Crazy Ken Band

Crazy Ken Band
General information
Genre (s)	Funk , rock & roll , pop
founding	1997
Website	crazykenband.com/
Current occupation
Vocals , keyboard	Ken Yokoyama (横山 剣) (founding member)
guitar	Masao Onose (小野 瀬 雅 生) (founding member)
Guitar, keyboard	Toraji Shingū (新 宮 虎 児)
Saxophone, flute	Keiichi Nakanishi (中西 圭一) (founding member)
bass	Shinya Horaguchi (洞口 信 也) (founding member)
Drums	Keiichi Hiroish (廣 石 恵 一) (founding member)
Keyboard	Toshimitsu Takahashi (高橋 利 光)
singing	Aiko Sugawara (菅原 愛 子)
singing	Smokey Tetsuni (ス モ ー キ ー ・ テ ツ ニ)
Trombone , flute	Wakaba Kawai (河 合 わ か ば)
Trumpet , flugelhorn	Hironori Sawano (澤 野 博 敬)
percussion	Gen Date (伊達 弦)

The Crazy Ken Band (ク レ イ ジ ー ケ ン バ ン ド) is a Japanese rock band.

Band history

Band leader Ken Yokoyama founded the band CKs in 1991 together with Ken Yokoyama, Keiichi Hiroishi, Masao Onose and Shinya Horaguchi. In total, the band grew to 15 members, although only the four aforementioned belonged to the inner core of the group. In 1997, a fifth member was added with Keiichi Nakanishi and the band finally changed its name to the Crazy Ken Band. In 2000, Toraji Shingū was added to the inner core of the band.

The band started with Punch! Punch! Punch! her debut album. Since then the band has released a total of 17 studio albums and numerous other sound carriers. She became famous in 2005 when she released the theme song and soundtrack for the Japanese drama series Tiger & Dragon .

The most successful single in the Oricon charts in 2007 was Tenyawanya Desu yo (て ん や わ ん や で す よ Hectic!) , Which reached number 10. The most successful album was Mousukkari Arenandayone (も う す っ か り あ れ な ん だ よ ね), which reached number 3.

In 2003, HMV Japan voted the group 98th of the Top 100 Japanese Artists.

Music genre

The band can be assigned to the pre-J-pop . She mixes different influences, including rock and roll , pop, enka , soul , punk , jazz , blues , bossa nova and R&B . The lyrics are sentimental and retro . They deal, among other things, with muscle cars , a hobby of Yokoyama, and Japanese culture.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		JP
1998	Punch! Punch! Punch!	-	First published June 25, 1998.
1999	Goldfish Bowl	-	First published May 10, 1999.
2000	Shock Ryōhō (シ ョ ッ ク 療法 Shock Therapy)	-	First published June 10, 2000
2002	Gran Turismo (グ ラ ン ツ ー リ ズ モ)	JP34 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 7, 2002
2003	777	JP14 (... weeks) JP	First published on June 25, 2003
2004	Brown metallic	JP13 (... weeks) JP	First published on June 23, 2004
2004	Soul punch	JP9 (... weeks) JP	First published on July 6, 2005
2006	GALAXY	JP10 (... wk.) JP	First published on September 2, 2006
2007	SOUL 電波	JP6 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 8, 2007
2008	ZERO	JP5 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 12, 2008
2009	Girls! Girls! Girls! (ガ ー ル! ガ ー ル! ガ ー ル!)	JP4 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 13, 2008
2010	Mint condition	JP9 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 11, 2008
2012	Italian Garden	JP4 (... weeks) JP	First published on February 29, 2012
2013	Flying Saucer	JP6 (... weeks) JP	First published on May 22, 2013
2014	Spark plug	JP9 (... weeks) JP	First published on September 3, 2014
2015	Mousukkari Arenandayone (も う す っ か り あ れ な ん だ よ ね)	JP3 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 12, 2015
2015	Hong Kong taxi	JP4 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 3, 2016

12-inch albums

• 1999: Yokowake Handsome World (ヨ コ ワ ケ ハ ン サ ム ワ ー ル ド)
• 2000: The Playboy's Manual
• 2006: MilkyWay Galaxy

Digital albums

• 2005: iTunes Originals - Crazy Ken Band (Exclusive to Japan)

Live albums

• 2000: Aoyama 246 no Shinyazoku no Yoru (山 246 深夜 族 の 夜)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		JP
2004	CKBB - Oldies But Goodies	JP9 (... weeks) JP	First published on March 3, 2004.
2008	Middle & Mellow of Crazy Ken Band	JP58 (... weeks) JP	First published on October 8, 2008.
2010	Crazy Ken Band: Best Tsuru (ク レ イ ジ ー ケ ン バ ン ド ・ ベ ス ト 鶴 Crazy Ken Band: Best (Crane))	JP10 (... wk.) JP	First published on February 24, 2010
	Crazy Ken Band: Best Kame (ク レ イ ジ ー ケ ン バ ン ド ・ ベ ス ト 亀 Crazy Ken Band: Best (Turtle))	JP34 (... weeks) JP	First published on August 7, 2002
2011	Single Collection / P-Vine Years	-	First published on February 23, 2011

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		JP
2001	Nikutai Kankei (肉体 関係 Sex Friend)	-
	September (せ ぷ て ん ば ぁ)	JP187 (... weeks) JP
2002	Mappira Rock (ま っ ぴ ら ロ ッ ク)	JP98 (... weeks) JP
	GT	JP57 (... weeks) JP
	Tiger & Dragon (タ イ ガ ー ＆ ド ラ ゴ ン)	JP17 (... weeks) JP
	Christmas Nante Daikirai !! Nanchatte (ク リ ス マ ス な ん て 大 嫌 い !! な ん ち ゃ っ て ♥ I Hate Christmas! Only Joking ♥)	JP14 (... weeks) JP
2003	Amai Hibi / A, Yaru to kya Yaranakya lady na no yo. (甘 い 日 々 ／ あ 、 や る と き ゃ や ら な き ゃ ゃ ダ メ な の よ。)	JP24 (... weeks) JP
2004	Abuku (あ ぶ く Easy)	JP35 (... weeks) JP
2006	Meri Meri (I Wanna Marry Marry You) (メ リ メ リ -I Wanna Marry Marry You-)	JP28 (... weeks) JP
2007	Tenyawanya Desu yo (て ん や わ ん や で す よ Hectic!)	JP10 (... wk.) JP
2009	Girlfriend "(ガ ー ル フ レ ン ド)	JP12 (... weeks) JP
2010	1107 (イ イ オ ン ナ Good Woman)	JP15 (... weeks) JP
2011	Ippai Ippai (い っ ぱ い い っ ぱ い Full Full)	JP20 (... weeks) JP
	Wairudo de Ikou !!! (ワ イ ル ド で 行 こ う ！！！ Let's Go Wild !!!)	JP44 (... weeks) JP
2012	Furuyou Kurabu (不良 倶 楽 部 Failure Club)	JP32 (... weeks) JP

Web links

• Official website
• Crazy Ken Band at Allmusic (English)
• Crazy Ken Band at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HMV Japan - Top 100 Japanese pops Artists - No.98. In: HMV. Internet Archive, December 5, 2005, accessed May 20, 2018 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Crazy Ken Band: Tiger & Dragon at Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 20, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} search on Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved May 20, 2018 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ Artist Biography by Adam Greenberg at Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 20, 2018.