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. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Members

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Current members

• Chunho Sai Template:Spaced ndashlead vocals, guitar (2001–2023)
• Natsuko Morimoto Template:Spaced ndashbass (2001–2023)
• Ryuhei Koike Template:Spaced ndash lead guitar (2015–2023)
• Yuji Tanaka Template:Spaced ndash keyboards (2015–2023)
• Hirowatari Umemoto Template:Spaced ndash drums (2015–2023)

Former Members

• Yasuyuki "Kojiro" Sasaki Template:Spaced ndash lead guitar (2001-2008)
• Izumi Matsui Template:Spaced ndashpercussion (2001-2010)
• Bondo Tsuji Template:Spaced ndash 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

• PastramaTemplate:Spaced ndashThe 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

• 2001 in music
• List of dub artists
• List of Japanese musicians

External links

• bonobos.jp, the band's official website
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