Rising Sun Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. The two-day event is organized by WESS. It chiefly features Japanese rock and indie performers.
Festival summary by year No. Year Dates Headliners Attendance note1999August 2126,5002000August 1913,0002001August 17–1824,0002002August 16–1769,0002003August 15–1665,0002004August 13–1462,0002005August 19–2060,0002006August 18–1962,0002007August 17–1870,0002008August 15–1680,0002009August 14–1565,0002010August 13–1461,0002011August 12–1347,0002012August 10–1158,5502013August 16–1757,2552014August 15–1660,0002015August 14–1565,0002016August 12–1367,0002017August 11–1272,0002018August 10–1174,0002019August 16–1737,000Day 1 was cancelled due to a typhoon2020August 14–15
Performances 1999 The 1999 festival took place on 21 August 1999. Line-up Main StageDenki Groove Number Girl The Mad Capsule Markets Zeppet Store The High-Lows Dragon Ash UA Sheena Ringo Thee Michelle Gun Elephant pre-school Blankey Jet City Guitar Wolf Supercar Bloodthirsty Butchers Sunny Day Service
2000 The 2000 festival took place on 19 August 2000. Line-up Main Stage RSR TentMongol800 Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Polysics the pillows DMBQ Brahman Eastern Youth Dengeki Network Aco Ruffy Tuffy Yura Yura Teikoku Ajico Husking Bee Soul Flower Union Okuda TamioHiraoka Keiko Go!Go!7188 Going Steady wilberry Cembalo DJ Sasa Tatsuyuki Hiyamuta & Atsushi Yanaka Spoozys Audio Active Fantastic Plastic Machine Yoshihiro Sawasaki HEATIN'SYSTEM
2001 The 2001 festival took place from 17 to 18 August 2001. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageSka Ska Club Number Girl Kemuri THE MODS LÄ-PPISCH Spitz The High-Lows UA Eastern Youth Thee Michelle Gun Elephant SHERBETS Chihiro Onitsuka Boom Boom Satellites Theatre BrookEarth TentPenpals smorgas Zoobombs Guitar Wolf Sheena & The Rokkets Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her Wrench Losalios QuruliThe Back Horn MOGA THE ¥5 Dohatsuten The 3peace Potshot Gontiti Keison Mayumi Kojima Little Tempo Loopa Night Takkyu Ishino DJ Tasaka Toby Kagami
2002 The 2002 festival took place from 16 to 17 August 2002. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageDragon Ash KICK THE CAN CREW SNAIL RAMP YamaArashi MONGOL800 The High-LowsOkuda Tamio BACK DROP BOMB DRY&HEAVY Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra TOKYO No. 1 SOUL SET Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Yosui Inoue Kiyoshiro Imawano & Akiko Yano The Mad Capsule Markets JUDE GOING STEADY EGO-WRAPPIN' Yura Yura Teikoku WRENCH THE BOOMEarth TentGaGaGa SP SHAKA LABBITS Mahha25 SPARKS GO GO Hermann H.&The Pacemakers GREAT3 RIZE KemuriTHE NEATBEATS DEXIED THE EMONS KING BROTHERS In the Soup Ellegarden PEALOUT Buffalo Daughter MO'SOME TONEBENDER Crazy Ken Band What's Love? THA BLUE HERB LOVE JETS ROVO FOERed Star Fieldbabamania 03 TOUCH-ME（Michiro Endo/Tatsuya Nakamura） Tama KICELL Shing02 THE TRAVELLERS&DJ'S（for CAMPERS）ROCKIN' ichiro AND BOOGIE WOOGIE SWING BOYS Kazuyoshi Saito Chitose Hajime PE'Z Yamagen HERBERT UA HARRY LOSALIOS ROSSOMoon Circusrei harakami Fantastic Plastic Machine SembelloLOOPA NIGHT TAKKYU ISHINO DJ TASAKA TOBY KAGAMI YAMAOKA HITOSHI 7th gate KO-TA
2003 The 2003 festival took place from 15 to 16 August 2003. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageKishidan Ketsumeishi Shikao Suga GO!GO!7188 JUDE Tokyo Ska Paradise OrchestraDohatsuten KICK THE CAN CREW Masayoshi Yamazaki Kemuri SUPERCAR CHAGE and ASKA The High-Lows MONGOL800 BUMP OF CHICKEN Spitz SHEENA&THE ROKKETS audio active SOFT BALLET UlfulsEarth TentSTANCE PUNKS ZARIGANI 5 nil BAZRA Taiyouzoku GOING UNDER GROUND THE MODS175R SOURCE Bleach the pillows Kazuyoshi Saito Miyuki Hatakeyama Kirinji Keiichi Sokabe HEESEY WITH DUDES Flower Companyz Scoobie Do Wakusei Guitar WolfRed Star FieldTheatre Brook Leyona EGO-WRAPPIN' DMBQ bloodthirsty butchers ZAZEN BOYS SPECIAL SESSION for CAMPERS（Yosuke Yamashita、Tatsuya Nakamura etc）Jaurim BLIND HEADZ Hanaregumi ORIGINAL LOVE Yoshitaka Minami BAHO Reiran SAMURAI III（Tamio Okuda/Char/Masayoshi Yamazaki） THE TRAVELLERS Maki Carmen & Salamandra ROCK'N'ROLL GYPSIES QuruliMoon CircusFantastic Plastic Machine Atsushi Yanaka Ken Ishii TSUYOSHI SUGIURUMN with Keiichi Sokabe The SunPauloSkaymates DETERMINATIONS Little Tempo copa salvo Tsuyoshi Kawakami & His Moodmakers LOOPA NIGHT Takkyu Ishino DJ TASAKA TOBY KAGAMI SHIN NISHIMURAGreen OasisJapaharinet TOKYO PINSALOCKS Gash FLOW GATS TKB SHOW CORE OF SOUL BAKER SHOP BOOGIE KWEEN（for CAMPERS） Junji Inagawa（for CAMPERS）saigenji Kotaro Oshio Hajimenikiyoshi REAL BLOOD OKI LONDON NITE（Kensho Onuki etc）
2004 The 2004 festival took place from 13 to 14 August 2004. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StagePotshot SHAKALABBITS Yasuyuki Okamura JUDE Char THE HIGH LOWSKemuri Dragon Ash HY PE'Z The Mad Capsule Markets Chara SAMURAI III（Tamio Okuda/Char/Masayoshi Yamazaki） Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra BUMP OF CHICKEN Shibusashirazu Orchestra Original LoveEarth TentACIDMAN THE BACK HORN B-DASH LOST IN TIME ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION ARB MONGOL800（for CAMPERS）Puffy AmiYumi The Inazuma Sentai Husking Bee THE PRIVATES The Genbaku Onanizu eastern youth ZIGGY THE NEATBEATS+Kazuyuki Kuhara+Shinya Okuno Sambomaster Syrup16g DOPING PANDA Wakusei NEW ROTE'KARed Star FieldHanaregumi BONNIE PINK Clammbon Yoshio Hayakawa・Msahide Sakuma（Ces Chiens） with Mito（Clammbon） Polaris Masayoshi Yamazaki Roletta Secohan（for CAMPERS） SPECIAL SESSION for CAMPERS Concept of BUCK JAM TONICKazufumi Miyazawa Shutoku Mukai Acoustic & Electric Katteni-Shiyagare Yura Yura Teikoku UA Losalios Buffalo Daughter ROVO MO'SOME TONEBENDER THA BLUE HERBMoon Circusbonobos Kachimba 1551 Higegakudan V∞REDOMS MOONLIGHT GROOVE DJ EMMA TOWA TEIsmorgas EL-MALO The SunPaulo Shibusashirazu Orchestra BOOM BOOM SATELLITES LOOPA NIGHTGreen OasisJackson vibe Bivattchee Yakozen SPARTA LOCALS Group Tamashii BLACK BOTTOM BRASS BAND Comedy Club King（for CAMPERS） Junji Inagawa（for CAMPERS）Ayano Tsuji CHABA Akeboshi Leyona Takashi Hamazaki & MCU LONDON NITEBohemian GardenHinoki-ya Hikaru Tanimoto Mura Furukawa（Furumura Toshihiko+Nozomi Furukawa） FILM TIME「music clip」 FILM TIME「Colors of Life」Bayefall Armeria hajime citron(chiharu mk + Hazuki Kuwajima) Liquid 3 Toshihiko Furumura Hikaru Tanimoto FILM TIME「Colors of Life」
2005 The 2005 festival took place from 19 to 20 August 2005. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageTokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra RIP SLYME FIRE BALL with JUNGLE ROOTS Losalios BOOM BOOM SATELLITES BRAHMANOrange Range Kishidan ELLEGARDEN Tamio Okuda Fishmans The High-Lows ROSSO SHERBETS Kiyoshiro Imawano & NICE MIDDLE with NEW BLUE DAY HORNS Crazy Ken Band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Quruli Kazuyoshi SaitoEarth TentThe Predators THE BAND HAS NO NAME Remioromen DOPING PANDA Polysics Denki Groove × Scha Dara Parr Zeppet Store Ku-Matsuri（for CAMPERS） KREVA Maboroshi Kasai Warriors SONOMI CUEZERO Alpha10-FEET NICOTINE Fujifabric Ging Nang Boyz Rhymester The Pees Magokoro Brothers SPARKS GO GO THE MODS GREAT ADVENTURE ENDS BEAT CRUSADERS THE COLTS (CANCELLED)Red Star FieldReggae Disco Rockers NATSUMEN Reiran YOUR SONG IS GOOD DEXIED THE EMONS Afrirampo Theatre Brook Dengeki Network（for CAMPERS） Kemuri（for CAMPERS）Akainu HONESTY TOKYO No. 1 SOUL SET DATE COURSE PENTAGON ROYAL GARDEN Strange Love Psychedelico（Love Psychedelico+Hirohisa Horie+Dr.StrangeLove） Minako Yoshida&THE BAND Brazilian Girls EGO-WRAPPIN' ONJO/Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra featuring Kahimi Karie SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS nbsa+×÷ Inushiki a.k.a. Dogggystyle、Keyco/cro-magnon、so-ill&P.I.M.PMoon CircusShuya Okino（Kyoto Jazz Massive） Kaoru Inoue（chari chari） FLYING RHYTHMS（for CAMPERS） DJ KENSEI（for CAMPERS） DJ KRUSH（for CAMPERS）HOUSE OF LIQUID MOODMAN&DJ KENSEI KARAFUTO a.k.a.FUMIYA TANAKA rei harakami MU LOOPA NIGHT TAKKYU ISHINO DJ TASAKA TOBY KAGAMI RYUKYUDISKOGreen OasisDohatsuten KING BROTHERS HIGH VOLTAGE detroit7 NANANINE THE COLLECTORS HEAT WAVE Hiyamuta Tatsuyuki presents "Taboo"（for CAMPERS） Hiyamuta Tatsuyuki Kaori Kawamura Kayo Sakata Scoobie Do SCREAM OF THE PRESIDENTSIyashi under the sky DEPAPEPE Takehiro Kunugi & Abyss of Time Kotaro Oshio Suguru Matsutani GONTITI Asa-Chang & Junray Yuko Ando Hitomitoi the pillows KOOLOGI Yoko Utsumi & Yokoloco Band bobin and the mantra POMERANIANS Katteni-ShiyagareBlack HoleComedy Club King Movie Theatre Uchu Record・Koichiro Tomioka BananamanNamaiki Ken Mogi×Yasunari Suda Lily Franky×Neko Hiroshi×Pierre Taki Uchu Record・Koichiro Tomioka Miyazawa Akio×Ohne Hitoshi×Elec Comic×Lastsongs Akira Yukinko Masako Yasumoto from Azumabashi Dance Crossing Comedy Club King（Tetsuhiro Ikeda・Kensaku Kobayashi） Bokudesu from Azumabashi Dance Crossing Enlightenment DevilrobotsBohemian GardenFlamenco Libre QYB（Kazuyuki Kuhara+Kazuhide Yamaji+BERATREK×Toshiaki Toyoda）Anam & Maki、Magnolia、Flamenco Libre
2006 The 2006 festival took place from 18 to 19 August 2006. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageSAMURAI III（Tamio Okuda/Char/Masayoshi Yamazaki） Quruli HY Zazen Boys Tokyo Ska Paradise OrchestraMongol800 Ketsumeishi Kome Kome Club Yoshihiro Kai & ROLLING CIRCUS REVUE BAND Kazuya Yoshii The Cro-Magnons EGO-WRAPPIN' ULTRA BRAiN STRAIGHTENER KemuriEarth TentShonan no Kaze RIZE YamaArashi GO!GO!7188 Group Tamashii Yura Yura Teikoku DMBQ THE HOMESICKS DohatsutenAnalogfish Locofrank AIR ACIDMAN Shinya Oe Zi:LiE-YA MO'SOME TONEBENDER Guitar Wolf Radio Caroline BACK DROP BOMB DOPING PANDARed Star FieldMAMALAID RAG Caravan ROCK'N'ROLL GYPSIES PE'Z FRICTION（RECK・Tatsuya Nakamura） Buffalo DaughterMagokoro Brothers Tamio Okuda Moonriders Kenichi Asai KODAMA & THE DUB STATION BAND LIKKLE MAI Zoobombs SPECIAL SESSIONMoon CircusKENJI TAKIMI（CRUE-L/LUGER E-GO） SLY MONGOOSE InK（TAKKYU ISHINO+HIROSHI KAWANABE） DJ NORI A Hundred Birds Orchestra ROVO DJ EMMA（NITELIST MUSIC） SHINICHI OSAWA（MONDO GROSSO）UA×Naruyoshi Kikuchi Yukihiro Takahashi rei harakami feat.Akiko Yano LOOPA NIGHTGreen OasisBAZRA Misako Odani Trio Angela Aki GANGA ZUMBA soul of Donto flom EZO RISING☆STAR Haku Harukaze SakanactionPokaskajan riddim saunter HiGE Shigeki Hamabe & jam students THC!! THE NEATBEATS sleepy.ab MONO LONDON NITEBlack HoleFumio Ito& Gen Ueda SURF ROCK TRIP...again（Magnolia・Keison・Caravan） BIG HORNS BEE Gian（Teppei Inoue+The Mieda Takuya） Yoko Utsumi & jam students THE LONG SEASON REVUEK-106 Ban Ban Bazar The Blues Power with Hiroshi Kamayatsu Shutoku Mukai Acoustic & Electric Marcos Suzano Leyona Taiji All StarsBohemian GardenComedy Club King with ENLIGHTENMENT ELECTRIC COMIC KATHY with mooog yamamoto No Nukes Party Uchu RecordKATHY with mooog yamamoto Comedy Club King with ENLIGHTENMENT No Nukes Party ELECTRIC COMIC shing02×kakumakushaka ENLIGHTENMENT with Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine)
2007 The 2007 festival took place from 17 to 18 August 2007. Line-upStageDay 1Day 2Sun StageDragon Ash BEAT CRUSADERS Yosui Inoue The Cro-Magnons ELLEGARDEN Kemuri10-Feet the pillows ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Kenichi Asai Eikichi Yazawa TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA BUMP OF CHICKEN ACIDMAN THA BLUE HERB Cocco Keiichi Sokabe BandEarth TentMaximum the Hormone LOST IN TIME Kaela Kimura 8otto HAWAIIAN6 BUCK-TICK THE RODEO CARBURETTOR Scoobie Do MONORALGRAPEVINE ART-SCHOOL Fujifabric the band apart HiGE Straightener FLYING KIDS Elephant Kashimashi Aobozu Midori SNAIL RAMP DOESRed Star FieldSAKEROCK Hanaregumi Kahimi Karie Soul Flower Union RSR SESSION for CAMPERS Tatsuya Nakamura and Heavy FriendsFRICTION（ЯECK・Tatsuya Nakamura） Boom Boom Satellites METALCHICKS UA BEGIN Joe Yamanaka Orquesta de la Luz LÄ-PPISCH Katteni-ShiyagareMoon CircusSPECIAL OTHERS Dachambo INO hidefumi THE HELLO WORKS（Scha Dara Parr & MONGOOSE） SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS dj KENTARO DJ KRUSHTHE CORNELIUS GROUP V∞REDOMS LOOPA NIGHT TAKKYU ISHINO DISCO TWINS （DJ TASAKA+KAGAMI） TOBY FUMIYA TANAKA RYUKYUDISKO DEVICEGIRLSGreen OasisUri Nakayama Hitomitoi JOY HEIGHTS Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra RISING☆STAR Kibako spirit page The MayflowersStanding Alone in a Palace DUB AINU BAND YOUR SONG IS GOOD Shikao Suga POPGROUP "KAIKOO" DJ BAKU envy SHIRO THE GOODMAN feat.THINK TANK GOTH-TRAD x MUROCHIN BLACK GANION