Complete Band Guide

**Fishmans and their support musicians have worked with many acts over their lifetimes. Here is a complete list, including particularly notable solo acts.**

For artists and other people, go here: Complete People Guide

## Early Era (adjacent to everything pre-1995: Chappie, Don't Cry, King Master George, Orange, et cetera

* **時間 - hard rock**

features Shinji Sato on vocals and drums, was Sato's band before Fishmans

* **SkaFunk - ska, rock**

appeared with the band on Panic Paradise, also played live with them

* **Mustang A.K.A. - ska, rock**

appeared with the band on Panic Paradise, also played live with them. features Hakase on keys

* **Kusu Kusu - ska, tropicalia**

appeared with the band on Panic Paradise, also played live with them

* **The Potato Chips - alt rock, ska**

appeared with the band on Panic Paradise, also played live with them

* **Havana Exotica - shibuya-kei, rock**

played with Fishmans live, features Sugar Yoshinaga on guitar and Yumiko Ohno (on APoF by Fish+)

* **Black Market**

played live with them often

* **King Bees**

played live with them often, appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Tomatos**

played live with them sometimes, Sato showed affection for them. Michio Sekiguchi on guitar. appears on Rainbow Trout Night

* **Spitz**

played live with them sometimes. known for being in something of a battle of the bands in Media Remoras with Fishmans in their earlier careers

* **Deep & Bites**

played live with them often, as well as appearing on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Frederick**

played live with them multiple times

* **Mute Beat**

played live with them once, produced by Kazufumi Kodama (produced CDC)

* **Grand Nuts**

played live with them often

* **The Groovers**

played live with them often, as well as appearing on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **16TONS**

played live with them sometimes

* **The Pees**

played live with them sometimes, Sato showed affection for them. appeared on Rainbow Trout Night

* **Plagues (the Japanese one)**

played live with them many times. appears on Rainbow Trout Night

* **Super Butter Dog**

played live with them occasionally, also has Hanaregumi (played live with them later after Sato's death)

* **Blue Hearts**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Garlic Boys**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Neurotica**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **The London Times**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **G.D. Flickers**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Angie**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Great Richies**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **The Yetzt**

appeared alongside them on Captain Anthology Vol. 2

* **Bridge**

appeared on Rainbow Trout Night

* **A Decade-In Fake/SonNaBanana/Parabola Spins**

band Honzi was in before Fishmans. fun fact: band member Yasuhiro Yoshigaki was also in Ground Zero

## Late Era (adjacent to everything between 1995 and 1999: 空中キャンプ, 宇宙 日本 世田谷, etc)

* **Buffalo Daughter - experimental rock, neo-psych**

played live with the band, features Sugar Yoshinaga on guitar, Moog Yamamoto (Fishmans album cover artist) on turntables, Yumiko Ohno (on APoF by Fish+). their album New Rock features many Fishmans members' performances

* **MariMari/MariMari Rhythmkiller Machinegun - dream pop, ambient pop**

MariMari is a girl, Mari Nakamura's solo career, MMRKMG is her band with Kin-Ichi Motegi on drums and Shinya Kogure on guitar. MariMari played live with Fishmans and is on Long Season. her album Ears Eyes and Echo is produced by Shinji Sato and features virtually all members of Fishmans

* **Hicksville - rock, pop**

rock band by Shinya Kogure, did a remix of Sunny Blue that's on the official Baby Blue single and played live with them

* **UA - ambient pop, exotica**

appears on Long Season and performs live with them often, continues to do so to this day

* **Ajico - alt-rock, dream pop**

UA's band, little relation but interesting project nonetheless

* **Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - ska**

Motegi joined this band after Sato died, they also played live with them in the years prior

* **Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - rock**

played live with them a few times

* **Tokyo No.1 Soul Set - rap, rock**

played live with them multiple times, appears on 8 Gatsu no Genjo

* **Pardon Kimura - experimental**

if credits and release dates are right, Sato's recording of a bird on Kimura's first album Locals was his last musical contribution before his death. album also features Sugar Yoshinaga, Honzi, Minoru Yokoo (vocals on I Dub Fish), Yumiko Ohno (on APoF by Fish+), many others.

* **LaB LIFe - dream pop, alt-rock**

technically didn't interact with the band until after Sato's death but this duo's singer Yusuke Oya would later go on to form Polaris with Yuzuru Kashiwabara, another duo

* **Little Tempo - dub**

band Hakase was in, nothing much beyond that tbh

* **Honzi/Honzi’s World - minimalism, chamber folk, art pop**

Honzi’s solo career and solo band. interesting to look into, hard to find her tapes and albums

## New Fishmans Era (adjacent to everything after 1999: The Long Season Revue, etc)

* **Polaris - dream pop, ambient pop**

features Yuzuru Kashiwabara on bass and occasionally Kin-Ichi Motegi on drums. often considered Fishmans' spiritual successor

* **Fishmans+ - dream pop**

Fishmans' actual spiritual successor band. only active for 2-3 years in the early 2010s, made a remix EP of A Piece of Future, Sato's last composition. tons of Fishmans members involved

* **Sakanaction - j-pop, rock**

played live with them at Earth x Heart 2012

* **Bonobos - dream pop, ambient pop**

band leader Chung-ho Sai played with them on Long Season Revue and Bonobos has been to many Fishmans Night events

* **Kicell - ambient pop, folk**

played live with them on Long Season Revue and other occasions

* **Ikuko Harada/Clammbon - dream pop**

Harada is sort of the modern replacement for Sato's vocals when Motegi is occupied. Clammbon is her band

* **Hanaregumi - folk**

played live with them on Long Season Revue and on other occasions

* **So Many Tears - dream pop, rock**

Yuzuru Kashiwabara on bass, Kin-Ichi Motegi on drums, Takashi Kato (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) on vocals. sometimes more

* **Otouta - lounge**

Yuzuru Kashiwabara on bass, Bondo Tsuji (TSPO) on drums

* **Speed King - dance**

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra side project that included Motegi on drums

* **Naoto Takenaka - folk**

played live with them on The Long Season Revue. his album In the Orange Mood features Kogure, Harada, Hakase, Kashiwabara, Hanaregumi and many others in some capacity or another

* **ohana - pop**

sort of a Long Season Revue offshoot band formed by Hanaregumi, Ikuko Harada and Yusuke Oya, all New Fishmans collaborators in some capacity

* **Serena Motola - pop**

made this one really nice cover of Ikareta Baby printed on a single with 4 different versions. it includes basically every member of Fishmans on it

* cero - jazz rock

played live with Fishmans on February 19, 2019 @Zepp Tokyo

## Vaguely Notable but Very Popular Acts

* **The Pillows - alt rock, punk rock**

played live with them more than once. appears on Rainbow Trout Night

* **De La Soul - rap**

played live with them once

* **Pavement - garage rock, alt rock**

opened for them once

* **Cornelius - shibuya-kei, neo-psych**

played live with him once, and Cornelius is a member of Fishmans+

* **Ryuichi Sakamoto - electronica, rock, ambient**

produced on Fishmans+' album A Piece of Future

* **Yann Tomita/Doopees - plunderphonics, experimental**

lots of weird little connections worth noting. Moog/Mariko Yamamoto designed his 2 solo albums' covers, Yumiko Ohno (on APoF by Fishmans+) is member of Doopees, Yann contributed artwork to Locals by Pardon Kimura (long story), lots of little connections

* **Rovo - psychedelic rock, space rock**

band member Katsui Yuji has sort of become Fishmans' replacement violinist after Honzi's passing