Kirinji (band)
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is a Japanese pop
band from Sakado, Saitama
formed of brothers Takaki and Yasuyuki Horigome. The group was formed in October 1996. They have released seven original albums and sixteen singles to date and are still active. The two are also pursuing their own solo efforts.
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
band from Sakado, Saitama
Sakado, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 July 2009, the city has an estimated population of 100,942 . The total area is 40.97 km².The town of Sakado was upgraded to city status on 1 September 1976.-Adjoining cities and towns:...
formed of brothers Takaki and Yasuyuki Horigome. The group was formed in October 1996. They have released seven original albums and sixteen singles to date and are still active. The two are also pursuing their own solo efforts.
Members
born May 2, 1972. Lead vocalist, chorus, and guitar born June 1, 1969. Vocals, chorus, and guitarAlbums
- (1998) Paper Driver's Music (ペイパードライヴァーズミュージック)
- (1999) 47'45" (ヨンジュウナナテンヨンゴー)
- (2000) 3
- (2001) Fine
- (2002) Omnibus (Self Cover Album)
- (2003) For Beautiful Human Life
- (2004) Kirinji Archives Singles Best
- (2006) Dodecagon
- (2008) 7 -seven-
- (2008) Kirinji 1998-2008 10th Anniversary Celebration
Singles
- (1998/8/26) Futagoza Graffiti (双子座グラフィティ)
- (1999/6/23) 牡牛座ラプソディ
- (2000/1/19) Arcadia (アルカディア)
- (2000/4/19) Good Day Good Bye (グッデイ・グッバイ)
- (2000/7/12) 君の胸に抱かれたい
- (2000/10/12) Aliens (エイリアンズ)
- (2001/6/13) 雨は毛布のように
- (2001/7/25) Drifter/太陽とヴィーナス
- (2001/11/7) Murasaki * Sunset (ムラサキ☆サンセット)
- (2002/11/7) ハガネの馬
- (2003/3/26) Sweet Soul ep (スウィートソウル ep)
- (2003/8/6) Chameleon Girl (カメレオンガール)
- (2004/5/12) You and Me
- (2004/7/7) 十四時過ぎのカゲロウ
- (2006/6/21) ロマンティック街道/ブルーバード
- (2008/2/20) 朝焼けは雨のきざし
- (2009/7/2) セレーネのセレナーデ
- (2009/12/9) 小さなおとなたち
Other works
- A remixed version of their song "Good Day Good Bye" is in Fantastic Plastic Machine's Sound Concierge Annex Contemporary Love Songs.
- Track 10 of We Love Katamari, Houston, was re-arranged by Kirinji.
- Takaki Horigome had worked for NamcoNamcois a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
for awhile during his early days in the band. He composed music for various games. The most notiable one is Pac-AttackPac-Attackis a puzzle game in the vein of Columns and Dr. Mario. It was adapted from Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, an arcade game released in the previous year.Released by Namco, it features Pac-Man as the main playing pieces, with the Ghosts and blocks as obstacles....
where he is listed as "Polygome" for the SNES and Sega Genesis Versions and as his regular name in the Namco Anthology 2Namco AnthologyNamco Anthology is a two disc series of game compilations for PlayStation that have only been released in Japan in 1998. They are similar to the Namco Museum series except that the Anthology collections include games that have been developed on consoles originally...
updated version for the PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...