B-EDGE (also known as Carlos Toshiki & B-EDGE from 2017 to 2019) are a

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band based in

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, saxophonist and percussionist

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, pianist Tomoharu Hani, and guitarist Nishiyama "Hank" Fumio. The group would be joined by former Omega Tribe vocalist

Carlos Toshiki Carlos Toshiki (カルロストシキ, born as Carlos Toshiki Takahashi on 7 April 1964) is a Japanese Brazilian singer-songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the popular Japanese city pop band 1986 Omega Tribe and its successor band Carlos ...

on multiple occasions and officially from 2017 to 2019.

History

2015–2017: Formation and first works

and

had previously worked together as a backing band for

1986 Omega Tribe Omega Tribe (Japanese: ; sometimes stylized as Ωmega Tribe) was a Japanese soft rock and city pop project that was led by producer Koichi Fujita, with the bands being handled by industry veterans Tetsuji Hayashi, Tsunehiro Izumi, and Hiroshi Sh ...

, originally with bassist Shigeru Watanabe, previously the bassist for Monta and Brothers alongside Bracey, before replacing Watanabe with

. The trio would continue to play in the band when it was renamed to

Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe Omega Tribe (Japanese language, Japanese: ; sometimes stylized as Ωmega Tribe) was a Japanese soft rock and city pop project that was led by producer Koichi Fujita, with the bands being handled by industry veterans Tetsuji Hayashi, Tsunehiro Iz ...

and at their final concerts before disbandment. Many years later in 2015, the trio formed B-EDGE, getting guitarist Nishiyama "Hank" Fumio and pianist Tomoharu Hani to join the band as well. On November 11, 2015, they released their debut album ''Easy Loving You'', which included a single with former

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singer Mami "Chaka" Yasunori.

2017–2019: Carlos Toshiki & B-EDGE

In 2017,

, the lead vocalist of 1986 and Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe, came out of his musical retirement and joined the band as their vocalist. He was featured on their debut single "Give Me All You Got" on a cover of his song "Sentimental No! No!" On February 21, 2018, they released their only album under the name, ''Nova Nostalgia'', which

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many songs from the Omega Tribe era. Days later, the group started their Turne do Japão 2018 at

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Japan and ended on March 9. The tour also included keyboardist Haruhiko Wada and backing vocalist Yumi Kazu and ended with all venues sold out. A year later, the group would begin touring in the Tour Final de Verão 2019, their final tour under the name.

2019–present: Return to B-EDGE

After the Tour Final de Verão 2019, Toshiki returned to Brazil and the band kept playing gigs at clubs. They released their third album ''Meteo'' on March 11, 2020.

Members

– drums *

– bass, vocals *

– saxophone, flute, percussion *Tomoharu Hani – piano, keyboards *Nishiyama "Hank" Fumio – guitar *

– lead vocals

Backing band

*Haruhiko Wada – keyboards *Tomoka Suzuki – backing vocals *Suzi Kim – backing vocals *Yumi Kazu – backing vocals

Other vocalists

*Mami "Chaka" Yasunori (2015) *Argie Phine (2018) *Renaja (2020)

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

{{Omega Tribe Musical groups established in 2015 Omega Tribe (Japanese band) 2015 establishments in Japan