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Bonobos (band)

Bonobos was a Japanese band from Osaka that was formed in August 2001. Its final lineup consisted of Chunho Sai (guitar, vocals), Ryuhei Koike (lead guitar), Natsuko Morimoto (bass), Hirowatari Uemoto (drums) and Yuji Tanaka (keyboards). The band released its first full-length album Hover Hover in 2004.

In 2022 the band announced that it would disband one year later in spring 2023. The band officially disbanded in March 2023 after performing two farewell performances in Osaka and Tokyo.

Members

Current members

  • Chunho Sai lead vocals, guitar (2001–2023)
  • Natsuko Morimoto bass (2001–2023)
  • Ryuhei Koike lead guitar (2015–2023)
  • Yuji Tanaka keyboards (2015–2023)
  • Hirowatari Umemoto drums (2015–2023)

Former Members

  • Yasuyuki "Kojiro" Sasaki lead guitar (2001-2008)
  • Izumi Matsui percussion (2001-2010)
  • Bondo Tsuji drums (2001-2015)

Discography

Albums

  • Hover Hover (2004)
  • Electlyric (2005)
  • あ，うん (a, un) (2006)
  • オリハルコン日和 (2009)
  • Ultra (2011)
  • Hyper Folk (2014)
  • 23区 (2016)
  • .jp (2022)

Extended plays

  • Golden Days (2005)
  • FOLK CITY FOLK.ep (2017)

Compilations

  • PastramaThe Best of Bonobos (January 30, 2008)

Singles

  • "Mojiki Fuyu ga Kuru"
  • "Water"
  • "Ano Kotoba, Ano Hikari"
  • "Konnya-wa Groove Me"
  • "Thank You for the Music"
  • "Beautiful"
  • "Standing There ~Ima, Soko ni Ikuyo~"
  • "Arpeggio"

See also

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