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Kenso

2025-08-04T04:05:14Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso (ケンソー)
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.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
| 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
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1980, Kenso has released 10 studio albums, 14 live albums and live video recordings, 2 archival albums, and 2 compilations.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Kenso (Kenso Album)|Kenso]]
|ケンソー
|December 1980
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|December 1982
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|May 5th, 1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|January 21st, 1986
|Live Album
|-
![[Self-Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self-Portrait]]
|
|July 1987
|Compilation
|-
![[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|スパルタ / ἡ Σπάρτη
|August 21st, 1989
|Studio Album
|-
![[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|夢の丘
|October 21st, 1991
|Studio Album
|-
![[Live '92 (Kenso Album)|Live '92]]
|ライヴ '92
|January 21st, 1993
|Live Album
|-
![[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|空に光る～アーリー・ライヴ Vol.1
|June 5th, 1994
|Live Anthology
|-
![[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|陰影の笛 ~ ライヴ Vol.2
|November 7th, 1995
|Live Anthology
|-
![[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|
|July 5th, 1996
|Live Album
|-
![[In The West (Kenso Album)|In The West]]
|
|July 5th, 1998
|Live Album
|-
![[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|エソプトロン
|July 23rd, 1999
|Studio Album
|-
![[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|
|April 30th, 2000
|Archival Album
|-
![[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|秘匿性心象
|Mid 2000
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[Ken-Son-Gu-Su (Kenso Album)|Ken-Son-Gu-Su]]
|謙遜愚素
|Late 2000
|Live Album
|-
![[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|天鵞絨症綺譚
|May 22nd, 2002
|Studio Album
|-
![[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|ハレ紀
|November 9th, 2003
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[AYR (Kenso Album)|AYR]]
|
|July 31st, 2005
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[Chlling Heat: Live In Tokyo 2004 (Kenso Album)|Chlling Heat: Live In Tokyo 2004]]
|鬼気迫而暖
|2005
|Live Album
|-
![[Live In USA (Kenso Album)|Live In USA]]
|
|2006
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|うつろいゆくもの
|September 21st, 2006
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|KENSO版プログレッシブロックの作り方
|August 20th, 2008
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|
|December 4th, 2011
|Archival Album
|-
![[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|
|December 26th, 2012
|Compilation
|-
![[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|内ナル声ニ回帰セヨ
|July 23rd, 2014
|Studio Album
|-
![[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|永劫の旅人～我々の10年
|December 1st, 2017
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[An Old Warrior Shook The Sun (Kenso Album)|An Old Warrior Shook The Sun]]
|
|November 13th, 2024
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T02:09:03Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Discography */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso (ケンソー)
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.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
| 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
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1980, Kenso has released 10 studio albums, 14 live albums and live video recordings, 2 archival albums, and 2 compilations.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Kenso (Kenso Album)|Kenso]]
|ケンソー
|December 1980
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso II (Kenso Album)|Kenso II]]
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|December 1982
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso III (Kenso Album)|Kenso III]]
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|May 5th, 1985
|Studio Album
|-
![[Music For Unknown Five Musicians (Kenso Album)|Music For Unknown Five Musicians]]
|イン・コンサート
|January 21st, 1986
|Live Album
|-
![[Self-Portrait (Kenso Album)|Self-Portrait]]
|
|July 1987
|Compilation
|-
![[Sparta (Kenso Album)|Sparta]]
|スパルタ / ἡ Σπάρτη
|August 21st, 1989
|Studio Album
|-
![[Yume No Oka (Kenso Album)|Yume No Oka]]
|夢の丘
|October 21st, 1991
|Studio Album
|-
![[Live '92 (Kenso Album)|Live '92]]
|ライヴ '92
|January 21st, 1993
|Live Album
|-
![[Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1 (Kenso Album)|Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1]]
|空に光る～アーリー・ライヴ Vol.1
|June 5th, 1994
|Live Anthology
|-
![[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|陰影の笛 ~ ライヴ Vol.2
|November 7th, 1995
|Live Anthology
|-
![[Zaiya Live (Kenso Album)|Zaiya Live]]
|
|July 5th, 1996
|Live Album
|-
![[In The West (Kenso Album)|In The West]]
|
|July 5th, 1998
|Live Album
|-
![[Esoptron (Kenso Album)|Esoptron]]
|エソプトロン
|July 23rd, 1999
|Studio Album
|-
![[76/77 (Kenso Album)|76/77]]
|
|April 30th, 2000
|Archival Album
|-
![[Hitoku-sei Shinsho (Kenso Album)|Hitoku-sei Shinsho]]
|秘匿性心象
|Mid 2000
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[Ken-Son-Gu-Su (Kenso Album)|Ken-Son-Gu-Su]]
|謙遜愚素
|Late 2000
|Live Album
|-
![[Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis (Kenso Album)|Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis]]
|天鵞絨症綺譚
|May 22nd, 2002
|Studio Album
|-
![[Ha-Re-Ki (Kenso Album)|Ha-Re-Ki]]
|ハレ紀
|November 9th, 2003
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[AYR (Kenso Album)|AYR]]
|
|July 31st, 2005
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[Chlling Heat: Live In Tokyo 2004 (Kenso Album)|Chlling Heat: Live In Tokyo 2004]]
|鬼気迫而暖
|2005
|Live Album
|-
![[Live In USA (Kenso Album)|Live In USA]]
|
|2006
|Live Album (Video)
|-
![[Utsuroi Yuku Mono (Kenso Album)|Utsuroi Yuku Mono]]
|うつろいゆくもの
|September 21st, 2006
|Studio Album
|-
![[Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music (Kenso Album)|Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music]]
|KENSO版プログレッシブロックの作り方
|August 20th, 2008
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude (Kenso Album)|Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude]]
|
|December 4th, 2011
|Archival Album
|-
![[Kenso Complete Box (Kenso Album)|Kenso Complete Box]]
|
|December 26th, 2012
|Compilation
|-
![[Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo (Kenso Album)|Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo]]
|内ナル声ニ回帰セヨ
|July 23rd, 2014
|Studio Album
|-
![[Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade (Kenso Album)|Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade]]
|永劫の旅人～我々の10年
|December 1st, 2017
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
![[An Old Warrior Shook The Sun (Kenso Album)|An Old Warrior Shook The Sun]]
|
|November 13th, 2024
|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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T02:03:35Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Discography */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso (ケンソー)
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.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
| 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
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1980, Kenso has released 10 studio albums, 14 live albums and live video recordings, 2 archival albums, and 2 compilations.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Kenso (Kenso Album)|Kenso]]
|ケンソー
|December 1980
|Studio Album
|-
!Kenso II
|ケンソー Ⅱ
|December 1982
|Studio Album
|-
!Kenso III
|ケンソー Ⅲ / KENSO(Ⅲ)
|May 5th, 1985
|Studio Album
|-
!Music For Unknown Five Musicians
|イン・コンサート
|January 21st, 1986
|Live Album
|-
!Self-Portrait
|
|July 1987
|Compilation
|-
"!Sparta
|スパルタ / ἡ Σπάρτη
|August 21st, 1989
|Studio Album
|-
!Yume No Oka
|夢の丘
|October 21st, 1991
|Studio Album
|-
!Live '92
|ライヴ '92
|January 21st, 1993
|Live Album
|-
!Sora Ni Hikaru ~ Early Live Vol. 1
|空に光る～アーリー・ライヴ Vol.1
|June 5th, 1994
|Live Anthology
|-
!Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2
|陰影の笛 ~ ライヴ Vol.2
|November 7th, 1995
|Live Anthology
|-
!Zaiya Live
|
|July 5th, 1996
|Live Album
|-
!In The West
|
|July 5th, 1998
|Live Album
|-
!Esoptron
|エソプトロン
|July 23rd, 1999
|Studio Album
|-
!76/77
|
|April 30th, 2000
|Archival Album
|-
!Hitoku-sei Shinsho
|秘匿性心象
|Mid 2000
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
!Ken-Son-Gu-Su
|謙遜愚素
|Late 2000
|Live Album
|-
!Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis
|天鵞絨症綺譚
|May 22nd, 2002
|Studio Album
|-
!Ha-Re-Ki
|ハレ紀
|November 9th, 2003
|Live Album (Video)
|-
!AYR
|
|July 31st, 2005
|Live Album (Video)
|-
!Chlling Heat: Live In Tokyo 2004
|鬼気迫而暖
|2005
|Live Album
|-
!Live In USA
|
|2006
|Live Album (Video)
|-
!Utsuroi Yuku Mono
|うつろいゆくもの
|September 21st, 2006
|Studio Album
|-
!Kenso's Guide To Making Progressive Rock Music
|KENSO版プログレッシブロックの作り方
|August 20th, 2008
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
!Kenso Aid ~ A Boy In Solitude
|
|December 4th, 2011
|Archival Album
|-
!Kenso Complete Box
|
|December 26th, 2012
|Compilation
|-
!Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
|内ナル声ニ回帰セヨ
|July 23rd, 2014
|Studio Album
|-
!Traveller Of Eternity ~ Our Decade
|永劫の旅人～我々の10年
|December 1st, 2017
|Live Anthology (Video)
|-
!An Old Warrior Shook The Sun
|
|November 13th, 2024
|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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T01:45:02Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: :chilly:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso (ケンソー)
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.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
| 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
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==Discography==
Since 1980, Kenso has released 10 studio albums, 14 live albums and live video recordings, 2 archival albums, and 2 compilations.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!English Title
!Japanese/Alternate Title
!Release Date
!Album Type
|-
![[Kenso (Kenso Album)|Kenso]]
|ケンソー
|December 1980
|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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T01:25:21Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Modern Kenso (2003-present) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–Present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.com/}}
| current_members = Yoshihisa Shimizu Kenichi Oguchi Shunji Saegusa Keisuke Komori
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka Yoshiaki Tsukahira Akira Ninomiya Toru "Susumu" Ohya Shiro Yajima Atsushi Makiuchi Kazuyuki Morishita Haruhiko "Harukichi" Yamamoto Kimiyoshi Matsumoto Toshihiko Sahashi Masayuki Muraishi Kenichi Mitsuda
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T01:24:14Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Yume No Oka Band (1990-2003) */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–Present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.com/}}
| current_members = Yoshihisa Shimizu Kenichi Oguchi Shunji Saegusa Keisuke Komori
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka Yoshiaki Tsukahira Akira Ninomiya Toru "Susumu" Ohya Shiro Yajima Atsushi Makiuchi Kazuyuki Morishita Haruhiko "Harukichi" Yamamoto Kimiyoshi Matsumoto Toshihiko Sahashi Masayuki Muraishi Kenichi Mitsuda
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-08-01T01:23:05Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: i'm cooking chat

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kenso
| image = KensoInConcert.jpg
| caption = Kenso performing live at [[Roppongi Pit Inn]] in 1985, a performance that was recorded and later released as the live album [[Music For Unknown Five Musicians]].
| landscape = yes
| origin = Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive Rock|Jazz-Rock|}}
| years_active = 1974–Present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Pam
* ICR
* King Records
* Crime
* Electric Bird
* Belle Antique
* Pathograph
}}
| website = {{URL|https://kenso1974.jimdofree.com/}}
| current_members = Yoshihisa Shimizu Kenichi Oguchi Shunji Saegusa Keisuke Komori
| past_members = Masayuki Tanaka Yoshiaki Tsukahira Akira Ninomiya Toru "Susumu" Ohya Shiro Yajima Atsushi Makiuchi Kazuyuki Morishita Haruhiko "Harukichi" Yamamoto Kimiyoshi Matsumoto Toshihiko Sahashi Masayuki Muraishi Kenichi Mitsuda
}}

Kenso

==History==
===Formation, Early Demos, Band Changes (1974-1979)===
[[File:EarlyKenso.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:KensoMemberTimeline.png]]

==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
|[[Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2 (Kenso Album)|Inei No Fue ~ Live Vol. 2]]
|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==

Kenso

2025-07-31T22:51:17Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Hard Rock Era 「県相 / 喧騒」 (1974-1979) */

Kenso

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LeaderOfTheBunch: :white_check_mark: I am up and running cuh

Kenso

2025-07-26T16:59:11Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Old Kenso 「ケンソー」 (1980-1989) */

Kenso

2025-07-26T16:54:18Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Live Performances */

Kenso

2025-07-26T16:40:59Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Hard Rock Era (県相/喧騒) (1974-1979) */

Kenso

2025-07-26T16:34:41Z

LeaderOfTheBunch: /* Hard Rock Era (「県相」&「喧騒」) (1974-1979) */

Kenso

2025-07-26T16:33:02Z

LeaderOfTheBunch:

Kenso

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LeaderOfTheBunch: