# Kome Kome Club

Kome Kome Club (米米CLUB, Kome Kome Kurabu) is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles. 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 tried to continue the band, but in the end he officially dissolved 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" [sic], 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.
Although there was a very long layoff, "Well Come 2" still 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 took part in the 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

## Members
### Current members

* Carl Smoky Ishii (カールスモーキー石井, Kāru Sumōkī Ishii, Real name: Tatsuya Ishii (石井 竜也, Ishii Tatsuya)) born 22 September 1959 (1985-1997, 2006-) - vocal
* James Onoda (ジェームス小野田, Jēmusu Onoda, Real name: Yasuhide Onoda (小野田 安秀, Onoda Yasuhide)) born 8 November 1959 (1985-1997, 2006-) - vocal, chorus
* BON (ボン, BON, Real name: Kensaku Ookubo (大久保 謙作, Ōkubo Kensaku)) born 5 March 1960 (1985-1997, 2006-) - bass
* BE (ベー, Bē, Real name: Naoki Hayashibe (林部直樹, Hayashibe Naoki)) born 29 July 1965 (1985-1997, 2006-) - guitar
* Flash Kaneko (フラッシュ金子, Furasshu Kaneko, Real name: Takahiro Kaneko (金子隆博, Kaneko Takahiro)) born 22 March 1964 (1985-1997, 2006-) - Saxophone, Keyboards, Flute
* Minako (ミナコ, Minako, Real name: Minako Kaneko (金子 美奈子, Kaneko Minako)) born 18 December 1961 (1985-1997, 2006-) - Vocal, Dance (younger sister of Ishii and wife of Kaneko)
* Mari (マリ, Mari, Real name: Mari Amagaya (天ヶ谷真利, Amagaya Mari)) born 20 November 1966 (1985-1996, 2006-) - Vocal, Dance, Percussion
* RYO-J (リョージェイ, Ryōjei, Real name: Ryouji Sakaguchi (坂口良治, Sakaguchi Ryōji)) born 25 April 1959 (1985-1995, 2006-) - Drums
* Joplin Tokunoh (ジョプリン得能, Jopurin Tokunō, Real name: Ritsurou Tokunou (得能律郎, Tokunō ritsurō)) born 10 August 1959 (1985-1995, 2006-) - guitar

#### Live-band support members

* Mataro (マタロー, Matarō, Real name: Matarou Misawa (三沢またろう, Misawa Matarō)) born 23 October 1960 (1990-1997, 2006-) - Percussion, Chorus
* Machiko (マタロー, Machiko, born 23 December) (1991-1997, 2006-) - chorus
* Tequila Masaharu (テキーラまさはる, Tekīra Masaharu, born 17 December 1985) (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 |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon |
| Shari Sharism (シャリ・シャリズム) | Released: 21 October 1985 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 35 |
| E・B・I・S | Released: 10 October 1986 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 3 |
| Komeguny | Released: 21 October 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 3 |
| Go Funk | Released: 21 September 1988 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| 5 1/2 | Released: 11 November 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| K2C | Released: 25 January 1991 Label: CBS Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| Kome Kome Club (米米CLUB) | Released: 25 April 1991 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| Octave | Released: 25 June 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: Cassette, CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| Seimaiya (聖米夜) | Released: 10 December 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 1 |
| Phi | Released: 1 November 1993 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 2 |
| Phi II | Released: 10 December 1994 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 3 |
| Sorry Music Entertainment | Released: 23 November 1995 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, 2Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 6 |
| H20 | Released: 21 March 1996 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 6 |
| Pushed Rice | Released: 1 March 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 2 |
| komedia.jp | Released: 5 September 2007 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, CD+DVD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 10 |
| Sunrice | Released: 5 September 2009 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2CD, CD, CD+DVD, Blu-spec CD2+DVD, digital download, streaming | 8 |

#### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon |
| The Last Symposium: Kome Kome Club Last Live in Tokyo Dome (THE LAST SYMPOSIUM 〜米米CLUBラスト・ライブ in 東京ドーム〜) | Released: 8 August 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: 3CD | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon |
| Singles | Released: 21 June 1987 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette | 14 |
| Decade | Released: 20 February 1995 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, cassette, MD | 1 |
| Harvest Singles 1985–1992" | Released: 31 March 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD | 4 |
| Harvest Singles 1992–1997 | Released: 1 June 1997 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD | 7 |
| Star Box | Released: 30 January 1999 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD | 12 |
| 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+DVD | 8 |
| Last Best | Released: 8 August 2017 Label: Sony Music Formats: 4-Blu-spec CD2+Blu-ray, 3-Blu-spec CD2 | 11 |

### Singles

| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
| 1985 | "I Can Be" | 67 | CBS Sony |
| 1986 | "Shake Hip!" | 54 | CBS Sony |
| 1986 | "Gayu" (加油 (GAYU)) | 27 | CBS Sony |
| 1987 | "Paradise" | 19 | CBS Sony |
| 1987 | "Sûre Danse" | 19 | CBS Sony |
| 1988 | "Yometsu Nami" (嫁津波) | 42 | CBS Sony |
| 1988 | "Kome Kome War" | 5 | CBS Sony |
| 1988 | "Time Stop" | 25 | CBS Sony |
| 1989 | "Funk Fujiyama" | 2 | CBS Sony |
| 1990 | "Roman Hikou" (浪漫飛行) | 1 | CBS Sony |
| 1990 | "Shake Hip! (Ishii Version)" | 5 | CBS Sony |
| 1991 | "Hitosuji ni Narenai" (ひとすじになれない) | 3 | Sony Music |
| 1992 | "Kimi ga Iru Dake de/Aishiteru" (君がいるだけで/愛してる) | 1 | Sony Music |
| 1992 | "Orion" | 6 | Sony Music |
| 1993 | "Toki no Tabiji: Rex no Theme" (ときの旅路 〜REXのテーマ〜) | 3 | Sony Music |
| 1993 | "Ai wa Fushigi sa" (愛はふしぎさ) | 2 | Sony Music |
| 1994 | "Abracadabra" (ア・ブラ・カダ・ブラ) | 2 | Sony Music |
| 1994 | "Oreiro ni Somare" (俺色にそまれ) | 2 | Sony Music |
| 1994 | "Oreiro ni Somare" (手紙) | 6 | Sony Music |
| 1995 | "Wonderful Sun Day" (ワンダブルSUNでぃ) | 5 | Sony Music |
| 1995 | "Just My Friend" | 18 | Sony Music |
| 1995 | "Subete wa Honto de Uso kamo ne" (すべてはホントでウソかもね) | 7 | Sony Music |
| 1996 | "Stylish Woman" | 23 | Sony Music |
| 1997 | "Special Love" | 12 | Sony Music |
| 2006 | "Well Come 2" | 9 | Sony Music |
| 2006 | "E-yo" (E-ヨ) | 5 | Sony Music |
| 2006 | "Kimi wo Hanasanai" (君を離さない) | 9 | Sony Music |
| 2006 | "Mata©Tana" | 9 | Sony Music |
| 2007 | "Goryaku" (御利益) | 13 | Sony Music |
| 2007 | "We Are Music" | 17 | Sony Music |
| 2008 | "Tsuyogari" (つ・よ・が・り) | 7 | Sony Music |
| 2008 | "080808" | 18 | Sony Music |
| 2009 | "Furimukanaide" (ふりむかないで) | 14 | Sony Music |
| 2009 | "Koi no Gamble" (恋のギャンブル) | 12 | Sony Music |
| 2013 | "Takarabune" | 15 | Sony Music |
| 2013 | "Don't Mind" (どんまい) | 31 | Sony Music |
| 2021 | "Ai wo Komete" (愛を米て) | 20 | Sony Music |

#### DVD singles

| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
| 2012 | "Tennen no Bi" (天然の美) | 8 | Sony Music |

#### Digital singles

| Year | Single | Reference |
| 2017 | "Kodomo na Otona/Uplight" (コドモ ナ オトナ / Uplight) | |
| 2021 | "Who?" | |

## Videography
### Video albums

| No. | Release | Title | Format | Serial No. |
| 1st | 21 July 1989 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.7 SHARISHARISM 7 Kick-Knock | VHS LD 8mm | 48ZH-249 48LH-249 CSWM-6156 |
| 2nd | 10 August 1989 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.8 SHARISHARISM 7 2much-2ist | VHS LD 8mm | 48ZH-250 48LH-250 CSWM-6157 |
| 3rd | 21 August 1989 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.9 SHARISHARISM 7 Co-Conga | VHS LD 8mm | 48ZH-251 48LH-251 CSWM-6158 |
| 4th | 21 April 1990 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.1 DEBUT SHARISHARISM | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-175 CSLM-175 CSWM-6175 CSUM-3175 |
| 5th | 21 September 1990 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.10 TiTi SHARISHARISM TARO | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-203 CSLM-203 CSWM-6203 CSUM-3203 |
| 6th | 21 September 1990 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.11 HaHa SHARISHARISM TARO | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-204 CSLM-204 CSWM-6204 CSUM-3204 |
| 7th | 21 February 1991 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.12 SHARISHARISM ART WORK ART UP | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-233 CSLM-233 CSWM-6233 CSUM-3233 |
| 8th | 21 February 1991 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.13 SHARISHARISM ART WORK WORK UP | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-234 CSLM-234 CSWM-6234 CSUM-3234 |
| 9th | 1 August 1991 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.14 ANTI SHARISHARISM | VHS LD 8mm β | CSVM-265 CSLM-265 CSWM-6265 CSUM-3265 |
| 10th | 1 March 1992 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.15 Kanzenban Eiyuu Densetsu AU SHARISHARISM | VHS LD β | SRVM-301〜302 SRLM-301〜302 SRUM-301〜302 |
| 11th | 10 July 1993 | The 8th ANNIVERSARY SHARISHARISM ACE THE 8TH OF ACE | VHS LD 8mm | SRVM-352 SRLM-352〜353 SRWM-6352〜6353 |
| 12th | 20 February 1995 | 10th ANNIVERSARY LIVE VIDEO SHARISHARISM IOTA | VHS LD | SRVM-449 SRLM-449 |
| 13th | 24 March 1995 | 10th ANNIVERSARY LIVE VIDEO SHARISHARISM THETA | VHS LD | SRVM-434 SRLM-434 |
| 14th | 1 April 1996 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT OPERA BLUE | VHS LD | SRVM-517 SRLM-517 |
| 15th | 21 September 1996 | Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.4 SUEC TV RECITAL | VHS | SRVM-545 |
| 16th | 21 June 1997 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT THE LAST SYMPOSIUM | VHS LD DVD | SRVM-5570〜5571 SRLM-5570〜5571 SRBL-1062〜1063 |
| 17th | 21 July 1997 | komecetera Kome Kome Club DaizenshuuVol.2,3 Shoki no Kome Kome CLUB PIT 3DAYS | VHS | SRVM-5579 |
| 18th | 21 July 1997 | komecetera Kome Kome Club Daizenshuu Vol.5,6 B.C. SHARISHARISM | VHS | SRVM-5580 |
| 19th | 8 August 2018 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT TOUR 2017: Osekihan | BD | SRXL-168～169 SRXL-170 |
| 20th | 7 August 2019 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT TOUR 2019: Okaeri | BD DVD | SRXL-218 SRBL-1857 |
| 20th | 23 December 2020 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT TOUR 2019: Okawari [SING for ONE ～Best Live Selection～] | BD DVD | SRXL-296 SRBL-1939 |
| 21st | 14 April 2021 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT 2020 ～OMUSUBI～ | BD DVD | SRXL-298〜299 SRBL-1698〜1699 |
| 22nd | 10 August 2022 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT TOUR 2021 | BD DVD | SRXL-360〜361 SRBL-2060〜2061 |
| 23rd | 17 April 2023 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT TOUR 2023: WILD SOUL CARNIVAL | SRXL-470 SRBL-2217 |

### Music videoclips

| No. | Release | Title | Format | Serial No. |
| 1st | 22 July 1987 | Kome KomeTV ONODA-SAN | VHS LD Betamax | 48ZH-135 58LH-135 48QH-135 |
| 2nd | 21 September 1991 | K2C2 KOME KOME CLUB CREATORS | VHS LD 8mm βetamax | SRVM-276 SRLM-276 SRWM-6276 SRUM-3276 |
| 3rd | 31 March 1997 | KOME KOME CLUB HISTORY RICISM | VHS LD DVD | SRVM-5552 SRLM-5552 SRBL-1057 |

### Documentaries

| No. | Release | Title | Format | Serial No. |
| 1st | 21 June 1997 | THE BEST SYMPOSIUM | VHS | SRVM-5572 |

### DVD Box sets

| No. | Release | Title | Format | Serial No. |
| 1st | 21 February 2007 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT DVD BOX Vol. I | DVD | SRBL1301〜1312 |
| 2nd | 26 December 2007 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT DVD BOX Vol. III | DVD | SRBL1341〜1343 |
| 3rd | 8 August 2008 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT DVD BOX Vol. II | DVD | SRBL1351〜1362 |
| 4th | 8 August 2010 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT DVD BOX Vol. IV | DVD | SRBL1423〜14235 |
| 5th | 26 June 2013 | a K2C ENTERTAINMENT DVD BOX Vol. V | DVD | SRBL1576〜1579 |