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KYLYN (Band)

2026-09-02T17:37:13Z

ActuallyTanner: Bolded lol

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = KYLYN
| image = KylynPitInn.jpg
| caption = KYLYN performing live at the [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1979, at which the band's live album [[Kylyn Live (Album)]] was recorded.
| landscape = yes
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1979
| label = {{flatlist|
* Better Days
}}
| current_members = Kazumi Watanabe Ryuichi Sakamoto Akiko Yano Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami Rei Ohara Toshiyuki Honda Yasuaki Shimizu Shigeharu Mukai Pecker
}}

They was some farking godlike peak mane and made the greatest live album in fusion ever...

==History==
=== 1977-1978: Pre-Kylyn ===

=== Winter and Spring 1979: Formation and Studio Album ===

=== Summer and Fall 1979: Tour and Live Album ===

=== 1980 - Present: Reunion and Reissues ===

Kylyn is a band formed in 1979, lead by Kazumi Watanabe and co-produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The members are Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section primarily consisting of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Kylyn was a particularly well renowned band as it had many of the top musicians in Japan’s jazz fusion scene all in one band. It was known that this band could not last with such a large and talented lineup, and so it lasted only a year. Due to many of the members of the band having other commitments, some concerts would have members missing or substituted.

Kylyn is a nickname of Kazumi Watanabe, written in Japanese as “Kirin” like the beer, but it means long neck or giraffe.

The first Kylyn session was in February 1979 at Roppongi Pit Inn, a week long session held from the 20th to the 25th. The 20th was an album release commemoration concert of Shigeharu Mukai’s album Hip Cruiser, featuring Kazumi Watanabe. The 21st was Kazumi and Kiyoshi Sugimoto playing Be-Bop. The last 4 days were half produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and half by Kazumi Watanabe. A soundboard recording of the YMO concert on the 23rd commonly circulates around the internet. The 24th (and 25th), which can be considered the first real Kylyn concert, was broadcasted on FM Tokyo. The lineup for the 24th was a bit different than the final Kylyn lineup. It was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), '''Kosuke Mine''' (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Several Kylyn mainstays were played such as Milky Shade and Milestones, along with other picks including Toshiyuki Honda’s 747 Wind Flight and a solo guitar performance of When You Wish Upon a Star.

Watanabe and Sakamoto enjoyed these sessions so much that they got a deal to record an album together, and agreed that it would be released under Watanabe’s name. HEY MAYBE THIS NEEDS SOME MORE INFO.
Tokyo Joe was also recorded as part of these sessions and was released as a single.

After recording the album, the band went on tour across the entire country of Japan for 3 months, starting at Harajuku Crocodile on May 3rd (which was broadcast on Tokyo FM) and ending wherever whenever IDK BRUH. Their stops included hall concerts, jazz festivals, and Roppongi Pit Inn. There were also several surprise appearances, such as an unscheduled appearance at the Biwako Valley Jazz Festival, which was billed just Kazumi Watanabe Group and was not mentioned on tour lists.

On June 15th-17th, Kylyn performed at Roppongi Pit Inn again. This performance was recorded and on INSERT DATE HERE was released as the double album Kylyn Live. It included some new songs, and some older Kazumi songs that had no live releases. The full setlist of this performance is unknown.

On July 8th????, they played at ????? at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall. This concert in particular received a lot of press, an FM broadcast, and featured Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi as a guest alongside Ponta.

One of the Jazz Festival appearances (it’s unknown which) was fortunate enough to receive a TV broadcast, resulting in the only known preserved video of Kylyn.

Kylyn officially disbanded after their final 1979 concert at Roppongi Pit Inn on 1979/08/24. (Jazz Life 85? but not 5 or 9). The lineup of their final concert was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Kazumi, Sakamoto, and Yano would shortly after go on a world tour as part of the Yellow Magic Orchestra. Shortly after, Ponta disappeared from the Japanese music scene, likely due to his heroin conviction from mid 1978. IDK IF HONDA OR SHIMIZU IS MISSING THEY LOOK THE SAME.

In 1984, on Kazumi’s Tokyo FM radio show called Dogtana World, he did a retrospective on Kylyn. This broadcast also included some previously unheard live audio, meaning that there are more official recordings of Kylyn out there somewhere.

In 1987, for the 10th anniversary of Roppongi Pit Inn, Kylyn Band reunited at Yomiuri Land Open Theater EAST. Other performers featured include Sadao Watanabe,. The lineup of this concert was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). XXX lived elsewhere and had to be replaced by XXX. The full setlist is XXX.

==Gallery==

==References==
<references />

KYLYN (Band)

2026-09-02T17:36:24Z

ActuallyTanner: THIS EDIT SUCKS I WROTE IT ON A PLANE FROM MEMORY

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = KYLYN
| image = KylynPitInn.jpg
| caption = KYLYN performing live at the [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1979, at which the band's live album [[Kylyn Live (Album)]] was recorded.
| landscape = yes
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1979
| label = {{flatlist|
* Better Days
}}
| current_members = Kazumi Watanabe Ryuichi Sakamoto Akiko Yano Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami Rei Ohara Toshiyuki Honda Yasuaki Shimizu Shigeharu Mukai Pecker
}}

They was some farking godlike peak mane and made the greatest live album in fusion ever...

==History==
=== 1977-1978: Pre-Kylyn ===

=== Winter and Spring 1979: Formation and Studio Album ===

=== Summer and Fall 1979: Tour and Live Album ===

=== 1980 - Present: Reunion and Reissues ===

Kylyn is a band formed in 1979, lead by Kazumi Watanabe and co-produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The members are Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section primarily consisting of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Kylyn was a particularly well renowned band as it had many of the top musicians in Japan’s jazz fusion scene all in one band. It was known that this band could not last with such a large and talented lineup, and so it lasted only a year. Due to many of the members of the band having other commitments, some concerts would have members missing or substituted.

Kylyn is a nickname of Kazumi Watanabe, written in Japanese as “Kirin” like the beer, but it means long neck or giraffe.

The first Kylyn session was in February 1979 at Roppongi Pit Inn, a week long session held from the 20th to the 25th. The 20th was an album release commemoration concert of Shigeharu Mukai’s album Hip Cruiser, featuring Kazumi Watanabe. The 21st was Kazumi and Kiyoshi Sugimoto playing Be-Bop. The last 4 days were half produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and half by Kazumi Watanabe. A soundboard recording of the YMO concert on the 23rd commonly circulates around the internet. The 24th (and 25th), which can be considered the first real Kylyn concert, was broadcasted on FM Tokyo. The lineup for the 24th was a bit different than the final Kylyn lineup. It was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Kosuke Mine (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Several Kylyn mainstays were played such as Milky Shade and Milestones, along with other picks including Toshiyuki Honda’s 747 Wind Flight and a solo guitar performance of When You Wish Upon a Star.

Watanabe and Sakamoto enjoyed these sessions so much that they got a deal to record an album together, and agreed that it would be released under Watanabe’s name. HEY MAYBE THIS NEEDS SOME MORE INFO.
Tokyo Joe was also recorded as part of these sessions and was released as a single.

After recording the album, the band went on tour across the entire country of Japan for 3 months, starting at Harajuku Crocodile on May 3rd (which was broadcast on Tokyo FM) and ending wherever whenever IDK BRUH. Their stops included hall concerts, jazz festivals, and Roppongi Pit Inn. There were also several surprise appearances, such as an unscheduled appearance at the Biwako Valley Jazz Festival, which was billed just Kazumi Watanabe Group and was not mentioned on tour lists.

On June 15th-17th, Kylyn performed at Roppongi Pit Inn again. This performance was recorded and on INSERT DATE HERE was released as the double album Kylyn Live. It included some new songs, and some older Kazumi songs that had no live releases. The full setlist of this performance is unknown.

On July 8th????, they played at ????? at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall. This concert in particular received a lot of press, an FM broadcast, and featured Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi as a guest alongside Ponta.

One of the Jazz Festival appearances (it’s unknown which) was fortunate enough to receive a TV broadcast, resulting in the only known preserved video of Kylyn.

Kylyn officially disbanded after their final 1979 concert at Roppongi Pit Inn on 1979/08/24. (Jazz Life 85? but not 5 or 9). The lineup of their final concert was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). Kazumi, Sakamoto, and Yano would shortly after go on a world tour as part of the Yellow Magic Orchestra. Shortly after, Ponta disappeared from the Japanese music scene, likely due to his heroin conviction from mid 1978. IDK IF HONDA OR SHIMIZU IS MISSING THEY LOOK THE SAME.

In 1984, on Kazumi’s Tokyo FM radio show called Dogtana World, he did a retrospective on Kylyn. This broadcast also included some previously unheard live audio, meaning that there are more official recordings of Kylyn out there somewhere.

In 1987, for the 10th anniversary of Roppongi Pit Inn, Kylyn Band reunited at Yomiuri Land Open Theater EAST. Other performers featured include Sadao Watanabe,. The lineup of this concert was Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Keyboards), Akiko Yano (Piano), Rei Ohara (Bass), Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami (drums), Pecker (percussion), and a horn section of Toshiyuki Honda (Alto Sax), Yasuaki Shimizu (Tenor Sax), and Shigeharu Mukai (Trombone). XXX lived elsewhere and had to be replaced by XXX. The full setlist is XXX.

==Gallery==

==References==
<references />

Jimsaku

2026-05-02T00:13:46Z

ActuallyTanner: Added Japanese to their names (which should be in the members section but I don't wanna change it yet)

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = {{nihongo|Jimsaku|ジンサク}}
| image = Prism_live.png
| caption = "Jimsaku" performing at Shiba Postal Savings Hall, July 20, 1979
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz Fusion]]
* [[Jazz Rock]]
* [[Latin Jazz]]
}}
| years_active = 1990-1998, 2021
| label = {{flatlist|
* Polydor
* Warner Bros. Records
* Moon Records
* TDK Records
* SMS Records
* Emotion
* Apollon
* Eastern Gale
* WEA Japan
* MELDAC
* Turnon-C
* Universal
* Cosmos Records
* Beat On Beat
* Athos
* Alvatoz
}}
| website = {{URL|google.com}}
| past_members = Akira Wada Jim Saku Kume

}}

== Overview ==
{{nihongo|'''Jimsaku'''|ジンサク}} was a Japanese [[wikipedia:Jazz_fusion|Jazz Fusion]] band lead by drummer Jim and Bassist Saku. They are largely considered to have been the country's best fusion band, having formed in 1990. Their eponymous debut record was released in 1990 under [[wikipedia:Polydor_Records|Polydor records]], titled ''Jimsaku''. Since then, they have released a total of 11 records, including both studio and a live album.

== Live Performances ==
See '''''[[Jimsaku/Live Performances|Live Performances.]]'''''

== History ==

===Formation===
In late 1979 drummer Akira Jimbo was in charge of the Light Music band of Keio University. For a live performance, they needed a bassist. Tetsuo Sakurai was invaded and worked well with Jimbo. Later the band Casiopea, which Sakurai was the bassist for, needed a new drummer. Sakurai recommended Jimbo to the band's leader Issei Noro, and by January 1980 Jimbo was the newest member of Casiopea. With this lineup Casiopea would grow to stardom as one of Japan's most popular fusion bands of all time.

In 1989, Casiopea had had the same lineup for 9 years, they were running out of fresh ideas, and their sound was starting to get stale. At the beginning of the year they decided to take a rest period. During this rest period where each member had independent musical activities, Jimbo and Sakurai started to form a city pop band called Shambara. One of Casiopea's unwritten rules at the time was that the members could not be in other bands. When Casiopea's rest period came to an end, Jimbo and Sakurai were asked to leave Shambara. Disagreements resulted in them leaving Casiopea and staying with Shambara. Shambara only resulted in one album and a few live concerts, before dissolving in 1990.
=== 1990: Debut Year===
Since they were already widely recognized figures in the Japanese music scene with their own solo albums, Jimbo and Sakurai had no problems getting a record deal with Polydor. They decided to record in LA, and arranger Erich Bulling... arranged. No other Japanese musicians were featured on the album. The album was purposefully made to be a bit flat and boring, but they were proud of it<ref name=":0">JazzLife 1991-01</ref>.

For their live performances, they needed Japanese musicians they could play with regularly. Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata and Keyboardist Chizuko Yoshihiro were core members of a guitar trio called Ottottrio, which also had Issei Noro in it. Ottottrio later played with Casiopea in several events during 1989, most notably Super Fusion '89, but was not how they came to be in mind for Jimsaku. Korekata, earlier in 1990, regularly hosted sessions at Roppongi Pit Inn and Kobe Chicken George called Korekata Super Project, with Sakurai as an occasional bassist<ref name=":0" />. He also recorded an album, Mr. Heart, featuring Sakurai<ref name=":0" />. Chizuko Yoshihiro was a backing keyboardist for Salena Jones back in ???, and Jimbo and Sakurai noticed how skilled she was at playing horn sections on synthesizers<ref name=":0" />. Keyboardist Ken Morimura had played on Sakurai's first solo album, Dewdrops, and was known in the Japanese music scene to be very knowledgeable about latin music, the original aim of Jimsaku<ref name=":0" />. These five members would preform live for the first time on 1990/07/03 at Nissin Power Station, before their first album had even released<ref name=":0" />. Yoshihiro also played the recorder and was planned to play the accordion<ref name=":0" />.

Later on in 1990, for their autumn tour, they added violinist Ichiro Nakai, who played electric violin with the band. Nakai would be a core member of the band from late 1990 to 1995. With the addition of him, the core lineup of Jimsaku would be drummer Akira Jimbo, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, keyboardists Ken Morimura and Chizuko Yoshihiro, guitarist Hirokuni Korekata, and violinist Ichiro Nakai.

For their summer and autumn tours, they also featured Toshiyuki Honda, playing some of his songs and adding a sax to a few Jimsaku songs<ref name=":0" />.
=== 1980-1982: Warner Pioneer Years ===
In 1991 they recorded 45*C and it was released on 1991/09/25 in a Digipak case<ref>FM Station 1991-09</ref>. The songs for 45*C were written with the new 6 member lineup in mind. Likely due to Korekata's busy schedule, guitarist Yuji Toriyama was prominently featured on 45*C. Yuji Toriyama was a great friend of Jimbo from his high school or college days. Recording in LA was considered, but ultimately Tokyo was decided upon.

== Members ==
The band's main line-up was composed of Tetsuo Sakurai 櫻井哲夫 (bass), Akira Jimbo 神保彰 (drums), Hirokuni Korekata 是方博邦 (guitar), Ken Morimura 森村献 (keyboards), Chizuko Yoshihiro 吉弘千鶴子 (keyboards), and Ichiro Nakai 中井一朗 (electric violin), from late 1990 to 1993. In 1993 Akira Wada served as the main guitarist, Yoshiaki Muto in 1994, and Yuji Toriyama in ????.

{{Hatnote|Defining who was a support member rather than simply a guest was based on live performances and if they were consistent members of the recording band, rather than simply making a short appearance with the band, be it live or on an album. Additionally, some of who was considered an official member in the 70s—along with the dates they necessarily joined the band officially—are ill defined, so interpretations were made based on known live performances and liner notes.}}
[[File:PrismMemberTimeline.png]]

== Discography ==
Prism have released a total of 25 studio albums and 10 live albums since 1977. The band was signed to [[Universal Music Group]] in 2003, which re-released the band's first four albums, and remained their record publisher.

* ''Prism'' (1977)
* ''Second Thoughts/Second Move'' (1978)
* ''Prism III'' (1979)
* ''Prism Live'' (1979)
* ''Surprise'' (1980)
* ''Community Illusion'' (1981)
* ''Live Alive (Absolutely)'' (1981)
* ''Visions'' (1982)
* ''∞（永久機関）'' (1983)
* ''Nothin' Unusual'' (1985)
* ''Dreamin'' (1986)
* ''Live Alive Vol. 2'' (1987)
* ''The Silence of the Motion'' (1987)
* ''Mother Earth'' (1990)
* ''Rejuvenation'' (1991)
* ''A Personal Change'' (1992)
* ''Prism Jam'' (1995)
* ''Uncovered'' (1995)
* ''Prismania'' (1997)
* ''Whiter'' (1997)
* ''In the Last Resort'' (2001)
* ''Present I'' (2003)
* ''Present II'' (2003)
* ''【Mju:】'' (2003)
* ''1977 Live at Sugino Kodo'' (2004)
* ''Homecoming 2004'' (2004)
* ''三位一体'' (2005)
* ''Blue...'' (2007)
* ''Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming]'' (2007)
* ''Prism Homecoming Vol. 3'' (2008)
* ''Invite (2009)''
* ''Palace in the Sky'' (2011)
* ''Mode:Odd'' (2013)
* ''Celebrate'' (2017)
* ''What You See'' (2017)

Jimsaku

2026-04-21T16:03:53Z

ActuallyTanner: Minor

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = {{nihongo|Jimsaku|ジンサク}}
| image = Prism_live.png
| caption = "Jimsaku" performing at Shiba Postal Savings Hall, July 20, 1979
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz Fusion]]
* [[Jazz Rock]]
* [[Latin Jazz]]
}}
| years_active = 1990-1998, 2021
| label = {{flatlist|
* Polydor
* Warner Bros. Records
* Moon Records
* TDK Records
* SMS Records
* Emotion
* Apollon
* Eastern Gale
* WEA Japan
* MELDAC
* Turnon-C
* Universal
* Cosmos Records
* Beat On Beat
* Athos
* Alvatoz
}}
| website = {{URL|google.com}}
| past_members = Akira Wada Jim Saku Kume

}}

== Overview ==
{{nihongo|'''Jimsaku'''|ジンサク}} was a Japanese [[wikipedia:Jazz_fusion|Jazz Fusion]] band lead by drummer Jim and Bassist Saku. They are largely considered to have been the country's best fusion band, having formed in 1990. Their eponymous debut record was released in 1990 under [[wikipedia:Polydor_Records|Polydor records]], titled ''Jimsaku''. Since then, they have released a total of 11 records, including both studio and a live album.

== Live Performances ==
See '''''[[Jimsaku/Live Performances|Live Performances.]]'''''

== History ==

===Formation===
In late 1979 drummer Akira Jimbo was in charge of the Light Music band of Keio University. For a live performance, they needed a bassist. Tetsuo Sakurai was invaded and worked well with Jimbo. Later the band Casiopea, which Sakurai was the bassist for, needed a new drummer. Sakurai recommended Jimbo to the band's leader Issei Noro, and by January 1980 Jimbo was the newest member of Casiopea. With this lineup Casiopea would grow to stardom as one of Japan's most popular fusion bands of all time.

In 1989, Casiopea had had the same lineup for 9 years, they were running out of fresh ideas, and their sound was starting to get stale. At the beginning of the year they decided to take a rest period. During this rest period where each member had independent musical activities, Jimbo and Sakurai started to form a city pop band called Shambara. One of Casiopea's unwritten rules at the time was that the members could not be in other bands. When Casiopea's rest period came to an end, Jimbo and Sakurai were asked to leave Shambara. Disagreements resulted in them leaving Casiopea and staying with Shambara. Shambara only resulted in one album and a few live concerts, before dissolving in 1990.
=== 1990: Debut Year===
Since they were already widely recognized figures in the Japanese music scene with their own solo albums, Jimbo and Sakurai had no problems getting a record deal with Polydor. They decided to record in LA, and arranger Erich Bulling... arranged. No other Japanese musicians were featured on the album. The album was purposefully made to be a bit flat and boring, but they were proud of it<ref name=":0">JazzLife 1991-01</ref>.

For their live performances, they needed Japanese musicians they could play with regularly. Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata and Keyboardist Chizuko Yoshihiro were core members of a guitar trio called Ottottrio, which also had Issei Noro in it. Ottottrio later played with Casiopea in several events during 1989, most notably Super Fusion '89, but was not how they came to be in mind for Jimsaku. Korekata, earlier in 1990, regularly hosted sessions at Roppongi Pit Inn and Kobe Chicken George called Korekata Super Project, with Sakurai as an occasional bassist<ref name=":0" />. He also recorded an album, Mr. Heart, featuring Sakurai<ref name=":0" />. Chizuko Yoshihiro was a backing keyboardist for Salena Jones back in ???, and Jimbo and Sakurai noticed how skilled she was at playing horn sections on synthesizers<ref name=":0" />. Keyboardist Ken Morimura had played on Sakurai's first solo album, Dewdrops, and was known in the Japanese music scene to be very knowledgeable about latin music, the original aim of Jimsaku<ref name=":0" />. These five members would preform live for the first time on 1990/07/03 at Nissin Power Station, before their first album had even released<ref name=":0" />. Yoshihiro also played the recorder and was planned to play the accordion<ref name=":0" />.

Later on in 1990, for their autumn tour, they added violinist Ichiro Nakai, who played electric violin with the band. Nakai would be a core member of the band from late 1990 to 1995. With the addition of him, the core lineup of Jimsaku would be drummer Akira Jimbo, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, keyboardists Ken Morimura and Chizuko Yoshihiro, guitarist Hirokuni Korekata, and violinist Ichiro Nakai.

For their summer and autumn tours, they also featured Toshiyuki Honda, playing some of his songs and adding a sax to a few Jimsaku songs<ref name=":0" />.
=== 1980-1982: Warner Pioneer Years ===
In 1991 they recorded 45*C and it was released on 1991/09/25 in a Digipak case<ref>FM Station 1991-09</ref>. The songs for 45*C were written with the new 6 member lineup in mind. Likely due to Korekata's busy schedule, guitarist Yuji Toriyama was prominently featured on 45*C. Yuji Toriyama was a great friend of Jimbo from his high school or college days. Recording in LA was considered, but ultimately Tokyo was decided upon.

== Members ==
The band's main line-up was composed of Tetsuo Sakurai (bass), Akira Jimbo (drums), Hirokuni Korekata (guitar), Ken Morimura (keyboards), Chizuko Yoshihiro (keyboards), and Ichiro Nakai (electric violin), frome late 1990 to 1993. In 1993 Akira Wada served as the main guitarist, Yoshiaki Muto in 1994, and Yuji Toriyama in ????.

{{Hatnote|Defining who was a support member rather than simply a guest was based on live performances and if they were consistent members of the recording band, rather than simply making a short appearance with the band, be it live or on an album. Additionally, some of who was considered an official member in the 70s—along with the dates they necessarily joined the band officially—are ill defined, so interpretations were made based on known live performances and liner notes.}}
[[File:PrismMemberTimeline.png]]

== Discography ==
Prism have released a total of 25 studio albums and 10 live albums since 1977. The band was signed to [[Universal Music Group]] in 2003, which re-released the band's first four albums, and remained their record publisher.

* ''Prism'' (1977)
* ''Second Thoughts/Second Move'' (1978)
* ''Prism III'' (1979)
* ''Prism Live'' (1979)
* ''Surprise'' (1980)
* ''Community Illusion'' (1981)
* ''Live Alive (Absolutely)'' (1981)
* ''Visions'' (1982)
* ''∞（永久機関）'' (1983)
* ''Nothin' Unusual'' (1985)
* ''Dreamin'' (1986)
* ''Live Alive Vol. 2'' (1987)
* ''The Silence of the Motion'' (1987)
* ''Mother Earth'' (1990)
* ''Rejuvenation'' (1991)
* ''A Personal Change'' (1992)
* ''Prism Jam'' (1995)
* ''Uncovered'' (1995)
* ''Prismania'' (1997)
* ''Whiter'' (1997)
* ''In the Last Resort'' (2001)
* ''Present I'' (2003)
* ''Present II'' (2003)
* ''【Mju:】'' (2003)
* ''1977 Live at Sugino Kodo'' (2004)
* ''Homecoming 2004'' (2004)
* ''三位一体'' (2005)
* ''Blue...'' (2007)
* ''Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming]'' (2007)
* ''Prism Homecoming Vol. 3'' (2008)
* ''Invite (2009)''
* ''Palace in the Sky'' (2011)
* ''Mode:Odd'' (2013)
* ''Celebrate'' (2017)
* ''What You See'' (2017)

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Jimsaku

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ActuallyTanner: Shoutout kodo's jazzlife 1991-01

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = {{nihongo|Jimsaku|ジンサク}}
| image = Prism_live.png
| caption = "Jimsaku" performing at Shiba Postal Savings Hall, July 20, 1979
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz Fusion]]
* [[Jazz Rock]]
* [[Latin Jazz]]
}}
| years_active = 1990-1998, 2021
| label = {{flatlist|
* Polydor
* Warner Bros. Records
* Moon Records
* TDK Records
* SMS Records
* Emotion
* Apollon
* Eastern Gale
* WEA Japan
* MELDAC
* Turnon-C
* Universal
* Cosmos Records
* Beat On Beat
* Athos
* Alvatoz
}}
| website = {{URL|google.com}}
| past_members = Akira Wada Jim Saku Kume

}}

== Overview ==
{{nihongo|'''Jimsaku'''|ジンサク}} was a Japanese [[wikipedia:Jazz_fusion|Jazz Fusion]] band lead by drummer Jim and Bassist Saku. They are largely considered to have been the country's best fusion band, having formed in 1990. Their eponymous debut record was released in 1990 under [[wikipedia:Polydor_Records|Polydor records]], titled ''Jimsaku''. Since then, they have released a total of 11 records, including both studio and live albums.

== Live Performances ==
See '''''[[Jimsaku/Live Performances|Live Performances.]]'''''

== History ==

===Formation===
In late 1979 drummer Akira Jimbo was in charge of the Light Music band of Keio University. For a live performance, they needed a bassist. Tetsuo Sakurai was invaded and worked well with Jimbo. Later the band Casiopea, which Sakurai was the bassist for, needed a new drummer. Sakurai recommended Jimbo to the band's leader Issei Noro, and by January 1980 Jimbo was the newest member of Casiopea. With this lineup Casiopea would grow to stardom as one of Japan's most popular fusion bands of all time.

In 1989, Casiopea had had the same lineup for 9 years, they were running out of fresh ideas, and their sound was starting to get stale. At the beginning of the year they decided to take a rest period. During this rest period where each member had independent musical activities, Jimbo and Sakurai started to form a city pop band called Shambara. One of Casiopea's unwritten rules at the time was that the members could not be in other bands. When Casiopea's rest period came to an end, Jimbo and Sakurai were asked to leave Shambara. Disagreements resulted in them leaving Casiopea and staying with Shambara. Shambara only resulted in one album and a few live concerts, before dissolving in 19??.
=== 1990: Debut Year===
Since they were already widely recognized figures in the Japanese music scene with their own solo albums, Jimbo and Sakurai had no problems getting a record deal with ???. They decided to record in LA, and arranger Erich Bulling... arranged. No other Japanese musicians were featured on the album. The album was purposefully made to be a bit flat and boring, but they were proud of it.

For their live performances, they needed Japanese musicians they could play with regularly. Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata and Keyboardist Chizuko Yoshihiro were core members of a guitar trio called Ottottrio, which also had Issei Noro in it. Ottottrio later played with Casiopea in several events during 1989, most notably Super Fusion '89, but was not how they came to be in mind for Jimsaku. Korekata, earlier in 1990, regularly hosted sessions at Roppongi Pit Inn and Kobe Chicken George called Korekata Super Project, with Sakurai as an occasional bassist. He also recorded an album, Mr. Heart, featuring Sakurai. Chizuko Yoshihiro was a backing keyboardist for Salena Jones back in ???, and Jimbo and Sakurai noticed how skilled she was at playing horn sections on synthesizers. Keyboardist Ken Morimura had played on Sakurai's first solo album, Dewdrops, and was known in the Japanese music scene to be very knowledgeable about latin music, the original aim of Jimsaku. These five members would preform live for the first time on 1990/07/03 at Nissin Power Station^1, before their first album had even released. Chizuko Yoshihiro also played the recorder and was planned to play the accordion.

Later on in 1990, for their autumn tour, they added violinist Ichiro Nakai, who played electric violin with the band. Ichiro Nakai would be a core member of the band from late 1990 to 1995. With the addition of him, the core lineup of Jimsaku would be drummer Akira Jimbo, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, keyboardists Ken Morimura and Chizuko Yoshihiro, Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata, and Violinist Ichiro Nakai.

For their autumn tour, they also featured Toshiyuki Honda, playing some of his songs and adding a sax to a few Jimsaku songs.
=== 1980-1982: Warner Pioneer Years ===
In 1991 they recorded 45*C. The songs for 45*C were written with the new 6 member lineup in mind. Likely due to Korekata's busy schedule, guitarist Yuji Toriyama was prominently featured on 45*C. Yuji Toriyama was a great friend of Jimbo from his high school or college days.

== Members ==
The band's final line-up was composed of Jiro Okada (bass), Satoshi "Mansaku" Kimura (drums), Akira Wada (guitar) and Tatsuya "Cheru" Watanabe (keyboards, vocals) as of their suspension of activities in 2018. On March 28, 2021, Wada died at the age of 64.

{{Hatnote|Defining who was a support member rather than simply a guest was based on live performances and if they were consistent members of the recording band, rather than simply making a short appearance with the band, be it live or on an album. Additionally, some of who was considered an official member in the 70s—along with the dates they necessarily joined the band officially—are ill defined, so interpretations were made based on known live performances and liner notes.}}
[[File:PrismMemberTimeline.png]]

== Discography ==
Prism have released a total of 25 studio albums and 10 live albums since 1977. The band was signed to [[Universal Music Group]] in 2003, which re-released the band's first four albums, and remained their record publisher.

* ''Prism'' (1977)
* ''Second Thoughts/Second Move'' (1978)
* ''Prism III'' (1979)
* ''Prism Live'' (1979)
* ''Surprise'' (1980)
* ''Community Illusion'' (1981)
* ''Live Alive (Absolutely)'' (1981)
* ''Visions'' (1982)
* ''∞（永久機関）'' (1983)
* ''Nothin' Unusual'' (1985)
* ''Dreamin'' (1986)
* ''Live Alive Vol. 2'' (1987)
* ''The Silence of the Motion'' (1987)
* ''Mother Earth'' (1990)
* ''Rejuvenation'' (1991)
* ''A Personal Change'' (1992)
* ''Prism Jam'' (1995)
* ''Uncovered'' (1995)
* ''Prismania'' (1997)
* ''Whiter'' (1997)
* ''In the Last Resort'' (2001)
* ''Present I'' (2003)
* ''Present II'' (2003)
* ''【Mju:】'' (2003)
* ''1977 Live at Sugino Kodo'' (2004)
* ''Homecoming 2004'' (2004)
* ''三位一体'' (2005)
* ''Blue...'' (2007)
* ''Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming]'' (2007)
* ''Prism Homecoming Vol. 3'' (2008)
* ''Invite (2009)''
* ''Palace in the Sky'' (2011)
* ''Mode:Odd'' (2013)
* ''Celebrate'' (2017)
* ''What You See'' (2017)

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== Summary ==
Supermarket duh

Jimsaku

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = {{nihongo|Jimsaku|ジンサク}}
| image = Prism_live.png
| caption = "Jimsaku" performing at Shiba Postal Savings Hall, July 20, 1979
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz Fusion]]
* [[Jazz Rock]]
* [[Latin Jazz]]
}}
| years_active = 1990-1998, 2021
| label = {{flatlist|
* Polydor
* Warner Bros. Records
* Moon Records
* TDK Records
* SMS Records
* Emotion
* Apollon
* Eastern Gale
* WEA Japan
* MELDAC
* Turnon-C
* Universal
* Cosmos Records
* Beat On Beat
* Athos
* Alvatoz
}}
| website = {{URL|google.com}}
| past_members = Akira Wada Jim Saku Kume

}}

== Overview ==
{{nihongo|'''Jimsaku'''|ジンサク}} was a Japanese [[wikipedia:Jazz_fusion|Jazz Fusion]] band lead by drummer Jim and Bassist Saku. They are largely considered to have been the country's best fusion band, having formed in 1990. Their eponymous debut record was released in 1990 under [[wikipedia:Polydor_Records|Polydor records]], titled ''Jimsaku''. Since then, they have released a total of 11 records, including both studio and live albums.

== Live Performances ==
See '''''[[Jimsaku/Live Performances|Live Performances.]]'''''

== History ==

===Formation===
In late 1979 drummer Akira Jimbo was in charge of the Light Music band of Keio University. For a live performance, they needed a bassist. Tetsuo Sakurai was invaded and worked well with Jimbo. Later the band Casiopea, which Sakurai was the bassist for, needed a new drummer. Sakurai recommended Jimbo to the band's leader Issei Noro, and by January 1980 Jimbo was the newest member of Casiopea. With this lineup Casiopea would grow to stardom as one of Japan's most popular fusion bands of all time.

In 1989, Casiopea had had the same lineup for 9 years, they were running out of fresh ideas, and their sound was starting to get stale. At the beginning of the year they decided to take a rest period. During this rest period where each member had independent musical activities, Jimbo and Sakurai started to form a city pop band called Shambara. One of Casiopea's unwritten rules at the time was that the members could not be in other bands. When Casiopea's rest period came to an end, Jimbo and Sakurai were asked to leave Shambara. Disagreements resulted in them leaving Casiopea and staying with Shambara. Shambara only resulted in one album and a few live concerts, before dissolving in 19??.
=== 1990: Debut Year===
Since they were already widely recognized figures in the Japanese music scene with their own solo albums, Jimbo and Sakurai had no problems getting a record deal with ???.
For their live performances, they needed Japanese musicians they could play with regularly. Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata and Keyboardist Chizuko Yoshihiro were core members of a guitar trio called Ottottrio, which also had Issei Noro in it. Ottottrio later played with Casiopea in several events during 1989, most notably Super Fusion '89, likely how they came to be in mind for Jimsaku. Keyboardist Ken Morimura. These five members started playing concerts in 1990.

Later on in 1990, somehow, they added violinist Ichiro Nakai, who played electric violin with the band. Ichiro Nakai would be a core member of the band from late 1990 to 1995. With the addition of him, the core lineup of Jimsaku would be drummer Akira Jimbo, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, keyboardists Ken Morimura and Chizuko Yoshihiro, Guitarist Hirokuni Korekata, and Violinist Ichiro Nakai.

=== 1980-1982: Warner Pioneer Years ===
In 1991 they recorded 45*C.

== Members ==
The band's final line-up was composed of Jiro Okada (bass), Satoshi "Mansaku" Kimura (drums), Akira Wada (guitar) and Tatsuya "Cheru" Watanabe (keyboards, vocals) as of their suspension of activities in 2018. On March 28, 2021, Wada died at the age of 64.

{{Hatnote|Defining who was a support member rather than simply a guest was based on live performances and if they were consistent members of the recording band, rather than simply making a short appearance with the band, be it live or on an album. Additionally, some of who was considered an official member in the 70s—along with the dates they necessarily joined the band officially—are ill defined, so interpretations were made based on known live performances and liner notes.}}
[[File:PrismMemberTimeline.png]]

== Discography ==
Prism have released a total of 25 studio albums and 10 live albums since 1977. The band was signed to [[Universal Music Group]] in 2003, which re-released the band's first four albums, and remained their record publisher.

* ''Prism'' (1977)
* ''Second Thoughts/Second Move'' (1978)
* ''Prism III'' (1979)
* ''Prism Live'' (1979)
* ''Surprise'' (1980)
* ''Community Illusion'' (1981)
* ''Live Alive (Absolutely)'' (1981)
* ''Visions'' (1982)
* ''∞（永久機関）'' (1983)
* ''Nothin' Unusual'' (1985)
* ''Dreamin'' (1986)
* ''Live Alive Vol. 2'' (1987)
* ''The Silence of the Motion'' (1987)
* ''Mother Earth'' (1990)
* ''Rejuvenation'' (1991)
* ''A Personal Change'' (1992)
* ''Prism Jam'' (1995)
* ''Uncovered'' (1995)
* ''Prismania'' (1997)
* ''Whiter'' (1997)
* ''In the Last Resort'' (2001)
* ''Present I'' (2003)
* ''Present II'' (2003)
* ''【Mju:】'' (2003)
* ''1977 Live at Sugino Kodo'' (2004)
* ''Homecoming 2004'' (2004)
* ''三位一体'' (2005)
* ''Blue...'' (2007)
* ''Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming]'' (2007)
* ''Prism Homecoming Vol. 3'' (2008)
* ''Invite (2009)''
* ''Palace in the Sky'' (2011)
* ''Mode:Odd'' (2013)
* ''Celebrate'' (2017)
* ''What You See'' (2017)

Shibuya Attic

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{{Infobox venue
| name = Shibuya Attic
| native_name = 渋谷屋根裏 (Shibuya Yaneura)
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| image = [[File:S-ken_1978_04_15.jpg|250px|frameless|center|alt=S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.|S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.]]
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| caption = S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.
| address = 渋谷センター街 (Center Street, Shibuya, Tokyo)
| coordinates =
| elevation =
| owner = Koichiro Hatano
| type = [[:en:Live_house|Live house]]
| seating_type = Chairs
| capacity = 40 (approx.)
| record_attendance =
| dimensions =
| acreage =
| opened = 1975/12/26
| renovated = 1990?
| closed = 1986/08/31
| demolished = 2015
| rebuilt = 1997
| years_active = 1975-2015
| embedded =
}}
Shibuya Attic (''Hepburn: Shibuya Yaneura'', sometimes referred to as simply "Yaneura") is a live house in Shibuya, Tokyo, which opened on December 26th, 1975. It also has a branch in Shimokitazawa. Shibuya Attic is notable for having hosted concerts of Casiopea, Prism, Space Circus, Camino, T-Square, and more.

== History ==
Shibuya Attic opened on December 26th, 1975, located between Shibuya Center Gai and Seibu Department Store. It was founded by NHK-FM director Koichiro Hatano (who also produced Young Kodama). The PA system at the Attic was owned (and gifted to the venue) by the band Zuno Keisatsu. The band members also helped with the interior construction, which is why their final concert was held at the Attic. The opening party featured a performance from the band Rouge.

On August 31st, 1986, the Shibuya Attic closed and moved to Shimokitazawa, which remained the only Attic location until the opening of a new Shibuya location in September 1997 (located near Shibuya Parco Part 3, 13-16 Udagawacho, Kokusai Building B, B1F).

== Notable Artists ==
At its first location, Shibuya Attic hosted many concerts of notable artists, including Casiopea, Prism, Space Circus, Katsutoshi Morizono with Bird's Eye View, Yoninbayashi, Camino, T-Square, Char, Crosswind, Carmen Maki & Oz, Kazuo Takeda, Jun Yamagishi, Creation, Southern All Stars, Condition Green, RC Succession, Bowwow, and Boøwy.

T-Square guitarist Masahiro Ando, recalls that when he was a student in the 70s, he was a big fan of Prism, and used to attend their concerts at the Shibuya Attic. He was particularly fascinated by Akira Wada.

== Gallery ==

Shibuya Attic

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{{Infobox venue
| name = Shibuya Attic
| native_name = 渋谷屋根裏 (Shibuya Yaneura)
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| image = [[File:S-ken_1978_04_15.jpg|250px|frameless|center|alt=S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.|S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.]]
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| caption = S-Ken performing live at Shibuya Attic on April 15, 1978.
| address = 渋谷センター街 (Center Street, Shibuya, Tokyo)
| coordinates =
| elevation =
| owner = Koichiro Hatano
| type = [[:en:Live_house|Live house]]
| seating_type = Chairs
| capacity = 40 (approx.)
| record_attendance =
| dimensions =
| acreage =
| opened = 1975/12/26
| renovated = 1990?
| closed = 1986/08/31
| demolished = 2015
| rebuilt = 1997
| years_active = 1975-2015
| embedded =
}}
Shibuya Attic (''Hepburn: Shibuya Yaneura'', sometimes referred to as simply "Yaneura") is a live house in Shibuya, Tokyo, which opened on December 26th, 1975. It also has a branch in Shimokitazawa. Shibuya Attic is notable for having hosted concerts of Casiopea, Prism, Space Circus, and more.

== History ==
Shibuya Attic opened on December 26th, 1975, located between Shibuya Center Gai and Seibu Department Store. It was founded by NHK-FM director Koichiro Hatano (who also produced Young Kodama). The PA system at the Attic was owned (and gifted to the venue) by the band Zuno Keisatsu. The band members also helped with the interior construction, which is why their final concert was held at the Attic. The opening party featured a performance from the band Rouge.

On August 31st, 1986, the Shibuya Attic closed and moved to Shimokitazawa, which remained the only Attic location until the opening of a new Shibuya location in September 1997 (located near Shibuya Parco Part 3, 13-16 Udagawacho, Kokusai Building B, B1F).

== Notable Artists ==
At its first location, Shibuya Attic hosted many concerts of notable artists, including Casiopea, Prism, Space Circus, Katsutoshi Morizono with Bird's Eye View, Yoninbayashi, Camino, T-Square, Char, Crosswind, Carmen Maki & Oz, Kazuo Takeda, Jun Yamagishi, Creation, Southern All Stars, Condition Green, RC Succession, Bowwow, and Boøwy.

T-Square guitarist Masahiro Ando, recalls that when he was a student in the 70s, he was a big fan of Prism, and used to attend their concerts at the Shibuya Attic. He was particularly fascinated by Akira Wada.

== Gallery ==

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1987
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki 柵木ひとみ (Keyboard) Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki 新垣郁子 (Keyboard) Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka 日高恵一 (Guitar) Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda 松田俊郎 (Bass) Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa 長谷川正志 (Drums)
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

==Overview==
Kangaroo (カンガルー, Kangaruu) was a Japanese Jazz Fusion and later City Pop band lead by ???. They were commonly known by the infamous nickname "Japanese Shakatak". They released 4 albums with a constantly shifting style before dissolving in 1987.
==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In 1982, keyboardists Hitomi Maseki and Ikuko Aragaki, guitarist Keiichi Hidaka, bassist Toshiro Mitsuda, and drummer Masashi Hasegawa, all based in Yokohama, formed Kangaroo. At that time, Yamaha hosted music competitions that had a precedent of both competitors and winners receiving record deals and becoming accomplished artists. The new nationwide Light Music Contest served as the final contest where the best bands of all of the regional Yamaha music contests fought for a top prize at a luxurious resort in Nemu. Last year, the prize was an album recording sessionn in LA, awarded to the winners Early Byrds. So in August of 1982, Kangaroo competed in Yamaha's EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played one song, Taruikasu, which was written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won the contest, receiving the grand prix award and two best keyboardist awards, and were entered into Light Music Contest '82. They played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win the contest, losing out to fellow fusion band Olieve's Step, but Hasegawa was given the best drummer award. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band. Winning EastWest was their first step towards notoriety and set them up for their debut album on Victor's Invitation label.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album . On 1983 21 August, on Victor's Invitation label, they released their debut album, Steppin'. Steppin' was somewhat rushed, and added vocals and strings, distorting the original vision of what Kangaroo was.

In MONTH, They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

In November and December of 1983, they joined Shakatak's second Japan tour as the opening act. Notably on this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. Kangaroo's set only lasted 30 minutes, and aimed to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. They used these sets to improve their stage presence and refine their craft. Behind the scenes, they spent the entire tour with Shakatak both on and off stage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" /> The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both a Shakatak album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing their tour with Shakatak, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21<ref>Adlib 1984-05</ref><ref>Jazz Life 1984-05</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1987
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki 柵木ひとみ (Keyboard) Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki 新垣郁子 (Keyboard) Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka 日高恵一 (Guitar) Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda 松田俊郎 (Bass) Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa 長谷川正志 (Drums)
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

==Overview==
Kangaroo (カンガルー, Kangaruu) was a Japanese Jazz Fusion and later City Pop band lead by ???. They were commonly known by the infamous nickname "Japanese Shakatak". They released 4 albums with a constantly shifting style before dissolving in 1987.
==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In 1982, keyboardists Hitomi Maseki and Ikuko Aragaki, guitarist Keiichi Hidaka, bassist Toshiro Mitsuda, and drummer Masashi Hasegawa, all based in Yokohama, formed Kangaroo. At that time, Yamaha hosted music competitions that had a precedent of both competitors and winners receiving record deals and becoming accomplished artists. The new nationwide Light Music Contest served as the final contest where the best bands of all of the regional Yamaha music contests fought for a top prize at a luxurious resort in Nemu. Last year, the prize was an album recording sessionn in LA, awarded to the winners Early Byrds. So in August of 1982, Kangaroo competed in Yamaha's EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played one song, Taruikasu, which was written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won the contest, receiving the grand prix award and two best keyboardist awards, and were entered into Light Music Contest '82. They played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win the contest, losing out to fellow fusion band Olieve's Step, but Hasegawa was given the best drummer award. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band. Winning EastWest was their first step towards notoriety and set them up for their debut album on Victor's Invitation label.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album . On 1983 21 August, on Victor's Invitation label, they released their debut album, Steppin'. Steppin' was somewhat rushed, and added vocals and strings, distorting the original vision of what Kangaroo was.

In MONTH, They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

In November and December of 1983, they joined Shakatak's next Japan tour as the opening act. Notably on this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. Kangaroo's set only lasted 30 minutes, and aimed to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. They used these sets to improve their stage presence and refine their craft. Behind the scenes, they spent the entire tour with Shakatak both on and off stage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" /> The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both a Shakatak album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing their tour with Shakatak, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21<ref>Adlib 1984-05</ref><ref>Jazz Life 1984-05</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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ActuallyTanner: Added overview and reworded formation and 1983, probably need more sources.

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1987
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki 柵木ひとみ (Keyboard) Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki 新垣郁子 (Keyboard) Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka 日高恵一 (Guitar) Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda 松田俊郎 (Bass) Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa 長谷川正志 (Drums)
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

==Overview==
Kangaroo (カンガルー, Kangaruu) was a Japanese Jazz Fusion and later City Pop band lead by ???. They were commonly known by the infamous nickname "Japanese Shakatak". They released 4 albums with a constantly shifting style before dissolving in 1987.
==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In 1982, keyboardists Hitomi Maseki and Ikuko Aragaki, guitarist Keiichi Hidaka, bassist Toshiro Mitsuda, and drummer Masashi Hasegawa, all based in Yokohama, formed Kangaroo. At that time, Yamaha hosted music competitions that had a precedent of both competitors and winners receiving record deals and becoming accomplished artists. The new nationwide Light Music Contest served as the final contest where the best bands of all of the regional Yamaha music contests fought for a top prize at a luxurious resort in Nemu. Last year, the prize was an album recording sessionn in LA, awarded to the winners Early Byrds. So in August of 1982, Kangaroo competed in Yamaha's EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played one song, Taruikasu, which was written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won the contest, receiving the grand prix award and two best keyboardist awards, and were entered into Light Music Contest '82. They played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win the contest, losing out to fellow fusion band Olieve's Step, but Hasegawa was given the best drummer award. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band. Winning EastWest was their first step towards notoriety and set them up for their debut album on Victor's Invitation label.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album . On 1983 21 August, on Victor's Invitation label, they released their debut album, Steppin'. Steppin' was somewhat rushed, and added vocals and strings, distorting the original vision of what Kangaroo was.

In MONTH, They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

In November and December of 1983, they joined Shakatak's next Japan tour as the opening act. Notably on this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. Kangaroo's set only lasted 30 minutes, and aimed to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. They used these sets to improve their stage presence and refine their craft. Behind the scenes, they spent the entire tour with Shakatak both on and off stage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" /> The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both a Shakatak album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing their tour with Shakatak, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21<ref>Adlib 1984-05</ref><ref>Jazz Life 1984-05</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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ActuallyTanner: /* Discography */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki 柵木ひとみ (Keyboard) Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki 新垣郁子 (Keyboard) Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka 日高恵一 (Guitar) Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda 松田俊郎 (Bass) Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa 長谷川正志 (Drums)
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed, based out of Yokohama. They decided to participate in the Yamaha music contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next Japan tour in November and December with a 30 minute set, aiming to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo. Notably in this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. This tour helped Kangaroo refine their craft and prepared them for a better stage presence and their next album. They also spent the entire tour with Shakatak even offstage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" />

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing the tour, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21<ref>Adlib 1984-05</ref><ref>Jazz Life 1984-05</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki 柵木ひとみ (Keyboard) Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki 新垣郁子 (Keyboard) Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka 日高恵一 (Guitar) Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda 松田俊郎 (Bass) Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa 長谷川正志 (Drums)
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed, based out of Yokohama. They decided to participate in the Yamaha music contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next Japan tour in November and December with a 30 minute set, aiming to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo. Notably in this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. This tour helped Kangaroo refine their craft and prepared them for a better stage presence and their next album. They also spent the entire tour with Shakatak even offstage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" />

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing the tour, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-03-03T17:00:46Z

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed, based out of Yokohama. They decided to participate in the Yamaha music contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next Japan tour in November and December with a 30 minute set, aiming to avoid a bad impression by unfamiliar Shakatak fans<ref name=":3">Jazz Life 1984-02</ref>. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo. Notably in this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa. This tour helped Kangaroo refine their craft and prepared them for a better stage presence and their next album. They also spent the entire tour with Shakatak even offstage. Roger Odell also wrote lyrics for Gemini, but they weren't included on the album.<ref name=":3" />

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing the tour, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-24T17:26:41Z

ActuallyTanner: made up names for girl 1 and girl 2

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Aja" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Bon" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed, based out of Yokohama. They decided to participate in the Yamaha music contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo. Notably in this tour, they added two vocalists, Midori Fukuhara and Emi Kuwazawa.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing the tour, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-24T17:11:59Z

ActuallyTanner: Some Nice!^3 info

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed, based out of Yokohama. They decided to participate in the Yamaha music contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They won and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo. Notably in this tour, they added two vocalists, girl 1 and girl 2.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
In January, right after finishing the tour, they went to the studio with their new vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!. Nice!^3 was later released on 1984 April 21.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 27 inch TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984/04/21
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

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Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986/02/21
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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ActuallyTanner: /* Meeting Shakatak (1983) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell writing Love the Night Away on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-19T19:08:36Z

ActuallyTanner: Cited Kitagami and Kyle Lobb 👍

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Around 1984, they submitted a demo tape to Mitsubishi for their music to be used in a commercial, but they were turned down for not being famous enough despite having TV and event appearances.<ref>Kitagami: https://discord.com/channels/943690289695055932/1067674618346864741/1067699036213215242</ref>

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-19T18:43:32Z

ActuallyTanner: /* History */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama<ref name=":2">Adlib 1983-07</ref>. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23<ref name=":2" />, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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ActuallyTanner: /* Meeting Shakatak (1983) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album, originally set for release in July<ref>Adlib 1983-04</ref>. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Roppongi Pit Inn

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ActuallyTanner: Copied Lo-D Plaza text and there may still be a lot of crumbs of it.

{{Infobox venue
| name = Roppongi Pit Inn
| native_name = 六本木ピットイン
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| logo_image = [[File:Pit Inn.svg.svg|150px]]
| logo_size = 150px
| image = [[File:02-gaikan2 big.jpg|250px|frameless|center|alt=Roppongi Pit Inn Interior.|The interior of the Roppongi Pit Inn.]]
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| caption = The interior of the Roppongi Pit Inn.
| address = Shimei Bldg. B1, 3-17-7 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tōkyō 106-0032
| coordinates = {{Coord|35.66154|139.7373|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = 
| owner = Keiji Ono
| type = Live house
| seating_type = chairs?
| capacity = 5
| record_attendance = 10 billion
| dimensions =
| acreage =
| built = 1977
| opened = 1977/08/25
| renovated = 1990?
| closed = 2004/07/26
| demolished = 2004
| rebuilt =
| yearsactive = 1977-2004
| embedded =
}}

'''Roppongi Pit Inn''' (六本木ピットイン) was a [[wikipedia:Live_house|live house]] located on the first floor of , in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. It operated from 1977 August 25 to 2004 July 26, until the building was demolished. The name ‘Pit Inn’ is derived from ???. Roppongi Pit Inn was a sister location of Shinjuku Pit Inn. Shinjuku Pit Inn is more of a purist jazz venue whereas Roppongi Pit Inn was dubbed as the Mecca of jazz fusion in Japan.
{{multiple image
| align = left
| direction = horizontal
| width = 150
| image1 = Ginza_inz.JPG
| caption1 = The outside of Ginza INZ, formerly Yuraku Food Centre.
| image2 = Yuraku_food_centre.jpg
| caption2 = The outside of Yuraku Food Centre, where Hitachi Lo-D Plaza was originally located.
}}

[[File:Lod_advertisement.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A magazine advertisement for Lo-D Plaza with visitor information.]]

== History ==
The mid-seventies in Japan saw a trend of most major audio manufacturers (incl. [[wikipedia:Victor_Entertainment|Victor]], [[wikipedia:Sansui_Electric|Sansui]], [[wikipedia:Sony|Sony]], [[wikipedia:Technics_(brand)|Technics]], [[wikipedia:Toshiba|Toshiba]] and Hitachi) establishing their own individual showrooms at locations across Tokyo to showcase their newest additions and advancements to their lineup of audio products, offering product testing and various listening experiences to members of the public. As part of the experience, most showrooms would additionally host live performances of popular local artists as a means to showcase the ability of their audio equipment, and further drive customers to the venues in a form of mutual advertisement. All concerts and events that took place at Hitachi Lo-D Plaza were completely free of charge, as was the case for most of these audio manufacturer showrooms.

Alongside live performances, Lo-D Plaza would also host film and video screenings, album listening parties, DJ sessions, performance art, comedy shows, and a weekly amateur band concert. In addition to these activities, a monthly radio program titled "FM Sound In Now" was recorded live from Lo-D Plaza, hosted by music icon Kouichi Sugiyama. This program ran from the mid to late 70s.

== Overview ==
Unlike the other venues, Roppongi Pit Inn was quickly known to be the place to go for fusion and crossover music. Local magazines, especially Pia, Adlib, and JazzLife, often

== Notable Artists ==
Roppongi Pit Inn played host to a great majority of popular Japanese bands and artists throughout its lifespan, featuring artists from Jazz, Fusion, Pop, Rock, and Electronic genres.
Popular Jazz Fusion artists that frequently performed at Roppongi Pit Inn include [[Casiopea]], [[Prism]], [[T-Square]], [[Space Circus]], Crosswind, Kazumi Watanabe, Katsutoshi Morizono, Kazumasa Akiyama, Kenji Omura, Jun Yamagishi, Yoshihiro Naruse, Naniwa Express, Lalena, 99.99, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Kenso, Naoya Matusoka, and many others.

[[File:Hideto_Kitamura_lod.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Hideto Kitamura Group performing at Lo-D Plaza.]]

== Albums Recorded at Roppongi Pit Inn ==

== List of Live Performances ==

A complete list of live performances to have taken place at Hitachi Lo-D Plaza between January of 1976 and May of 1982.
This list contains only musical performances, not other events that took place at Lo-D Plaza during this time period.

Work in progress

===1976===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable mw-collapsed"
|+
! Date !! Artist Name (English) !! Artist Name (Japanese) !! Stage Times !! Status
|-
| January 5th, 1976 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘＆デキシー・ディックス || - ||
|-
| January 6th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| January 8th, 1976 || Kōko Hirao, Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 平緒考子、北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 10th, 1976 || Oki Toru & Super Jam Session (Eddie Ban, George Yanagi, Ai, Hiroshi Takano, others) || 大木トオル＆スーパージャムセッション（エディ藩、柳ジョージ、アイ、高野博他） || - ||
|-
| January 11th, 1976 || Yoshio Aoki / Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 青木義男／北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 13th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| January 17th, 1976 || Strawberry Jam || ストロベリージャム || - ||
|-
| January 18th, 1976 || Kyoko Shimizu / Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 清水京子／北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 19th, 1976 || Noriko Harada & The Space Men || 原田紀子＆ザ・スペースメン || - ||
|-
| January 20th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 22nd, 1976 || Shoko Amano / Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 天野昇子／北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 24th, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || - ||
|-
| January 25th, 1976 || Mayumi Kuroki / Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 黒木真由美／北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 27th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| January 29th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| January 31st, 1976 || Bell || ベル || - ||
|-
| February 1st, 1976 || Maki Minori || 真木みり || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 1st, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 2nd, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 5th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 7th, 1976 || Otamajakushi || おたまじゃくし || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 8th, 1976 || Hatsumi Ohara || 小原初美 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 8th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 11th, 1976 || Miyako || ミヤコ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 12th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 2:15 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 14th, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 15th, 1976 || Yoko Asou || 麻生よう子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 15th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 16th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 19th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 21st, 1976 || Zero || ゼロ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 22nd, 1976 || Anna Kurusu || 来栖あんな || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 22nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 23rd, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 26th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 2:15 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 28th, 1976 || Time || タイム || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 29th, 1976 || Yayoi Shiba || しばやよい || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 2nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 4:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 4th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 6th, 1976 || Masami Koizumi & Biscuit Gang || 小泉まさみ＆ビスケット・ギャング || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 7th, 1976 || Yuko Eguchi || 江口有子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 8th, 1976 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 9th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 11th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 13th, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 14th, 1976 || Sayuri Nonaka || 野中小百合 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 15th, 1976 || Milk || ミルク || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 16th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 4:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 18th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 20th, 1976 || Ai Mikage and Los Novios || あい御影とロス・ノビオス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 21st, 1976 || Kazuko Misumi || 三純和子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 23rd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 25th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| March 27th, 1976 || Humming Bird || ハミング・バード || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 28th, 1976 || Sherry || シェリー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 29th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko || 讃岐裕子 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 30th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 1st, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 3rd, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| April 4th, 1976 || Arlequin || アルルカン || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 5th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko || 讃岐裕子 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 6th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 7th, 1976 || Jun-Jun || ジュンジュン || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 8th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 9th, 1976 || Nana Okada / Toshio Mori || 岡田奈々／牧岩雅夫 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 10th, 1976 || Hijack || ハイジャック || 1:30 ||
|-
| April 10th, 1976 || Bad Boys || バッド・ボーイズ || 3:00 ||
|-
| April 11th, 1976 || Yuko Asano || 浅野ゆう子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 12th, 1976 || Hime Daruma || 姫ダルマ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 13th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 15th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet +2 || 北村秀人4+2 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 17th, 1976 || Hijack || ハイジャック || 1:30 ||
|-
| April 17th, 1976 || Bad Boys || バッド・ボーイズ || 4:30 ||
|-
| April 18th, 1976 || Junko Kishi || 岸じゅんこ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 20th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 21st, 1976 || Hosei University New Orange Swing Orchestra || 法政大ニューオレンジスウィンジORCH || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 22nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 24th, 1976 || Weeping Harp Senoh with Rollercoaster || ウィーピング・ハープ・セノオ WITH ローラーコースター || 1:30 ||
|-
| April 25th, 1976 || Misae Aoki || 青木美冴 || 1:30 ||
|-
| April 26th, 1976 || Strawberry Jam || ストロベリージャム || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 27th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 29th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura & Super Jazz Rock Band || 北村秀人＆スーパージャズ・ロックBAND || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 1st, 1976 || Sei Kitazumi || 北炭生 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 2nd, 1976 || Hatsumi Ohara & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 小原初美＆北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 3rd, 1976 || Rouge || ルージュ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 4th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko || 讃岐裕子 || 12:30 / 2:00 ||
|-
| May 6th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 8th, 1976 || ALFEE || アルフィー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 9th, 1976 || Shigeki Watanabe & MMP || 渡辺茂樹MMP || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 11th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 13th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:00 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 14th, 1976 || Yuko Yoshimi || よしみゆうこ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 15th, 1976 || Emiko Yamauchi || 山内えみ子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 16th, 1976 || Chadha & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || チャダ＆北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 18th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 20th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 22nd, 1976 || Sugar Love & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || シュガーラブ＆北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 23rd, 1976 || Maybellin || メイベリン || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 25th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 27th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 5:15 ||
|-
| May 29th, 1976 || Kumo to Sora || くもと空 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 30th, 1976 || Michiko Ike || 池みちこ＆北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| June 1st, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| June 2nd, 1976 || Kentaro Shimizu || 清水健太郎 || - ||
|-
| June 3rd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 5th, 1976 || Heart Of Saturday Night || ハート・オブ・サタデー・ナイト || - ||
|-
| June 6th, 1976 || Orange County Brothers || オレンジ・カウンティBr || - ||
|-
| June 7th, 1976 || Masanori Yanagida || やなぎだまさのり || - ||
|-
| June 8th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 10th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 12th, 1976 || Dai Yuuki || 結城大 || - ||
|-
| June 13th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 讃岐裕子＆北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 15th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 17th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| June 19th, 1976 || The Lillies & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || ザ・リリーズ・北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 20th, 1976 || Misa Maria & Oasis Boys || ミサマリア＆オアシスボーイズ || - ||
|-
| June 21st, 1976 || Suzunosuke Nagumo and Chindochu || 南雲鈴之助珍道中 || - ||
|-
| June 22nd, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || - ||
|-
| June 24th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| June 25th, 1976 || Yuko Yoshimi || よしみゆうこ || - ||
|-
| June 26th, 1976 || Masamitsu Takayama || 田山雅充 || - ||
|-
| June 27th, 1976 || Atsuko Nakazawa || 中沢厚子 || - ||
|-
| June 29th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || - ||
|-
| July 1st, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 3rd, 1976 || Eriza Ryu || 竜エリザ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| July 4th, 1976 || Kyoko Shimizu / Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 清水京子／北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| July 5th, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || 12:20 ||
|-
| July 6th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 8th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 10th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| July 11th, 1976 || Lemon Pie || レモンパイ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| July 12th, 1976 || Jun-Jun || ジュンジュン || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 13th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 14th, 1976 || Senshu University Light Music Group || 専修大学軽音楽グループ || 3:20 / 5:50 ||
|-
| July 15th, 1976 || Signal || シグナル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 16th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 17th, 1976 || Tsutomu Arakawa || 荒川務 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| July 18th, 1976 || Lucile || ルシール || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| July 19th, 1976 || AIDO || 愛奴 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 20th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 21st, 1976 || Sei Kitazumi || 北炭生 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 22nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| July 31st, 1976 || Iwao Fukushima & The Midnighters || 福嶋岩雄＆ザ・ミッドナイターズ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 1st, 1976 || Utachi || うたち || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 3rd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 5:15 ||
|-
| August 5th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 ||
|-
| August 7th, 1976 || Layla || レイラ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 8th, 1976 || Midori Nishiazki || 西崎みどり || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 10th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| August 12th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 14th, 1976 || Jin Haneoka || はねおか仁 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 15th, 1976 || Hitomi Meguro || 目黒ひとみ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 17th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| August 19th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 5:15 ||
|-
| August 21st, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 22nd, 1976 || Haruophone || ハルヲフォン || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 24th, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| August 26th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 28th, 1976 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 29th, 1976 || Tsukada Mikio || 塚田三喜夫 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 31st, 1976 || The Chirolyn 5 || 座・チロリン5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| September 2nd, 1976 || Shoko Amano + Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 天野昇子＋北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 4th, 1976 || Orange County Brothers || オレンジ・カウンティーブラザーズ || 1:45 / 4:15 ||
|-
| September 5th, 1976 || Misae Aoki + Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 青木美冴＋北村秀人4 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| September 22nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:00 ||
|-
| September 23rd, 1976 || Kosuke Mine Sextet || 峰厚介6 || 1:45 / 3:45 ||
|-
| September 25th, 1976 || The Lillies || ザ・リリーズ || 1:45 / 4:15 ||
|-
| September 26th, 1976 || Scandal || スキャンダル || 1:45 / 4:45 ||
|-
| September 28th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| September 30th, 1976 || Chikako Hirao & Hideto Kitamura Quartet || 平緒千賀子＋北村秀人4 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 2nd, 1976 || Mother House || マザー・ハウス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 3rd, 1976 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘＆デキシーディックス || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 4th, 1976 || Masahiro Yanagida || やなぎだまさひろ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 5th, 1976 || Maybellin || メインベリン || 12:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 7th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 9th, 1976 || Time || タイム || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 10th, 1976 || Ryoichi Fukuzawa + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 福沢良＋北村秀人5 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 11th, 1976 || Isao Taira || 龍村雅史 || 1:30 / 3:00 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 12th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 14th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 16th, 1976 || Bluegrass 51 || ブルーグラス51 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 17th, 1976 || Weeping Harp Senoh Band || ウィーピングハープセノオバンド || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 19th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 21st, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 23rd, 1976 || Betty Smith || ベティ・スミス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 24th, 1976 || Miki Kobayashi + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 小林美樹＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 25th, 1976 || Penny Lane || ベニーレイン || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 26th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 28th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| October 30th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| October 31st, 1976 || Haruophone || ハルヲフォン || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 2nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 3rd, 1976 || Shigeki Watanabe & MMP || 渡辺茂樹MMP || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 4th, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 6th, 1976 || Atelier || アトリエ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 7th, 1976 || Marblehead Messenger || マーブル・ヘッド・メッセンジャー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 9th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 11th, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 12th, 1976 || Sei Kitazumi || 北炭生 || 12:15 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 13th, 1976 || Hikousen || 飛行船 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 14th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 16th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 18th, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 20th, 1976 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子＆エンディ・ルイス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 21st, 1976 || Inaka Shibai || 田舎芝居 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 23rd, 1976 || Chanel || シャネル || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 25th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| November 27th, 1976 || Apples + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || アップルズ＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| November 28th, 1976 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 30th, 1976 || Masami Sugawara + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 菅原政美＋北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 2nd, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 4th, 1976 || Tom & Jerry || トム＆ジェリー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| December 5th, 1976 || Sanuki Yuko + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人5 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 7th, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 9th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 11th, 1976 || Motohiko Hino Quintet || 日野元彦5 || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 12th, 1976 || Last Show || ラストショー || 1:45 / 4:15 ||
|-
| December 13th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 14th, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 16th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 17th, 1976 || Black Jack || ブラック・ジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 19th, 1976 || Hiromasa Suzuki Trio || 鈴木宏昌3 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 21st, 1976 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| December 23rd, 1976 || The Blessen Four + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || ザ・ブレッスン・フォー，北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 24th, 1976 || Tonari Kinjo || となりきんじょ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 25th, 1976 || Heart Of Saturday Night || ハート・オブ・サタデー・ナイト || 1:45 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 26th, 1976 || Sei Kitazumi || 北炭生 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 28th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 30th, 1976 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|}

===1977===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable mw-collapsed"
|+
! Date !! Artist Name (English) !! Artist Name (Japanese) !! Stage Times !! Status
|-
| January 6th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 2:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| January 8th, 1977 || Ihojin || 異邦人 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| January 9th, 1977 || Mother House || マザーハウス || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| January 10th, 1977 || Kabutomushi || かぶと虫 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| January 11th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| January 13th, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 6:00 ||
|-
| January 14th, 1977 || Hosei University New Orange Swing Orchestra || 法政大学NEW ORANGE SWING ORCH || 4:00 ||
|-
| January 15th, 1977 || Fats Bottle Blues Band || ファッツボトルBB || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| January 16th, 1977 || Seiko Miki + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 三木聖子＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| January 18th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:00 ||
|-
| January 18th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| January 20th, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 6:00 ||
|-
| January 22nd, 1977 || MMP || MMP || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| January 23rd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:30 ||
|-
| January 23rd, 1977 || Hatsumi Ohara + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 小原初美＋北村秀人5 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| January 25th, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープファイブ || 12:20 / 3:30 / 6:00 ||
|-
| January 27th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| January 29th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| January 29th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || ||
|-
| January 30th, 1977 || Hometown News || ホームタウン・ヌーズ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| January 31st, 1977 || Ittan-momen || いったんもめん || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| February 1st, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープ5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 3rd, 1977 || Ryo Fukuzawa + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 福沢良＋北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| February 3rd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:15 ||
|-
| February 5th, 1977 || Ma-Shin Gan || 魔神岩 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 6th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5（生録会） || 1:30 / 4:00 / 5:00 ||
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| February 7th, 1977 || Tonari Kinjo || となりきんじょ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 8th, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープ5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 10th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| February 11th, 1977 || Four Trombones + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || フォートロンボーン＋北村秀人5 || 1:30 / 2:50 ||
|-
| February 12th, 1977 || VAT 69 || VAT 69 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
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| February 13th, 1977 || Tsugumi Morita + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 森田つぐみ＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
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| February 13th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 14th, 1977 || Hikousen || 飛行船 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 15th, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープ5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 17th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + Chikako Hirao || 北村秀人5＋平緒千香子 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
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| February 17th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:15 ||
|-
| February 19th, 1977 || Masaru Imada Trio || 今田勝3 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 20th, 1977 || Chizuko Inada + Hideto Kitamura Quintet || いなだちづこ＋北村秀人5 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 20th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 22nd, 1977 || Munetaka Inoue & Sharp Five || 井上宗孝とシャープ5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| February 24th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| February 26th, 1977 || Toshio Toyama and the Dixie Saints || 外山喜雄とデキシーセインツ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| February 27th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人6 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| February 27th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet || 北村秀人5 || 5:00 ||
|-
| February 28th, 1977 || Kabutomushi || かぶと虫 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 1st, 1977 || Black Jack || ブラックジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 3rd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 5th, 1977 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 6th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki + Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 讃岐裕子＋北村秀人5＋1 || 12:30 / 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 7th, 1977 || Hikousen || 飛行船 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 8th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 10th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 12th, 1977 || Mabumi Yamaguchi Quartet || 山口真文4 || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 13th, 1977 || Shizuko Saiki + Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 斉木しずこ＋北村秀人5＋1 || 12:30 / 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 15th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 17th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 19th, 1977 || Rosemary || ローズマリー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| March 20th, 1977 || Miyako Aoi + Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 藍美代子＋北村秀人5＋1 || 12:30 / 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 21st, 1977 || Orange County Brothers || オレンジカウンティブラザーズ || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 22nd, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 24th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 26th, 1977 || Heart Of Saturday Night || ハート・オブ・サタデイナイト || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| March 27th, 1977 || Mother House || マザーハウス || 2:00 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 28th, 1977 || Toru Arima & Noche Cubana || 有馬徹とノーチェクバーナ || 2:00 / 3:20 ||
|-
| March 29th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| March 31st, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 2nd, 1977 || CIRCUS || サーカス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| April 3rd, 1977 || Last Show || ラストショー || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 7th, 1977 || The Blessen Four + Hideto Kitamura Sextet || ザ・ブレッスン・フォー、北村秀人6 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 9th, 1977 || Keiko & Andy Lewis || けい子とエンディー・ルイス || 1:45 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 10th, 1977 || Haruophone || 近田春夫とハルヲフォン || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 12th, 1977 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 14th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 北村秀人6 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 16th, 1977 || Tadashi Okamoto & Beer Child(?) || 岡本正とピアー・チャイルド || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| April 17th, 1977 || Seiko Miki || 三木聖子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 19th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 北村秀人6 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 20th, 1977 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 23rd, 1977 || The Lillies || ザ・リリーズ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
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| April 24th, 1977 || Brothers Together — Devotion, Mitsuhiro Sonoyama, Hiro Yanagida, Masao Izuka, and others || ブラザーズ・トゥゲザー ― デヴォーション，園山光博，柳田ヒロ，飯塚まさお，他 || 2:00 / 3:45 ||
|-
| April 26th, 1977 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| April 28th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Sextet || 北村秀人6 || 12:20 / 3:30 / 5:15 ||
|-
| April 29th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| April 30th, 1977 || Kosuke Mine Quintet || 峰厚介5 || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 1st, 1977 || Atelier || アトリエ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 3rd, 1977 || Miyako Aoi || 藍美代子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 5th, 1977 || Sayuri Nonaka || 野中小百合 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 7th, 1977 || Lemon Pie || レモンパイ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 8th, 1977 || Kyoretsu Samba || 強烈サンバ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 10th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 12th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 14th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニアデビル || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| May 15th, 1977 || Guo Otsuka & 246 Transfer || 大塚ぐお＆246トランスファー || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| May 17th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 19th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Quintet + 1 || 北村秀人5＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 20th, 1977 || Yuji Yamamoto || 山本雄二 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 21st, 1977 || Peekaboo || ピーカブー || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| May 22nd, 1977 || Fort Rombone / Tadahiro Nakazawa, Hirotaka Fukui, Michio Kagiwada, others || フォートロンボーン／中沢忠隆、福井宏隆、鍵和田道雄、他 || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| May 24th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 26th, 1977 || The Blessen Four || ブレッスンフォー || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 28th, 1977 || Ohiyama || 大火山 || 1:10 / 4:15 ||
|-
| May 29th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| May 31st, 1977 || Black Jack || ブラックジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 2nd, 1977 || Louis || ルイ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 4th, 1977 || Albatros || アルバトロス || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| June 5th, 1977 || The Boomy || ザ・ブーミー || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 6th, 1977 || Shoji Suzuki || 鈴木昇治 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 7th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 9th, 1977 || Louis || ルイ || 1:45 / 3:45 ||
|-
| June 12th, 1977 || Elza || エルザ || 1:45 / 3:45 ||
|-
| June 14th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 16th, 1977 || Louis || ルイ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 18th, 1977 || Tsugumi Morita || 森田つぐみ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| June 19th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 20th, 1977 || Mieko Nishijima || 西島三重子 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 21st, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 23rd, 1977 || Louis || ルイ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 25th, 1977 || King Kong Paradise || キングコング・パラダイス || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| June 26th, 1977 || Miki Hirayama & Memorial Sweet Shop || 平山三紀とメモリアル・スイート・ショップ || 1:30 / 3:45 ||
|-
| June 28th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| June 30th, 1977 || Louis || ルイ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 2nd, 1977 || Heart Of Saturday Night || ハートオブ・サタデーナイト || 2:30 ||
|-
| July 4th, 1977 || Black Jack || ブラック・ジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 5th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 7th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 9th, 1977 || Mabumi Yamaguchi Quartet || 山口真文クィンテット || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| July 10th, 1977 || Hitomi Okazaki || 岡崎ひとみ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 12th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 14th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘＆ディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 16th, 1977 || Penny Lane || ペニーレーン || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| July 17th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 19th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 21st, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘＆ディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 23rd, 1977 || Masamichi Sugi & Red Stripe || 杉真理＆レッドストライプ || 2:00 / 3:45 ||
|-
| July 24th, 1977 || Katsumi Kahashi || 加橋かつみ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 26th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 28th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘＆ディキシーディックス＋1 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| July 30th, 1977 || Mother House || マザー・ハウス || 2:00 / 3:45 ||
|-
| July 31st, 1977 || Amii Okazaki || 尾崎亜美＆コンビション || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 2nd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 4th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 6th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 7th, 1977 || Zeus || ゼウス || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 9th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 11th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 13th, 1977 || Le Bergère || レ・ベルジェール || 1:45 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 14th, 1977 || Yumi Nakaatari || 中当ユミ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 15th, 1977 || Kabutomushi || かぶと虫 || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 16th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 18th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 20th, 1977 || The Lillies || ザ・リリーズ || 1:30 / 4:30 ||
|-
| August 21st, 1977 || Ballerina || バレリーナ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 23rd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 25th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 27th, 1977 || Motohiki Hino Trio || 日野元彦トリオ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| August 28th, 1977 || Misa Maria & Oasis Boys || 三沙摩利亜とオアシスボーイズ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| August 31st, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:00 ||
|-
| September 1st, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 3rd, 1977 || Texas Papa Family Band || テキサスパパ・ファミリーバンド || 1:00 / 4:30 ||
|-
| September 4th, 1977 || Super Four Trombones + Hideto Kitamura Group || スーパー・フォートロンボーン＋北村秀人グループ || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| September 6th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス＋１ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 8th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 10th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| September 12th, 1977 || Black Jack || ブラック・ジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 13th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 15th, 1977 || Aiko Ito || 伊藤愛子 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| September 17th, 1977 || Duesenberg || デューセンバーグ || 1:00 / 4:30 ||
|-
| September 18th, 1977 || Sanmonyakusha || 三文役者 || 1:45 / 3:15 ||
|-
| September 20th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || クロスオーバー特集／北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 22nd, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とデキシーディックス＋１ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 23rd, 1977 || George Ohtsuka Quintet || ジョージ大塚クィンテット || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| September 24th, 1977 || Tomi Kitagawa || 北川とみ || 1:30 / 4:15 ||
|-
| September 25th, 1977 || Orange County Brothers || オレンジカウンティ・ブラザース || 1:00 / 3:15 ||
|-
| September 27th, 1977 || Tasmanian Devil || タスマニア・デビル || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| September 29th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 1st, 1977 || Gerarti || ジェラルティー || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 2nd, 1977 || Miyoko Miyazawa || 藍美代子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 4th, 1977 || Texas Papa Family Band || テキサスパパ・ファミリー・バンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 6th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 8th, 1977 || The Rookies || ザ・ルーキーズ || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| October 9th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 10th, 1977 || Albatros || アルバトロス || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 11th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 13th, 1977 || Texas Papa Family Band || テキサスパパ・ファミリー・バンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 15th, 1977 || Because || ビーカーズ || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 16th, 1977 || Mayo Shono || 庄野真代 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 17th, 1977 || Freelancer || フリーランサー || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 18th, 1977 || Texas Papa Family Band || テキサスパパ・ファミリー・バンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 20th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 22nd, 1977 || Makoto Fujiwara || 藤原誠 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| October 23rd, 1977 || Mieko Nishijima || 西島三重子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 25th, 1977 || Texas Papa Family Band || テキサスパパ・ファミリー・バンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 27th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| October 29th, 1977 || Last Show || ラストショー || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| October 30th, 1977 || Crystal Sky || クリスタル・スカイ || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| November 1st, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 3rd, 1977 || Tadashi Okamoto || 岡本正 || 1:30 / 3:45 ||
|-
| November 5th, 1977 || Tomi Kitagawa || 北川とみ || 1:30 / 3:45 ||
|-
| November 6th, 1977 || Aiko Ito || 伊藤愛子 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| November 8th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 10th, 1977 || Sasuke Rolling Band || サスケローリングバンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 12th, 1977 || Yasuko Kawashima || 川島康子 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| November 13th, 1977 || Hurricane || ハリケーン || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| November 14th, 1977 || Magical Power Band || マジカル・パワー・バンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 15th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 17th, 1977 || Sasuke Rolling Band || サスケローリングバンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 19th, 1977 || Amaterasu || アマテラス || 1:45 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 20th, 1977 || Isao Suzuki Group || 鈴木勲グループ || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 22nd, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 23rd, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 24th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 26th, 1977 || Magical Power Band || マジカル・パワー・バンド || 1:30 / 4:00 ||
|-
| November 27th, 1977 || Kazumi Watanabe Quartet || 渡辺香津美カルテット || 1:30 / 3:15 ||
|-
| November 28th, 1977 || Sasuke Rolling Band || サスケローリングバンド || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| November 29th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 1st, 1977 || Lupin III || ルパンIII || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 4th, 1977 || Mabumi Yamaguchi Quintet || 山口真文５ || 1:00 / 3:00 ||
|-
| December 6th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 8th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 10th, 1977 || Sanmonyakusha || 三文役者 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| December 11th, 1977 || Keiko Maruyama || 丸山圭子 || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| December 13th, 1977 || Penny Lane || ペニーレーン || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 15th, 1977 || Black Jack || ブラックジャック || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 17th, 1977 || HOTOKE BAND || HOTOKE BAND || 1:00 / 2:45 ||
|-
| December 18th, 1977 || Yuko Sanuki || 讃岐裕子 || 1:30 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 19th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 20th, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とディキシーディックス＋１ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 21st, 1977 || Kinokuniya Band || 紀の国屋BAND || 2:00 / 4:00 ||
|-
| December 22nd, 1977 || Yoshihiro Nakagawa & Dixie Dix + 1 || 中川喜弘とディキシーディックス＋１ || 12:20 / 3:30 ||
|-
| December 24th, 1977 || Texas Papa Family band || テキサスパパ・ファミリーバンド || 1:30 / 3:00 ||
|-
| December 25th, 1977 || Toshiyuki Miyama & New Herd Orchestra || 宮間利之とニューハード・オーケストラ || 2:00 ||
|-
| December 26th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:45 ||
|-
| December 28th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:45 ||
|-
| December 29th, 1977 || Hideto Kitamura Group || 北村秀人グループ || 12:20 / 3:45 ||
|}
== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="140">
File:FR_lod.png|Ryojiro Furusawa Quintet performing at Lo-D Plaza in 1981.
File:Lillies_lod.jpg|The Lillies performing at Lo-D Plaza in the 1970s with Hideto Kitamura Group
File:crosswind_lod_2.PNG|Crosswind performing at Lo-D Plaza on June 6th, 1981
File:Lod_Pamphlet.jpg|A pamphlet from March 1980, with a photograph of an unknown band performing.
File:Lo-D_Schedule_1980-10.jpg|Magazine advertisement from October 1980 with the month's live schedule and a how-to guide.

</gallery>

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
In March, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they were dubbed "Japanese Shakatak", for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'. At the time, they had an average age of 23, and had a noteworthy gender split compared to other fusion bands.

On March 10th, they started recording their first album. While recording their first album .

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

File:Maji Kondo.jpg

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== Summary ==
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Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
Next, somehow, they opened for Shakatak's first Japan tour, but only in Tokyo and Yokohama. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was now much closer to Shakatak, and they recieved the infamous name of Japanese Shakatak, for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'.

While recording their first album

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-03T21:09:33Z

ActuallyTanner: Added Hitomi Maseki

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Hitomi "Asia" Maseki (Keyboard) 柵木ひとみ Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
While recording their first album, they to open for Shakatak's first Japan tour. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was much closer to Shakatak, and they recieved the infamous name of Japanese Shakatak, for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'.

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-03T19:29:32Z

ActuallyTanner: /* Formation (1982) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82<ref name=":0">https://www.discogs.com/release/10402417-Various-East-West-82-Live</ref>. They played Taruikasu, written by Ikuko<ref name=":0" />. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again.<ref name=":1">https://www.discogs.com/release/27504675-Various-Light-Music-Contest-82-Live</ref> They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
While recording their first album, they to open for Shakatak's first Japan tour. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was much closer to Shakatak, and they recieved the infamous name of Japanese Shakatak, for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'.

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-03T18:24:24Z

ActuallyTanner: History of Kangaroo

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (カンガルー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===
In ??? 1982, they formed. They decided to participate in the contest EastWest '82. They played the song Taruikasu. They placed well and were entered into the followup contest Light Music Contest '82, where they played Taruikasu again. They did not win, losing out to ???, but they still were able to receive a record deal. Both competitions received a vinyl release, marking the first recordings of the band.

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===
While recording their first album, they to open for Shakatak's first Japan tour. For unknown reasons, their sound took quite a turn from Taruikasu. Their sound was much closer to Shakatak, and they recieved the infamous name of Japanese Shakatak, for better or for worse. Meeting with Shakatak also resulted in ??? writing ??? on their first album, Steppin'.

They first started appearing in live houses in MONTH.

After Steppin', they received some fanfare and stuff 👍. They opened for Shakatak's next tour in November and December. The tour final at Nakano Sun Plaza was released as both an album and laserdisc, but without any mention of Kangaroo. Magazines often covered this tour under some variation of Shakatak vs Kangaroo.

=== Visual Live (1984) ===
They added vocalists and recorded Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!.

Starting in July 1984, Kangaroo started making headlines again as they started a new innovative concept. They stacked a grid of 12 TVs behind them, showcasing videos to go along with the 21 songs they performed. This received a lot of magazine coverage and helped separate them from Shakatak.

=== Disk (1985) ===
Likely as a move to further separate themselves from Shakatak, they changed their sound and it SUCKS!!!!

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
Disk sucked so they switched again, but this album also SUCKS!!! This album sucked so much that they never played again. Very sad![[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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ActuallyTanner:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| core_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| current_members = Yoshihisa Shimizu 清水義央 Kenichi Oguchi 小口健一 Shunji Saegusa 三枝俊治 Keisuke Komori 小森啓資
| core_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| core_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-03T17:49:21Z

ActuallyTanner: Forgot the keyboardist oops

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| core_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 Ikuko "Ikuko" Aragaki (Keyboard) 新垣郁子 Keiichi "Hidaka" Hidaka (Guitar) 日高恵一 Toshiro "Toshi" Mitsuda (Bass) 松田俊郎 Masashi "Pochi" Hasegawa (Drums) 長谷川正志
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==

Kangaroo

2026-02-03T17:44:21Z

ActuallyTanner: /* History */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kangaroo (ケンソー)
| image = Kangaroo.jpg
| caption = Kangaroo [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] .
| landscape = yes
| origin = ???, Tokyo, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz Fusion|}}
| years_active = 1982–1986
| label = {{flatlist|
* Victor
}}
| website = {{URL|https://google.com/}}
| core_members = "Asia" (Keyboard) 清水義央 "Ikuko" (Keyboard) 小口健一 "Hidaka" (Guitar) 三枝俊治 "Toshi" (Bass) 小森啓資 "Pochi" (Drums) 
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka 田中政行 Yoshiaki Tsukahira 塚平喜昭 Akira Ninomiya 二宮朗 Toru (Susumu) Ohya 大矢亨 Shiro Yajima 矢島史郎 Atsushi Makiuchi 牧内淳 Kazuyuki Morishita 森下一幸 Haruhiko (Harukichi) Yamamoto 山本治彦 Kimiyoshi Matsumoto 松元公良 Toshihiko Sahashi 佐橋俊彦 Masayuki Muraishi 村石雅行 Kenichi Mitsuda 光田健一
}}

Kangaroo

==History==
===Formation (1982)===

=== Meeting Shakatak (1983) ===

=== Visual Live (1984) ===

=== Disk (1985) ===

=== Switching to City Pop (1986) ===
[[File:EarlyKangaroo.jpg|thumb|Kenso at a cultural festival live performance in 1976 during Shimizu's third year in Kanagawa Sagamihara Prefectural High School.<ref>http://www.asahi.com/area/kanagawa/articles/MTW20180510150230001.html</ref>]]

==Members==
[[File:KangarooMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1982, Kangaroo has released 4 studio albums, no live albums or live video recordings, no archival albums, no compilations, and 500000 singles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Steppin' (Kangaroo Album)|Steppin']]
|ケンソー
|1983/08/21<ref>Adlib 1983-09</ref>
|Studio Album
|-
![[Nice Nice Nice (Kangaroo Album)|Nice Nice Nice]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|1984
|Studio Album
|-
![[Disk (Kangaroo Album)|Disk]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kangaroo Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|1986
|Studio Album
|-
|}

==Live Performances==
===Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Summer Concert
|August 10th, 1976
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara Youth Hall
|-
!Sagamihara Sakura Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Kamimizo Noryo Summer Festival
|1976/1977
|''Pre-debut''
|''Unknown Location''
|-
!Studio Live
|1979
|''Pre-debut''
|Sagamihara High School
|}

===Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Studio Live
|December 1981
|[[Kenso (Album)|Kenso]]
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 25th, 1982
|Kenso
|[[Silver Elephant]]
|-
!School Festival
|October 1982
|Kenso
|Tokyo College of Music
|-
!School Festival
|November 1982
|Kenso
|Kanagawa Dental University
|-
!Silver Elephant Live (with Aquapolis)
|April 3rd, 1983
|[[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Shinjuku Loft Live (with Fromage)
|May 16th, 1983
|Kenso II
|[[Shinjuku Loft]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 24th, 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 1983
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|January 15th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Last Live 1984
|April 30th, 1984
|Kenso II
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|August 25th, 1985
|[[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|September 4th, 1985
|Kenso III
|[[Roppongi Pit Inn]]
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|March 18th, 1987
|[[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Sleeping Show for Kenso
|March 22nd, 1987
|Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|July 17th, 1988
|[[Self Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self Portrait]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|November 27th, 1988
|Self Portrait
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|December 10th, 1989
|[[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|}

===Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Roppongi Pit Inn Live
|October 14th, 1990
|Sparta
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Silver Elephant Live
|October 10th, 1991
|Sparta
|Silver Elephant
|-
!NHK-FM Session '91
|October 26th, 1991
|[[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|[[NHK Studio 505]]
|-
!Club Quattro Live (with In Cahoots)
|December 19th, 1991
|Yume No Oka
|Club Quattro
|-
!Ishibashi Music Live
|February 1st, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Ishibashi Music
|-
!Live '92
|February 29th, 1992
|Yume No Oka
|Roppongi Pit Inn
|-
!Zaiya Live
|August 3rd-4th, 1995
|[[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!Zaiya Live '96
|August 22nd, 1996
|[[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|[[On Air West]]
|-
!In The West
|September 14th, 1997
|Zaiya Live
|On Air West
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 3rd, 1999
|[[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|Shinsaibashi Muse Hall
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 5th, 1999
|Esoptron
|[[On Air East]]
|-
!Esoptron Live Tour 1999
|August 14th, 1999
|Esoptron
|Sagamihara Green Hall
|-
!25th Anniversary Concert
|April 30th, 2000
|[[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|On Air East
|-
!Progfest 2000 Rehearsal
|August 19th, 2000
|[[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|Shibuya NEST
|-
!Progfest 2000
|September 1st, 2000
|Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (USA)
|-
!Live 2002
|June 26th, 2002
|[[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|On Air East
|-
!Roland Sound Spark 2003
|January 25th, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Amlux Hall
|-
|}

===Modern Kenso (2003-present)===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Title
!Date
!Most Recent Album
!Location
|-
!Sagamihara High School 40th Anniversary Live
|October 31st, 2003
|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|Sagamihara High School
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki Live 2003
|November 2nd, 2003
|[[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|[[Club Citta']]
|-
!Chilling Heat
|August 15th, 2004
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!Off to the USA
|June 26th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Club Citta'
|-
!NEARfest 2005
|July 10th, 2005
|Ha-Re-Ki
|Zoellner Arts Center (USA)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono Live
|October 22nd, 2006
|[[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso at Live Spot RAG
|May 4th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Kenso 2007 Live (Workshop & Live)
|May 27th, 2007
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Yokohama Arena Sound Hall
|-
!2008 Kenso at Kyoto RAG
|July 20th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Live Spot RAG
|-
!Persistence Pays Off
|August 17th, 2008
|Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|Club Citta'
|-
!Keep On Going On!
|August 15th, 2009
|[[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|December 4th, 2011
|[[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Kenso Complete Box Fan Event
|December 30th, 2012
|[[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|Silver Elephant
|-
!New Release And 40th Anniversary Live
|August 17th, 2014
|[[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|Club Citta'
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 1
|November 12th, 2017
|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|Club Citta'
|-
!Life Must Go On Nevertheless ~ Kenso Final Chapter Part 2
|November 3rd, 2019
|[[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|Club Citta'
|-
|}

==References==