, typeset as SAKEROCK, was an instrumental

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ese band. Led by Gen Hoshino, the group was formed in 2000 by graduates of a high school in Hannō, Saitama. The band was named after a Martin Denny song and performs uplift, melodic instrumental music influenced by jazz, folk, Latin music and exotica. Over the decade, they released more than 10 albums and mini-albums, including soundtracks for Japanese movies, television dramas and

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s. They were signed to the Kakubarhythm label.

Members

* — guitar, marimba * —

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, percussion :Member of Cherry's, Good Dog Happy Men and Killing Floor. * — trombone, scat :Member of , Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Killing Floor, Newday and . * —

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, hawaiian guitar :Left on 26 December 2011. Member of and . * —

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:Still acts as a support-member. Member of , Natsumen and Wuja Bin Bin. Both Gen Hoshino and Kenta Hamano pursue acting careers; together with Kei Tanaka and Daichi Itō, they appeared in

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Discography

Albums

*'' Yuta'' (2003) *''Yuta (Renewal)'' (2003) *'' Life Cycle'' (2005) *''Penguin Pull Pale Piles Sound Tracks 「Best」'' (2005) * (2006) :with

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and Ren Takada as *'' Songs of Instrumental'' (2006) * original soundtrack (2007) * original soundtrack (2007) * (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *''

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'' (2015)

Mini-albums / EPs

*''Sakerock'' (2002) (demo) * (2004) * original soundtrack (2006)

Singles

* (2004) * (2008) They also contributed music to

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's film starring Arashi and based on a

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Videos

* (2005) * (2007) * (2008) * (2009) * (2009) * (2012)

External links

*
Gen Hoshino websiteKei Tanaka website

References

{{Authority control Japanese musical groups Musical groups established in 2000 Musical groups from Saitama Prefecture