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is a Japanese rock band signed by Sony Music Japan. The band's name, Sambomaster, refers to the Russian martial art called Sambo.

History

Lead vocalist and guitarist Takashi Yamaguchi first met drummer Yasufumi Kiuchi at a university music club where they were both members. The duo ran into bassist Yoichi Kondo during February 2000, and the three went on to officially form the band now known as Sambomaster. They made their debut at a live house in Tokyo's Kōenji district and soon followed this up with the self-production of their first single "Kick no Oni" (Kicking Demons), which they spent nearly a year working on. It was subsequently released in April 2001 as a limited edition of 300 copies. For the first time, listeners outside of a live show were presented with vocalist and frontman Yamaguchi's vocals, which shift between a soft, sandpaper-like melodic voice to all-out screaming madness. Sambomaster's musical style is a blend of punk/classic rock, pop, jazz and rock ballads. The year 2003 saw the release of their very first major-label album, Atarashiki Nihongo Rock no Michi to Hikari and a live performance at the Fuji Rock festival's Rookie GO GO. This led to a huge rise in their success and more widespread notoriety. They have been gathering acclaim from both critics and regular listeners ever since.

In 2004 and 2005, Sambomaster released the majority of their hit singles including "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" and "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze"; "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" was used as the fifth opening theme to the hit anime series Naruto, and "Sekai wa sore Ai to Yobunda ze" ended up being the ending theme to the popular Japanese television drama Densha Otoko (and also Nintendo DS game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2). They were also asked to do the main theme to the movie Koi no Mon, which became the song Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no. Recently, their song Hikari no Rock was featured as the single for the film Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion. In March 2009, their song "Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite" was announced to be the nineteenth ending song in the hit anime series Bleach. In 2010, they performed the ending theme for the Kuragehime anime, "Kimi no Kirei ni Kizuite Okure". In 2018, their song "Love Song" was used as the ending theme for Tada Never Falls In Love, being covered by the voice actors for the male and female leads.

Parody

In March 2005, 3 members of the television variety show Haneru no Tobira ("You Knock on a Jumping Door!") filmed a comedy sketch called "Busambomaster". The sketch featured a music video parody of the 3 Haneru members pretending to be Sambomaster, playing a Sambomaster-style song called "Iitai koto mo iezuni" (English: "Not even saying what I want to say"). However, the 3 Haneru members also made their faces look like caricatures of Yamaguchi, Kiuichi, and Kondo, with features such as enlarged nostrils, buck teeth, and profuse sweating. The lyrics of the song were also made to humiliate lead vocalist Yamaguchi's tendency to scream his thoughts out to fans before and after songs (and sometimes in the middle of songs). Many Sambomaster fans were offended by the song, and after much protesting, Haneru no Tobira eventually apologized on their show.

Members

Takashi Yamaguchi (山口隆 Yamaguchi Takashi)

Yasufumi Kiuchi (木内泰史 Kiuchi Yasufumi)

Yoichi Kondo (近藤洋一 Kondo Yoichi)

Discography

Singles

"Kick no Oni" (indie) (April 2001)

  1. Introduction

  2. Kung-fu Rock

  3. Golden Circle no Ornette Coleman

  4. Kick no Oni

  5. Saikyō Cyclone

  6. Tsunagari

  7. Sambomaster no Kyūjitsu

"Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi" (April 7, 2004)

  1. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  2. Netchū Jidai

  3. Dandan

  4. Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru (studio live version)

"Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no" (July 22, 2004)

  1. Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no

  2. Tegami (King of Soul mix)

  3. Itoshiki Hibi (Nashville Skyline version)

  4. Hito wa Sore o Jounetsu to Yobu (live version)

"Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" (December 1, 2004)

  1. Seishun Kyōsōkyoku

  2. Tsunagari (King of Laidback mix)

  3. Ame

  4. Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (Naruto opening mix)

"Utagoe yoo kore" (April 27, 2005)

  1. Utagoe yoo kore

  2. Sad Ballad no Sekai

  3. Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (live version)

"Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze" (August 3, 2005)

  1. Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobunda ze

  2. Atsui Suna to Warui Ame

  3. Boku ni Sasagu

"Subete no Yoru to Subete no Asa ni Tamborine o Narasu no da" (November 2, 2005)

  1. Subete no Yoru to Subete no Asa ni Tambourine o Narasu no da

  2. Ano Kane o Narasu no wa Anata

  3. Hanarenai Futari

"Tegami" (March 15, 2006)

  1. Tegami: Kitarubeki Ongaku to Shite

  2. Get Back Sambomaster

  3. Yoyogi nite

"Itoshisa to Kokoro no Kabe" (August 2, 2006)

  1. Itoshisa to Kokoro no Kabe

  2. Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobunda ze (live version)

"I Love You" (April 18, 2007)

  1. I Love You

  2. Beibi Beibi Su

  3. Coaster

  4. Kyōkai Mae Tōri

"Very Special!!" (July 25, 2007)

  1. Very Special!!

  2. Ubai Toru Koto Nitsuite

  3. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi (Sekai Rokku Senbatsu version)

"Hikari no Rock" (December 12, 2007) (theme song for BLEACH: The DiamondDust Rebellion)

  1. Hikari no Rock

  2. Hikari no Rock (Instrumental)

"Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite" (June 10, 2009) (19th ending theme for Bleach)

  1. Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite

  2. Akashi

  3. Boku wa Jiyuu

  4. Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite (Bleach Version)

"Rabu Songu" (November 18, 2009) (English: Love Song)

  1. Rabu Songu

  2. Sekai wo Kaesasete okure yo

  3. Rabu Songu (Instrumental)

  4. Sekai wo Kaesasete okure yo (Instrumental)

"Dekikkonai o Yaranakucha" (February 24, 2010)

  1. Dekikkonai o Yaranakucha

  2. Pop Life

  3. Boku no Namae wa Blues to iimasu

  4. Dekikkonai o Yaranakucha (Instrumental)

"Kimi ni Kirei no Kizuite okure" (December 1, 2010)

  1. Kimi ni Kirei no Kizuite okure (Kuragehime ED)

  2. Introduction

  3. Sekai wo Kaesasete okure yo (live version)

  4. Zanzou (Live Version)

  5. Kore de Jiyuu ni natta no Da (live version)

  6. MC (Live Version)

  7. Love Song (Live Version)

  8. Sono Nukumori ni You ga aru (live version)

  9. Dekikkonai wo Yaranakucha (live version)

"Kibo no Michi" (February 23, 2011)

  1. Kibo bo Michi

  2. Intro

  3. Utagoe yo okore

  4. Tsuki ni saku Hana no You ni naru no

  5. MC 1

  6. Baby Yasashi Yoru ga Kitte

  7. Sayounara Baby

  8. Sekai wa sore wo Ai to Yobunda ze

  9. MC 2

  10. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  11. Outro

Albums

Atarashiki Nihongo Rock no Michi to Hikari (December 12, 2003)

  • English: The Way and Light of New Japanese Rock

Sambomaster wa kimi ni katarikakeru (January 19, 2005)

  • English: Sambomaster Is Talking to You

Boku to Kimi no Subete o Rock 'n Roll to Yobe (April 12, 2006)

  • English: Call Everything That We (You and I) Are 'Rock n' Roll

Ongaku no Kodomo wa Mina Utau (January 23, 2008)

  • English: All You Musical Kids, Sing

Kimi no Tameni Tsuyoku Naritai (April 21, 2010)

Sambomaster Kyukyou Besuto (February 23, 2011)

Sambomaster to Kimi (2015)

YES (March 20, 2018)

Concert DVDs

Atarashiki Nihongo Rock o Kimi ni Katarikakeru: Sambomaster Shoki no Live Eizōshū (November 2, 2005)

A UMD version with the same track list was released on November 30, 2005.

  1. Kung-fu Rock: Aware na Bobu Isoide Ike yo

  2. Itoshiki Hibi: Futari

  3. Zanzō

  4. Yogisha de Yattekita Aitsu: Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru

  5. Yogisha de Yattekita Aitsu

  6. Hito wa Sore o Jonetsu to Yobu

  7. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  8. Itoshiki Hibi

  9. Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru

  10. Asa

  11. Seishun Kyōsōkyoku

  12. Tegami

  13. Yokubō Rock

  14. Sayonara Baby

  15. Utagoe yoo kore

  16. Korede Jiyū ni Natta no Da

  17. Shūmatsu Soul

  18. Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru

  19. Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no

Atarashiki Nihongo Rock no Video Clip Collection (October 18, 2006)

  1. (Videoclip) Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru

  2. (Videoclip) Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru (Studio Live Version)

  3. (Videoclip) Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  4. (Videoclip) Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no

  5. (Videoclip) Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (Haikyo Version)

  6. (Videoclip) Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (Samba Version)

  7. (Videoclip) Utagoe yo Okore

  8. (Videoclip) Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobunda ze

  9. (Videoclip) Subete no Yoru to Subete no Asa ni Tambourine o Narasu no da

  10. (Videoclip) Tegami: Kitarubeki Ongaku to Shite

  11. (Special Track) Making Clip – Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (Samba Version)

  12. (Special Track) Making Clip – Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobunda ze

  13. (Special Track) Making Clip – Subete no Yoru to Subete no Asa ni Tambourine o Narasu no da

  14. (Special Track) TV Commercial

Boku to Kimi no subete wa Hibiya yagahi Ongaku-do de Utae (December 6, 2006)

  1. Futari bocchi no Sekai

  2. Zetsubou to Yokubou to Otokonoko to Onnanoko

  3. Itoshisa to Kokoro no Kabe

  4. Utagoe yo okore

  5. Futatsu no Namida

  6. Sekai wa sore wo Ai to Yobunda ze

  7. Sensou to Boku

  8. Boku to kimi no subete wa Atarashiki Uta de Utae

  9. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  10. Subete no Yoru to subete no Asa ni Tanbarin wo Narasu no da

  11. Tegami

  12. Sono Nukumori ni You ga aru

  13. Nanigenakute idaina kimi

  14. Tsuki ni saku Hana no You ni Naru no

  15. Seishun Kyousoukyoku

  16. Asa

Sekai rokku senbatsu fainaru zenkyoku yatte ura natsu fesu o buttobashita hi (March 12, 2008)

  1. Utagoe yo okore

  2. Zanzou

  3. Kore de Jiyuu ni natta no Da

  4. Hito wa sore wo Jounetsu to Yobu

  5. Sayounara Baby

  6. Very Special!!

  7. Tsunagari

  8. Konoyo no Hate

  9. Omoide wa Yogisha ni notte

  10. Ano musume no mizugi ni natte mitai noda

  11. Zetsubou to Yokubou to Otokonoko to Onnanoko

  12. Sad ballad no Sekai

  13. Futari bocchi no Sekai

  14. Boku to Kimi no subete wa Atarashiki Uta de Utae

  15. Futari

  16. Netchu Jidai

  17. Seishun Kyousoukyoku

  18. Asa

  19. Anata ga hito o uragirunara boku wa dare ka o koroshite shimatta sa

  20. Sekai wa soredemo Shizun de Ikundaze

  21. Yogisha de yattekita aitsu

  22. Muffler no Yoreru Aida ni

  23. Oh Baby

  24. Yoru ga Aketara

  25. Yoyogi ni te

  26. Baby Baby Sue

  27. Baby Yasashi Yoru ga Kitte

  28. Dan Dan

  29. Kyoukai Mae Toori

  30. Ubai toru koto nitsuite

  31. Coaster

  32. Soredemo Kamawanai

  33. Boku ni Sasagu

  34. Kimi no Koe wa Boku no Koi Boku wo Na wa Kimi no Yoru

  35. Shoumatsu soul

  36. Ano kane o Narasu no wa anata

  37. Itoshiki Hibi

  38. Hanarae nai Futari

  39. Futatsu no Namida

  40. Yokubou rock

  41. Get back Sambomaster

  42. Tokyo no Yoru sayounara

  43. Atsui suna to warui Ame

  44. Sensou to Boku

  45. Ame

  46. Nanigenakute idaina Kimi

  47. I love you

  48. Shinnon Fukei

  49. Tegami

  50. Itoshisato Kokoro no Kabe

  51. Utsushiki Ningen no Hibi

  52. Subete no Yoru to subete no Asa ni Tanbarin wo Narasu no Da

  53. Tsuki ni saku Hana no You ni naru no

  54. Sekai wa sore wo Ai to Yobunda ze

  55. Sono Nukumori ni You ga aru

Other albums

Hōkago no Seishun (July 2, 2003) Sambomaster appeared in a split album with the band Onanie Machine. This is the first appearance of some of Sambomaster's future hit songs, such as "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi", "Tegami", and "Sononukumori ni Yō ga Aru" (as well as the other two in their own right). The versions on this album feature only Takeshi, Yasufumi, and Yoichi playing the songs. Later versions, such as the versions on their singles and albums, were touched up, polished, re-mixed, and sometimes re-recorded with extra musicians. In a sense, the songs on this album are the "original" versions. Sambomaster songs are tracks 6 to 10 below:

  1. Mendokusee

  2. Lovewagon

  3. Boku wa Stalker

  4. Soshiki

  5. Pokochin

  6. Sayonara Baby

  7. Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi

  8. Tegami

  9. Futari

  10. Sono Nukumori ni Yō ga Aru

E.V. Junkies II "Guitarocking" (June 30, 2004) Sambomaster has 2 songs on this compilation album, tracks 9 and 14 below. "Itoshiki Hibi: Country Sad Ballad ver." is a version with Alice singing most of the vocals.

  1. Kimi to iu Hana / Asian Kung-Fu Generation

  2. Magic Words / Straightener

  3. Mountain a Go Go / CaptainStraydum

  4. Shalilala / Flow

  5. Ima made nan domo / The Massmissile

  6. Nostalgic / The Droogies

  7. Jitterbug / Ellegarden

  8. Gunjō / Tsubakiya Quartette

  9. Tsunagari / Sambomaster

  10. Shiroi Koe / Lunkhead

  11. Boku no Sonzai wa Uso janakatta / Outlaw

  12. Alive / Raico

  13. Rakuyou: Long Ver. / Orange Range

  14. Itoshiki Hibi: Country Sad Ballad ver. / Alice meets Sambomaster

Magokoro Covers (September 1, 2004)

Sambomaster recorded a cover of Magokoro Brothers' "Dear John Lennon" in this compilation album.

  1. Endless Summer Nude (Tomita Lab. Remix) / 冨田ラボ

  2. Sora ni Maiagare / Okuda Tamio

  3. Ai / Halcali

  4. Loop Slider / Suneohair

  5. Ningen wa Mō Owari da! / Puffy

  6. Stone / Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

  7. Standard 3 / Rosetta Garden

  8. Haikei, John Lennon / Sambomaster

  9. Baby Baby Baby / Yuki

  10. Subarashiki kono Sekai / Imawano Kiyoshirō

  11. Atarashii Yoake / MB's

Koi no Mon original soundtrack (September 23, 2004) Sambomaster was featured in the original soundtrack of the movie Koi no Mon. Sambomaster songs are tracks 1, 2, 14, 15, and 18 below:

  1. Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no

  2. Hito wa Sore o Jōnetsu to Yobu

  3. Mohawk!

  4. Four Finger

  5. Noiko no Heya

  6. Aquam

  7. Ishi ga ite, Kimi ga ite

  8. Big Site

  9. Fukashigi Jikken Karada Gibarengaa

  10. Fortress Europe

  11. Office Blue

  12. Agatha

  13. S

  14. Kono yo no Hate: koi no mon short version

  15. Kono yo no Hate: koi no mon strings version

  16. 6:27

  17. Kaisō

  18. Sambomaster wa Shūmatsu ni Soul Instrument o suru no da no Kan

  19. Koi no Mon

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