Heart Bazaar
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Heart Bazaar
Heart Bazaar (ハートバザール） was a Japanese pop group active from about 1999–2002. The group was a two-man / two- woman combination, with Satuski Ishii on vocals, Akihiko Suzuki (AKA Akkin) on guitars and synth, Noriko Nagai on bass and Takemi Kokubu on drums. After releasing the album Baobob (バオバブ) in 1999 on Japanese indie label Clip Records, (with Shiina Ringo
joining to play keyboards on the fourth track) the group was picked up by Toshiba EMI. With Toshiba, the group released four singles and one album.
After disbanding, the members went their separate ways. Akkin currently plays with the group Jetki. Vocalist Satsuki Ishii went on to perform vocals for the group Hakka
（ハッカ）, which also subsequently disbanded in 2004. She currently performs solo.
All of Heart Bazaar's albums and singles are currently out of print, and often trade hands among fans and collectors for many times their original price on the secondary market (such as auctions on Yahoo! Japan
).
Heart Bazaar (ハートバザール） was a Japanese pop group active from about 1999–2002. The group was a two-man / two- woman combination, with Satuski Ishii on vocals, Akihiko Suzuki (AKA Akkin) on guitars and synth, Noriko Nagai on bass and Takemi Kokubu on drums. After releasing the album Baobob (バオバブ) in 1999 on Japanese indie label Clip Records, (with Shiina Ringo
Shiina Ringo
, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.She describes herself as ""....
joining to play keyboards on the fourth track) the group was picked up by Toshiba EMI. With Toshiba, the group released four singles and one album.
After disbanding, the members went their separate ways. Akkin currently plays with the group Jetki. Vocalist Satsuki Ishii went on to perform vocals for the group Hakka
Hakka (Group)
Hakka was a Japanese rock group with ex-Heart Bazaar front-woman Satuski Ishii on vocals. After releasing a number of albums on Toshiba EMI, they disbanded in 2004....
（ハッカ）, which also subsequently disbanded in 2004. She currently performs solo.
All of Heart Bazaar's albums and singles are currently out of print, and often trade hands among fans and collectors for many times their original price on the secondary market (such as auctions on Yahoo! Japan
Yahoo! Japan
is a Japanese internet company formed as a joint venture between the American internet company Yahoo! and the Japanese internet company SoftBank. It is headquartered at Midtown Tower in the Tokyo Midtown complex in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.-History:...
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- Yahoo Japan Auctions (in JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
) - Satsuki Ishii's Official Site (in JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
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