Kome Kome Club

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kome Kome CLUB
Background = group_or_band
Origin = JPN
Genre = J-POP
Years_active = 1982 - 1997
2006 - present
Label = Sony
URL = http://www.komekomeclub.net/
Current_members = Carl Smoky Ishii
James Onoda
Bon
be
Flash Kaneko
Toshi
Mari
Minako
RYO-J
Joplin Tokunohnihongo|Kome Kome Club|米米CLUB|Kome Kome Kurabu is a Japanese musical group which blended funk, soul and Latin musical styles.ja icon [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/248670/ 米米ＣＬＵＢ-ORICON STYLE ミュージック ] ] The band was formed by members including vocalist Tatsuya Ishii in 1982. [http://www.rbbtoday.com/news/20070905/44654.html] It debuted in 1985. The band once disbanded in 1997.

Their hits include Roman hikou and Kimi ga Iru Dake de. In 1992, "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" topped the Oricon chart, remained in the charts for 33 weeks, and was the top-selling J-Pop song of the 90s.ja icon [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/236598/1/ 米米クラブ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック ] ] This song was written upon the marriage of Ishiya's sister Minako and the band's saxophone/keyboardist Kaneko.

The band reformed in the middle of 2006 for a series of concerts and a few new recordings including "Welcome 2" which spurred a wonderful video where the bank that depicted the members as toys (complete with UPC bar codes and one, "James" Onoda Yasuhide bursting out of his "box" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WeIYaBAo3Q Welcome 2 video on Youtube] ). It is a part of Sony Music Japan.

A combined CD/DVD release featured a parody of the "hentai" (aka "racy') videos where the two dancers (Minako and Mari, also known as "Sue Cream Sue") dance to songs of Kome Kome in various states of dress and undress (and strange costumes like animals). The difference being 20 years and this time around they are not wearing skimpy costumes like their famed "Costume Dance" videos during Kome Kome's heyday.

On October 22, 2006, they announced that they completely revoked their breakup. [http://oops-music.com/info/view_news.html?nid=27211] On December 31, 2007, they took part in the 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Members

Carl Smoky Ishii: Vocal
James Onoda: Vocal, Chorus
Bon: Bass
be: Guitar
Flash Kaneko: Saxophone, Keyboards, Flute
Toshi: Drums
RYO-J: Drums
Joplin Tokunoh: Guitar
Mataro: Pecussion, Chorus
Machiko: Chorus
Juliano Katsumata: Keyboards
Kohtaro: Chorus
Shinji: Chorus

SCS (Sue Cream Sue)
Minako: Vocal, Dance (younger sister of Ishiya and wife of Kaneko)
Mari: Vocal, Dance, Percussion

B.H.B. (Big Horns Bee)
G.I. Gyo: Trumpet
Himarayan Shimogami: Trumpet
Kawai Wakaba: Trombone, Saxophone
Orita Nobotta: Saxophone, Flute
Fussy Kobayashi: Trumpet

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