is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles.Mark Schilling The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture 1997 0834803801 p.230 "In the latter half of the 1980s rock bands like Rebecca, Checkers, Hound Dog, Tube, Anzen Chitai, Bakufu Slump, and Kome Kome Club began to take center stage on the pop scene. Unlike earlier bands, who played Western-style rock for hard-core fans, these groups had a more Japanized sound that ordinary kids could relate to. Also, taking a hint from New Music queen YUMINC, who mounted spectacular stage shows.." They also use the style of rakugo.
History 1982–1997: Commercial success Kome Kome Club was founded in 1982 by vocalist Tatsuya Ishii (sometimes credited as "Carl Smoky Ishiii") and fellow members. They released their debut single and album in October 1985. In 1990, "Roman Hikō" became a hit song. In 1992, "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" topped the Oricon chart, remaining in the charts for 33 weeks. It was the fifth best-selling song in Japan since Oricon's establishment, and the second best-selling J-Pop single, slightly behind Southern All Stars' "TSUNAMI", (released in January 2000). "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" was written around the marriage of band members Minako (also Ishii's sister) and Kaneko, the saxophone/keyboardist.
Drummer Ryo-J and guitarist Joplin Tokunoh parted ways with the band in 1995. Ishii continued activities with the band until dissolving it in March 1997.
2006–present: Reunion With the two members returning, the band reformed in the middle of 2006 for a series of concerts as well as a few new recordings, including "Well Come 2", which spurred a video where the band members were depicted as toys (complete with enlarged doll-like heads, UPC bar codes and one, "James" Onoda Yasuhide bursting out of his "box"). The video also gives a nod to all of its members by having a screen shot with their name and them playing in the scene, this includes members of Big Horns Bee and Sue Cream Sue. It is a part of Sony Music Japan. Sony has frequently had appearances of the "Well Come 2" video on various streaming websites pulled while leaving other videos from the same DVD online.
A combined CD/DVD release featured a parody of the "hentai" (aka "racy') videos where the two dancers (Minako and Mari, also known as "Sue Cream Sue") dance to songs of Kome Kome in various states of dress and undress (and strange costumes like animals). However, this being 20 years later, their costumes are not as skimpy as the ones in their famed "Costume Dance" videos during Kome Kome's heyday. They do poke a bit of fun with it and guitarist, Be, narrates over the slow-motion action when their skirts fly up a little.
"Well Come 2" became a Top 10 hit on the Oricon charts. On October 22, 2006, they announced that they completely revoked their breakup. In September 2007, their new studio album komedia.jp was released. On December 31, 2007, they performed in the 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Members Current members (1985-1997, 2006-) - vocal (1985-1997, 2006-) - vocal, chorus (1985-1997, 2006-) - bass (1985-1997, 2006-) - guitar (1985-1997, 2006-) - Saxophone, Keyboards, Flute (1985-1997, 2006-) - Vocal, Dance (younger sister of Ishii and wife of Kaneko) (1985-1996, 2006-) - Vocal, Dance, Percussion (1985-1995, 2006-) - Drums (1985-1995, 2006-) - guitar
Live-band support members (1990-1997, 2006-) - Percussion, Chorus (1991-1997, 2006-) - chorus (2013-) - dance, MC, subvocal
Former members Toshi: Drums Juliano Katsumata: Keyboards Juliano Narabe: Keyboards Kohtaro: Dance Shinji: Dance SCS (Sue Cream Sue) B.H.B. (Big Horns Bee) G.I. Gyo: Trumpet Himarayan Shimogami: Trumpet Kawai Wakaba: Trombone, saxophone Orita Nobotta: Saxophone, flute Fussy Kobayashi: Trumpet Megumi Hakata: Guitar Lala Okaku: Guitar Maru: Percussion Taka: Vibraslap Bohz: Percussion Andes Murata: Trombone Rocky Tada: Trumpet Beauty Kondo: Saxophone Satomi: Dance
Discography Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Released: 21 October 1985 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming35 E・B・I・S Released: 10 October 1986 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming3 Komeguny Released: 21 October 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming3 Go Funk Released: 21 September 1988 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 5 1/2 Released: 11 November 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 K2C Released: 25 January 1991 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 Released: 25 April 1991 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 Octave Released: 25 June 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 Released: 10 December 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming1 Phi Released: 1 November 1993 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming2 Phi II Released: 10 December 1994 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming3 Sorry Music Entertainment Released: 23 November 1995 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, 2Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming6 H20 Released: 21 March 1996 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming6 Pushed Rice Released: 1 March 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming2 komedia.jp Released: 5 September 2007 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, CD+DVD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming10 Sunrice Released: 5 September 2009 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, CD, CD+DVD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming8
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Released: 8 August 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: 3CD15
Soundtracks Title Album details K2C Produce ICTL Released: 10 June 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD K2C Produce ICTL No.2 Released: 22 September 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Singles Released: 21 June 1987 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette14 Decade Released: 20 February 1995 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD1 Harvest Singles 1985–1992 Released: 31 March 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD4 Harvest Singles 1992–1997 Released: 1 June 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD7 Star Box Released: 30 January 1999 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD12 Star Box Extra Kome Kome Club Released: 5 December 2001 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD — Kome: Best of Best Released: 21 October 2005 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, 2CD+DVD8 Last Best Released: 8 August 2017 Label: Sony Music Formats: 4-Blu-spec CD2+Blu-ray, 3-Blu-spec CD2 11
Singles YearAlbumChart positions(JP)Label1985"I Can Be"67CBS Sony1986"Shake Hip!"54271987"Paradise"19"Sûre Danse"198842"Kome Kome War"5"Time Stop"251989"Funk Fujiyama"219901"Shake Hip! (Ishii Version)"519913Sony Music19921"Orion"61993321994619955"Just My Friend"1871996"Stylish Woman"231997"Special Love"122006"Well Come 2"959"Mata©Tana"9200713"We Are Music"1720087"080808"18200914122013"Takarabune"1531202120
DVD singles YearAlbumChart positions(JP)Label20128Sony Music
Digital singles Year Single Reference20172021"Who?"
Videography Video albums No. Release Title Format Serial No. 1st 21 July 1989 VHSLD8mm 48ZH-24948LH-249CSWM-6156 2nd 10 August 1989 48ZH-25048LH-250CSWM-6157 3rd 21 August 1989 48ZH-25148LH-251CSWM-6158 4th 21 April 1990 VHSLD8mmβ CSVM-175CSLM-175CSWM-6175CSUM-3175 5th 21 September 1990 CSVM-203CSLM-203CSWM-6203CSUM-3203 6th CSVM-204CSLM-204CSWM-6204CSUM-3204 7th 21 February 1991 CSVM-233CSLM-233CSWM-6233CSUM-3233 8th CSVM-234CSLM-234CSWM-6234CSUM-3234 9th 1 August 1991 CSVM-265CSLM-265CSWM-6265CSUM-3265 10th 1 March 1992 VHSLDβ SRVM-301〜302SRLM-301〜302SRUM-301〜302 11th 10 July 1993 VHSLD8mm SRVM-352SRLM-352〜353SRWM-6352〜6353 12th 20 February 1995 VHSLD SRVM-449SRLM-449 13th 24 March 1995 SRVM-434SRLM-434 14th 1 April 1996 SRVM-517SRLM-517 15th 21 September 1996 VHS SRVM-545 16th 21 June 1997 VHSLDDVD SRVM-5570〜5571SRLM-5570〜5571SRBL-1062〜1063 17th 21 July 1997 VHS SRVM-5579 18th SRVM-5580 19th 8 August 2018 BD SRXL-168～169SRXL-170 20th 7 August 2019 BDDVD SRXL-218SRBL-1857 23 December 2020 SRXL-296SRBL-1939 21st 14 April 2021 SRXL-298〜299SRBL-1698〜1699 22nd 10 August 2022 SRXL-360〜361SRBL-2060〜2061 23rd 17 April 2023 SRXL-470SRBL-2217
Music videoclips No. Release Title Format Serial No. 1st 22 July 1987 VHSLDBetamax 48ZH-13558LH-13548QH-135 2nd 21 September 1991 VHSLD8mmβetamax SRVM-276SRLM-276SRWM-6276SRUM-3276 3rd 31 March 1997 VHSLDDVD SRVM-5552SRLM-5552SRBL-1057
Documentaries No. Release Title Format Serial No. 1st 21 June 1997 VHS SRVM-5572
DVD Box sets No. Release Title Format Serial No. 1st 21 February 2007 DVD SRBL1301〜1312 2nd 26 December 2007 SRBL1341〜1343 3rd 8 August 2008 SRBL1351〜1362 4th 8 August 2010 SRBL1423〜14235 5th 26 June 2013 SRBL1576〜1579
See also List of best-selling music artists in Japan
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