamashii (グループ魂, Gurūpu Tamashii) is a Japanese comedy rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai (Sadao Abe), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it started, the group was just a group of comedians using the guitar. The members perform in many theaters, and also at Shōten. In 1997, bass, guitar, and drum players join and became a band. In 2002 they released their debut album called Run Tamashi Run (Run魂Run) while they were signed to an indie label, "MIDI". In 2005, Group Tamashi signed to Ki/oon Records. The name of the band derives from the song "Tamashi Kogashite" of the rock band ARB. The reason they put the "Group" in the band name is "Nobody didn't say 'Group' by myself." In 2008 they released a long-awaited new album entitled "Patsun Patsun". It was their longest album to date, at 27 tracks, and featured them covering a new variety of musical genres such as reggae and hip-hop.^[1] 2010 marks the group's 15th anniversary, and several releases and events are scheduled in honor of it, including a new album entitled 1!2!3!4!.

Several members of Group Tamashii also have jobs as actors and writers, in addition to their music careers.

• Vocal: Hakai "Destroy" (Sadao Abe)
• Guitar: Boudou "Riot" (Kankuro Kudo)
• Harmonica: Baito Kun "Side Job" (Seminosuke Murasugi)
• Vocal: Minato Kaworu (Sarutoki Minagawa)
• Bass: Kozono (Ryuichi Kozono)
• Drums: Sekken "Soap" (Hiroki Miyake)
• Guitar: Chikoku "Late" (Taku Tomizawa)

• Super! Summer! Axebomber! Love Hunter! 06! (スーパー!サマー!アックスボンバー! ラブハンター! 06!) (2006年08月01日)

• Riki Takeuchi (竹内力, Takeuchi Riki) (2003年02月05日)
• Honda Hirotarou~magical mystery UPAAAAAAAAA!!!!!~ (本田博太郎〜magical mystery UPAAAAAAAAA!!!!!〜) (2005年07月27日)
• Kimi ni Juice wo Katte Ageru (君にジュースを買ってあげる♥) (I Want to Buy You Some Juice) (2005年10月26日) (3rd opening song of Sgt. Frog)
• O-ma-e Rōtenshon Gaaru (お・ま・えローテンションガール) (2007年06月13日)
• Love Love Essaimu'82 (ラブラブエッサイム'82) (2010年07月21日)
• Bero Bero (べろべろ) (2010年10月27日)
• DaDaDa (だだだ) (2011年02月02日) (1st opening song of the anime Beelzebub)

• GROOPER (1999年03月25日) (This album is mostly comic.)

• Run Tamashii Run (Run魂Run) (2002年12月25日)
• Araburu Nihon no Tamashi-tachi (荒ぶる日本の魂たち) (2004年06月23日)
• TMC (2005年11月23日)
• Yome to Rock (嫁とロック, Yome to Rokku) (Bride and Rock) (2006年12月06日)
• Patsun Patsun (ぱつんぱつん, Patsun Patsun) (2008年06月18日)
• 1!2!3!4! (2010年11月24日)

• Group Tamashii no Denki Mamushi no Santora (グループ魂のでんきまむしのサントラ) (1999)
• Respectable Roosters→Z a-gogo (2005) (The Roosters tribute album)
• Matchy Tribute (2006) (Masahiko Kondo tribute album)
• Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album (2010) (The Stalin and Michiro Endo tribute album)

• Group Tamashii's In a Sense Tour (グループ魂のある意味ツアー, Gurūppu Tamashii no Aru Imi Tsuā) (2003年12月03日)
• Group Tamashii's Rain of Noon (Doing fine weather) (グループ魂の雨の野音(晴天決行), Gurūpu Tamashii no Ame no Yaon (Seiten Kekkou)) (2005年04月27日)
• Minato Kaworu in the City of Bandits Tour ~A Group Tamashii Musical Performance~ (港カヲル in 都会の山賊ツアー〜演奏・グループ魂〜, Minato Kaworu in Tokai no Sanzoku Tsuā ~Ensou Gurūppu Tamashii~) (2006年04月26日)
• Group Tamashii's Company Trip ~Bonus: Live at Yokohama Britts~ (グループ魂の慰安旅行〜特典映像・ライヴat横浜ブリッツ〜, Gurūppu Tamashii no Ianryokō ~Tokuten Eizo•Raivu at Yokohama Burittsu~)(2007年12月12日)
• Group Tamashii at The Chichibu Patsun Patsun Festival~ (グループ魂の秩父ぱつんぱつんフェスティバル(雨) Gurūppu Tamashii no Chichibu Patsun Patsun Festival) (2009年02月11日)

• Hai Domo Konbanwa-!! (はいどおもこんばんわぁ!!) (Tankōbon) (Sony Magazines publication)
• Group Tamashii/Best Tamashii (グループ魂/ベスト魂, Gurūppu Tamashii/Besuto Tamashii) (band-score)

• Group Tamashii no Denki Mamushi (グループ魂のでんきまむし) (1999)

• Official Japanese site

• Japanese punk rock groups
• Ki/oon Music artists
• Japanese comedy rock musical groups
• Musical groups established in 1995

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