Elephant Kashimashi is a rock

Rock and roll

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 band from Japan

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. Their work can be divided into two major stylistic periods: the "Epic Sony years" (1988–1994, the albums Elephant Kashimashi through Tokyo No Sora) and the "Pony Canyon & Faithful, EMI Music, Universal Music years" (1996–present, the album Kokoro Ni Hana Wo onward).
A major change in songwriting, production, and general playing style (especially Miyamoto's vocals) occurred along with this label switch.

Singles

• De-de/Porisutaa (1988.03.21)
• Fuwa fuwa/Yune no nakade (1988.07.21)
• Ohayou konnichiwa/Aa rurou no tamiyo (1988.11.02)
• Ukikumo otoko/GT (1989.08.02)
• Otoko ha yuku/too fine life (1990.07.21)
• syokou/buji naru otoko (1992.03.25)
• Dorei tengoku/Nichiyoubi-Cyoushi wa douda- (1993.04.21)
• Gokuraku taisyou seikatsu sannka/Hoshi no furuyouna yoruni (1993.10.01)
• kono yo wa saikou!/mafuyu no romanchikku (1994.04.21)
• kanashimi no hate/Shigatsu no kaze (1996.04.19)
• Kodoku na tabibito/baby jitensya (1996.07.19)
• Kanashimi no hate/Ureshikerya tondeyukeyo (1996.11.01)
• Ashita ni mukatte hashire/futari no fuyu (1997.02.19)
• Tatakau otoko/tooi hamabe (1997.03.14)
• Koyoi no tsuki no youni/Akai bara (1997.07.30)
• Kaze ni fukarete/Saraba seisyun (1997.11.07)
• Hajimari wa ima/namida no kazudake (1998.05.13)
• Yume no kakera/Kokoro no mama ni (1998.09.18)
• hitokoishikute ai o motomete (1998.11.18)
• Ai no yume o kure/nerudakesa (1998.01.27)
• Mayonaka no Hero/tabi no tocyuu (1999.04.28)
• Gasutoronjyaa/Seoul rescue (1999.12.08)
• So Many People/Sweet Memory (2000.01.26)
• Call and Response/Musashino,Gustronger,Seoul rescue(Live) (2000.04.26)
• Kodokuna taiyou/Tokyo-Jerashi/Kazeni fukarete(Live) (2001.03.16)
• Syocyuu mimai-yuutsu na gogo/Kodokuna taiyou,Call and response(Live) (2001.07.25)
• Futsuu no hibi/Hello New York! (2002.02.27)
• Anata no yasashisa o oreha nanini tatoeyou (2002.04.17)
• Ore no michi/Rokudenashi (2003.06.27)
• Seimei sanka/Rokudenashi (2003.06.27)
• Hello Jinsei!!/Rokudenashi (2003.06.27)
• Bakemono seinen/Ikiteiru akashi (2004.03.10)
• Tomodachi ga iru no sa/DJ in My Life (2004.09.01)
• Oretachi no asu/Sayonara Paati/Oretachi no asu (Acoustic)/ (2007.11.21)
• Egao no mirai e/Kaze ni fukarete (New Recording) (2008.01.01)
• Sakura no hana, maiagaru michi wo/Sore Wo Ai To Yobu To Shiyou (2008.03.05)
• Atarashii kisetsu he kimi to/It's My Life (2008.10.01)
• Kizuna/To You (2009.03.18)
• Shiawase yo , kono yubi nitomare (2010.5.12)
• Ashita heno kioku (2010.9.22.)
• Itsuka mita yume wo (2010.10.20)

Albums

• THE ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI (1988.03.21)
• THE ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI II (1988.11.21)
• Uki yo no yume (1989.08.21)
• Seikatsu (1990.09.01)
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI 5 (1992.04.08)
• Dorei tengoku (1993.05.21)
• Tokyo no sora (1994.05.21)
• Kokoro ni hana o (1996.08.21)
• Ashita ni mukatte hashire -tsukiyo no uta- (1997.09.10)
• Ai to yume (1998.12.09)
• Good Morning (2000.04.26)
• LIFE (2002.05.02)
• DEAD OR ALIVE [Mini album/EP] (2002.12.26)
• Ore no michi (2003.07.16)
• Tobira (2004.03.31)
• Kaze (2004.09.29)
• Yaon -aki- [Live album] (2005.07.20)
• Nippon -natsu- [Live album] (2005.07.20)
• Machi o miorosu oka (2006.03.29)
• STARTING OVER (2008.01.30)
• Noboreru Taiyou (2009.04.29)

Compilations

• BEST (1997.12.01)
• Sweet Memory -Elekashi seisyun Selection- (2000.10.12)
• SINGLES 1988-2001(2002.03.27)

DVD releases

• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI Concert 1998 Nippon Budokan
  Nippon Budokan
  The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...
  
  ”Kazeni fukarete”
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI CLIPS
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI CLIPS 2
• LIFE TOUR 2002
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI CLIPS 3
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI Documentary film ”Tobira no mukou”

Books

• Kazeni fukarete ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI no kiseki (Interview collection)
• Asuni mukatte aruke! [Essay collection]
• Toukyo no sora [Essay collection]
• ELEPHANT KASHIMASHI Songbook [Guitar score]

Members

Hiroji Miyamoto (b. June 12, 1966) - Vocals/Guitar (Primary Songwriter)

Toshiyuki Ishimori (b. March 18, 1967) - Guitar

Seiji Takamidori (b. April 15, 1966) - Bass Guitar

Yoshiyuki Tominaga (b. April 14, 1966) - Drums

External links

• ElephantKashimashi.com（Official websites）
• Elephant Kashimashi UNIVERSAL MUSIC
• Elephant Kashimashi EMI Music Japan
• Elephant Kashimashi Sony Music Online Japan