*indicates album in my collection
AB’s
(formed in 1982 and primarily a rock band, their 1982 song "Deja Vu" was a jazz-funk success in the UK. They were still releasing music in 2021)
AB’s (1983)*
AB's-2 (1984)*
AB's-3 (1985)*
AB's-4 (1988)*
New (2005)
Blue (2007)
AB's-7 (2021)
Arakawa Band
(fusion band formed by saxophonist/flutist Tatsuhiko Arakawa. It was originally named the Great American Music Band)
as Great American Music Band: Over the Sky (1979)
as Great American Music Band: Scor'pio (1979)
Lena (1980)*
John Neptune With Arakawa Band: Bamboo (1980)
Arakawa Band Featuring Hitoshi Okano: Hard Boiled (1981)
Bacco
(fusion band formed by Masayoshi Takanaka that released one album. Getao Takahashi on bass, Jim Diamond on vocals, Jun Sato on keyboards, Masayoshi Takanaka on guitar, Rob Brill on drums)
Cha Cha Me (1979)*
Burning Men
(short-lived band that released three albums in 1978, led by bass player Isao Suzuki)
Burning Super Session (1978)
Solaris - Burning Super Session II (1978)
Burning Men - Burning Super Session III (1978)
Casiopea
(fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. Now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4)
Casiopea on Wikepedia. Official Casiopea website. Casiopea on Discogs
Casiopea (1979)*
Super Flight (1979)*
Make Up City (1980)*
Thunder Live (1980)
Cross Point (1981)*
Eyes Of The Mind (1981)*
4 x 4 (1982)*
Mint Jams (1982)*
Photographs (1983)*
Jive Jive (1983)*
Down Upbeat (1984)*
Casiopea Live (1985)*
Halle (1985)*
Landing to Summer [compilation] (1986)*
Sun Sun (1986)*
Platinum (1987)*
Casiopea Perfect Live - Live II - The 10th Anniversary Tour Final (1987)*
Euphony (1988)*
World Live '88 (1988)
as Casiopea 2nd: The Party (1990)*
The Last Members [compilation] (1990)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Full Colors (1991)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Active (1992)*
We Want More [compilation] (1992)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Dramatic (1993)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Asian Dreamer (1994)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Hearty Notes (1994)*
Made in Melbourne (1994)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Answers (1994)*
Live Anthology Fine (1994)
as Casiopea 2nd: Freshness (1995)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Flowers (1996)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Light and Shadows (1997)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Be (1998)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Material (1999)*
as Casiopea 2nd: 20th (2000)
as Casiopea 2nd: Bitter Sweet (2000)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Main Gate (2001)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Inspire (2002)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Places (2003)*
Casiopea and The Square: Casiopea vs The Square Live (2004)
as Casiopea 2nd: Marble (2004)*
as Casiopea 2nd and Sync DNA: Signal (2005)*
Gig 25 [compilation] (2005)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Gentle and Mellow: Best Studio Selection (2006)*
Groove and Passion: Best Live Selection (2006)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Tetsudou Seminar Ongakuhen (2009)
as Casiopea 3rd: Casiopea 3rd Live Liftoff (2012)
as Casiopea 3rd: Ta.Ma.Te.Box (2013)
as Casiopea 3rd: A.So.Bo (2015)
as Casiopea 3rd: I.Bu.Ki (2016)
as Casiopea 3rd: A.ka.ri (2018)
as Casiopea 3rd: Panspermia (2019)
as Casiopea-P4: New Topics (2022)
as Casiopea-P4: New Beginning Live CD (2023)
Chickenshack
(released their first album in 1986. Featured Hidefumi Toki on saxophone, June Yamagishi on guitar)
Chickenshack on Discogs
ChickenShack (1986)
ChickenShack II (1986)
ChickenShack III (1987)
ChickenShack IV (1988)
ChickenShack V (1989)
ChickenShack VI(1990)
ChickenShack VII (2013)
Count Buffaloes
(see drummer Akira Ishikawa)
Dezolve
(4-piece band with Shingo Ogaya on bass, drummer Maoki Yamamoto, keyboardist Jun Tomoda and guitarist Shoya Kitagawa)
Official Dezolve site. Dezolve on Discogs
Dezolve (2016)
Sphere (2017)
Portray (2018)
Area (2019)
Frontiers (2020)
CoMove (2023)
Dimension
(released their first of 33 albums in 1992. Current members are Takashi Masuzaki on guitar and Kazuki Katsuta on saxophone. Keyboard player Akira Onozuka left the band in 2019)
Official Dimension website. Dimension on Discogs
Le Mans (1992)*
First Dimension (1993)*
Second Dimension (1994)*
Third Dimension (1994)*
Fourth Dimension (1995)*
Fifth Dimension (1995)*
Sixth Dimension Live (1996)*
Seventh Dimension (1996)*
Eighth Dimension (1996)*
Key (1998)*
Ninth Dimension (1999)*
Tenth Dimension (1999)*
If (1999)*
Hearts (2000)*
Live Millennium (2000)*
Into A New World (2001)*
Into The Dimension – The Very Best (2001)
Best Live Selections (2003)*
Complete of Dimension (2003)
Melody – Waltz For Forest (2003)*
Loneliness (2004)*
Impressions (2005)*
Live 2005 Impressions Tour (2006)*
My Rule (2007)*
20 (2007)*
21 (2008)*
22 (2009)*
23 (2010)*
24 (2011)*
25 (2012)*
26 (2013)*
27 (2014)
28 (2015)
29 (2016)
30 (2017)
Best of Best – 25th Anniversary (2017)
31 (2020)
32 (2021)
33 (2022)*
Ear Candy Jazz Factory
(The band consists of pianist Rei Narita, bassist Naoko Sakurai and drummer Kanade Sato)
Official website. Ear Candy Jazz Factory on Discogs
Tangerine Peel Jam - EP (2017)*
Tangerine Peel Jam - Complete (2019)
Four of a Kind
(members were Masato Honda on saxophone, Satoru "Salt" Shionoya on keyboards, Takashi Numazawa on drums, Tomohito Aoki on bass)
Four of a Kind (2002)*
Introducing Four of a Kind (2002)*
Live at Blue Note Tokyo and Osaka Blue Note (2002)*
2 (2004)
Fragile
(Fragile's lineup was Koichi Yabori on guitar, Masatoshi Mizuno on bass and Kozo Suganuma on drums)
Fragile on Discogs
Fragile (1996)*
Downside Up (1997)*
Handle With Care (1997)*
No Wet (1999)*
5 (2000)*
Zann (2003)*
Live (2003)*
Poison Quells Poison (2005)*
Phantom (2006)*
The Sun and the Melodies (2009)*
Unconscious Behaviour (2011)*
Garp
(Four-piece band that released one album with Naoya Hamada on drums, Hideki Matsubara on bass, Masaki Matsubara on guitar and Hiroshi Shinkawa on keyboards)
Midnight Cowboy (2001)
Gecko and Tokage Parade
(led by pianist Wataru Sato aka Gecko)
The Art Of Tokage (2019)
Hiromitsu
(Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Mitsuru Sutoh on bass)
Hiromitsu on Discogs
6 on 224 (2014)
Wide and Full (2016)
[Toshinori Kondo] and IMA
(led by trumpeter Toshinori Kondo)
Toshinori Kondo and IMA on Discogs
Taihen (1984)*
Metal Position (1985)*
Konton (1986)*
337 (1987)*
Human Market (1988)*
Kamikaze Blow (1989)
Tokyo Rose (1990)*
Brain War (1991)*
God-zilla Funk (1991)*
Red City Smoke (1993)*
Live Selection [recorded 1991] (2018)
IMA 21: Space Children (2018)
J&B
(features Jun Kajiwara and Yoshiyuki "Butcher" Asano (died 2007) on guitars, Hideki Matsubara on bass and Takashi Numazawa on drums)
Leaving Home (2001)
J&B (2001)
Gift (2006)
The Jazz Avengers
(all-female band who released their debut album in 2023 featuring Senri Kawaguchi on drums, Chizuru Segawa on guitar, Marie Takeda on keyboards, Juna Serita on bass, Miku Yonezawa on tenor sax, Miho Terachi on alto sax, WaKaNa on alto sax and Ami Nakazon on soprano sax)
The Jazz Avengers (2023)
The Jazz Funk Masters
(fusion band of the 90s who released three albums featuring American musicians)
The Jazz Funk Masters on Discogs
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Lonnie Smith - Live Jam! (1992)
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Bernard Purdie - Fatback! (1993)
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Louis Johnson: Mo' (Better) Funk (1993)
Jimsaku
(band formed by Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai after they left Casiopea. Disbanded in 1998, but reformed in 2020)
Jimsaku on Discogs
Jimsaku (1990)
45°C (1991)*
Jade (1992)
Viva! (live album) (1992)
100% (1993)*
Wind Loves Us (1993)*
Navel (1994)*
Blaze of Passion (1995)
Dispensation (1996)*
Mega db (1997)*
Jimsaku Beyond (2021)
Jizue
(features Tsuyoshi "Gou" Yamada on bass, Noriyuki Inoue on guitar and Katagi "Kie" Nozomiyo on keyboards)
Jizue (2009)*
Bookshelf (2010)*
Novel (2012)*
Journal (2013)*
Shiori(2014)*
Story (2016)*
Grassroots (2017)*
Room (2018)
Gallery (2019)
Seeds (2020)
Garden (2021)
Biotop (2023)
Kari-Band
(features Boh on bass and Yuya Maeta on drums. Guitarist Mikio Fujioka died in January 2018)
Kari-Band on Discogs
Kari Ongen (demo EP 2017)
Kari-Band with Friends: Live at Streamig (2021)
Kay
(short-lived band with American musicians featuring Jun Fukamachi on keyboards and Kenji Omura on guitar)
Somewhere In New York (1979)*
Keep
(featured Akira Wada on guitar, Hideo Yamaki on drums, Jun Fukamachi on keyboards, Yasuo Tomikura on bass)
Keep on Discogs
DG-581 (1981)*
Rock'n Rocked Rock [also known as Keep II] (1982)*
Keep Alive (1995)
Kinokuniya Band
(short-lived band that featured Masako Takasaki on vocals)
Street Sensation (1979)*
Kiyo Sen (Kiyo*Sen)
(led by Kiyomi Otaka on keyboards and Senri Kawaguchi on drums)
Kiyo Sen official website. Kiyo Sen on Discogs
Chocolate Booster (2014)*
Duology (2015)*
Trick or Treat (2016)
Organizer (2018)*
Drumatica (2019)
Live At Virtuoso (2020)
Deux (2021)
Kochi
(led by Masabumi Kikuchi on keyboards)
Wishes (1978)*
KORE-CHANz
(featured Hirokuni Korekata on guitar, Tadashi Namba on keyboards, Toshimi Nagai on bass, Hiroyuki Noritaka on drums)
Music is the World (1991)*
KoreNoS
(T-Square spin-off with Hirokuni Korekata on guitar, Hiroyuki Noritake on drums and Mitsuru Sutoh on bass)
Asian Sreet Style (2004)*
Abracadabra (2005)*
Live (2007)*
Lu7
(Luna Umegaki on keyboards and Tsutomu Kurihara on guitar)
Efflorescence (2002)
L'esprit De L'exil (2005)
Bonito (2010)
Azurite Dance (2014)
3395 (2019)
[Shigeharu Mukai] Morning Flight
(see trombonist Shigeharu Mukai)
Naniwa Express
(formed in 1977 by Ko Shimizu on bass and Kazuhiko Iwama on guitar. Other members are Kenji Nakamura on keyboards, Rikiya Higashihara on drums and Makato Aoyagi on Saxophone. Disbanded in 1986 but reformed in 2003)
Naniwa Express official website. Naniwa Express on Discogs
Daiuchumugenryokushin (1982)*
No Fuse (1982)*
Wind Up (1983)*
Modern Beat (1984)*
Silent Savanna (1985)*
Red Zone [Compilation] (1993)*
Life Of Music (2003)
This Is It! (2004)
Fresh Dude (2012)
Native Son
(formed in 1979 with Takehiro Honda on keyboards, Hiroshi Murakami on drums, Kohsuke Mine on saxophone, Motonobu Ohde on guitar, Tamio Kawabata on bass and Hiroshi Fukumura on trombone)
Native Son on Discogs
Savanna Hot Line (1979)*
Native Son (1980)*
Coast to Coast: Live in USA (1980)*
Shining (1982)*
Resort (1983)*
Carnival: Live At Montreux (1983)
Gumbo (1984)*
Daybreak (1985)*
Veer (1986)*
Takehiro Honda And Native Son: Aguncha (1987)*
Orange Pekoe
(duo formed in 1998 by Tomoko Nagashima on vocals and Kazuma Fujimoto on guitar, bass and synthesizer)
Orange Pekoe official site. Orange Pekoe on Discogs
Organic Plastic Music (2002)*
Modern Lights (2003)*
Poetic Ore: Invisible Beautiful Realism (2004)*
Live 2004 (2005)
Grace (2005)*
Best Remixes (2006)*
Wild Flowers (2007)
10th Anniversary Best Album Sun and Moon (2008)
Crystalismo (2009)*
Oriental Jazz Mode (2013)
Orange Pekoe with the Big Band Party Night!!! (2014)
Ottottrio
(guitar trio consisting of Hirokuni Korekata (Korenos), Issei Noro (Casiopea) and Masahiro Andoh (T-Square))
Super Guitar Session: Hot Live (1988)
Super Guitar Session: Red Live (1988)
Triptych (1998)*
The Players
(six-piece band led by Hiromasa "Colgen" Suzuki on keyboards, with Mabumi Yamaguchi and Masaki "Bob" Saito on saxophone, Tsunehide Matsuki on guitar, Akira Okazawa on bass and Yuhichi Togashiki on drums)
The Players on Discogs
Galaxy (1979)*
Wonderful Guys (1979)
Madagascar Lady (1981)
Space Travel (1982)
Jack-a-Dandy (1983)
Up To You (1984)
Live (1985)
Power Job
(short-lived band consisting of Toshimi Nagai on bass, Noriaki Kukagai on drums, Kazi Michishita and Takashi Masuzaki on guitar)
Power Job (2001)*
Prism
(formed in 1975, they released their debut album in 1977, featuring Akira Wada and Katsutoshi Morizono on guitar, Ken Watanabe on bass, Daisaku Kume and Kouki "Corky" Itoh on keyboards and Toru "Rika" Suzuki on drums. The current line-up features Jiro Okada on bass, Cheru Watanabe on keyboards and Mansaku Kimura on drums)
Prism on Wikipedia. Prism official website. Prism on Discogs
Prism (1977)*
Second Thoughts – Second Move (1977)*
Prism III (1979)*
Prism Live (1979)
Surprise (1980)*
Community Illusion (1981)*
Visions (1982)*
Live Alive (1982)*
Infinity (1983)
Nothin’ Unusual (1985)*
Dreamin’ (1986)*
Live Alive Vol. 2 (1987)*
The Silence of the Motion (1987)*
Mother Earth (1990)*
Rejuvenation (1991)
A Personal Change (1992)*
Uncovered (1995)*
Prism Jam (1995)*
Prismania (1997)*
Whiter (1997)*
In The Last Resort (2001)*
Mju (2003)*
Present (2003)*
Present II (2003)
1977 Live at Sugino Kodo (2004)
Homecoming 2004 (2004)*
Blue (2007)*
Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming] (2007)
Prism Homecoming Vol. 3 (2008)
Invite (2009)*
Palace in the Sky (2011)*
Mode: Odd (2013)*
Celebrate (2017)
What You See (2017)*
Pryme Tyme
(short-lived band featuring Eiichi Ishikawa on drums, Kazuo Shimizu on guitar, Toshimi Nagai on bass, Toshiaki Otsubo on keyboards and violinist Tetsuya Ochiai)
Pryme Tyme (2000)*
Pyramid
(featuring Akira Jimbo on drums, Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Yuji Toriyama on guitar)
Pyramid (2005)*
Telepath (2006)*
3 (2011)*
Pyramid4 (2019)
[Toshiyuki Honda] Radio Club
(band led by saxophone player Toshiyuki Honda)
Gadis : Marusa No Onna 2 (1987)
Something Coming On (1988)*
Touhou memoirs (1989)
Chameleon (1990)
Live Chameleon (1991)
Rising Sun Band
(see bassist Teruo Nakamura)
RX
(consisted of Raiden Yuzawa on drums, Shunsuke Ishikawa on bass and Matsuzaki Yuichi on keyboards)
RX on Discogs
Chemical Reaction (1991)*
Rare‘xtra (1994)*
Zeitmesser (2000)*
Elements (2001)*
Kiss of Life (2002)*
Chemical Elements – The Best of RX (2003)*
Heliosphere (2013)
Soul Media
(see saxophonist Jiro Inakagi)
Source
(consisted of Masaharu Ishikawa on drums, Tomohito Aoki on bass, Akira Onozuka on keyboards, Masahiro Kobayashi on trumpet and Osamu Koike on saxophone)
Source (1997)
Source II (2000)
Splaash
(see saxophonist Satoshi Nakamura)
Sunburst
(Toshiyuki Honda on saxophone, Yukio Kodaira on bass, Keiji Kishida on drums, Kazumi Watanabe and Yuji Karaki on guitar, Kazushi Makiguchi and Makoto Terashita on keyboards)
Sunburst (1980)*
TKY
(short-lived band with TOKU on trumpet, Shinji Akita on keyboards, Yosuke Onuma on guitar, Kenji Hino on bass and Hidenobu "Kalta" Otsuki on drums. There was a TKY reunion in 2020)
TKY (2005)
The Square/T-Square
(formed in 1978 as The Square, they changed their name to T-Square in 1988. Its most successful lineup included Masahiro Andoh on guitar, Mitsuru Sutoh on bass, Takeshi Itoh on saxophone, Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Hiroyuki Noritake on drums. The current line-up is Takeshi Itoh on saxophone, Satoshi Bandoh on drums, Shingo Tanaka on bass, Akito Shirai on keyboards and Yuma Hara on guitar)
T-Square on Wikipedia. T-Square official website. T-Square on Discogs
Lucky Summer Lady (1978)*
Midnight Lover (1978)*
Make Me A Star (1979)*
Rockoon (1980)*
Magic (1981)*
Jungle Strut (1982)
Kyakusenbi No Yuhwaku (Temptation of Shapely Legs) (1982)*
Rainbow (1983)*
Adventures (1984)*
All About Us – Best Selection (1984)*
Stars and the Moon (1984)*
R.E.S.O.R.T (1985)*
S.P.O.R.T.S. (1986)*
The Best of The Square (1987)*
Truth (1987)*
Yes, No (1988)*
F-1 Grand Prix (Best Of) (1989)*
Wave (1989)*
Natural (1990)*
New-S [first album to feature Masato Honda on sax] (1991)*
Farewell and Welcome Live (1991)*
T-Square and Friends: Refreshest (1991)*
Impressive (1992)*
Human (1993)*
T-Square and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Harmony (1993)*
Megalith (Best) (1994)*
Natsu No Wausei (Summer Planet) (1994)*
T-Square and Friends: Solitude (1994)*
T-Square and Friends: Miss You in New York (1995)*
Welcome to the Rose Garden (1995)*
Before Christ and Anno Domini (B.C.A.D) (1996)*
Blue in Red (1997)*
Gravity (1998)*
Farewell and Welcome Live (1998)*
999.9 (1999)*
Sweet and Gentle (1999)*
Wordless Anthology I (1999)*
Wordless Anthology II (1999)
Wordless Anthology III (1999)*
T-Square (2000)*
Friendship [return of Takeshi Itoh on sax] (2000)*
Brasil (2001)*
T-Square Plus: Truth 21st Century (2001)*
New Road, Old Way (2002)*
Spirits (2003)*
T-Square and Friends: T Comes Back (2003)*
Groove Globe (2004)*
Passion Flower (2005)*
Passion Flower Live (2005)*
Blood Music (2006)*
Wordless Anthology IV (2006)*
Wordless Anthology V (2006)*
33 (2007)*
T-Square Super Band: Wonderful Days (2008)*
Discoveries (2009)*
Time Travel (2010)*
Treasured Songs (2010)
Nine Stories (2011)
Music Dream (2011)
Wings (2012)
Rainbow Songs (2012)
Smile (2013)*
History (2013)
Next (2014)*
Dolphin Through (2015)
Paradise (2015)
Treasure Hunter (2016)
Rebirth (2017)*
City Coaster (2018)*
It's a Wonderful Life (2018)
Horizon (2019)
AI Factory (2020)
Creme de la Creme (2020)
Fly! Fly! Fly! (2021)
Wish (2022)*
Vento De Felicidade (2023)
Trix
(formed in 2004, the band currently consists of drummer Noriaki Kumagai (ex-Casiopea), bassist Mitsuru Sutoh (ex-T-Square), guitarist Yuya Komoguchi and Ayaki Saito on keyboards)
Trix King Records webpage. Trix Japanese Wikipedia page. Trix on Discogs
Index (2004)*
Mode (2005)*
Art (2006)*
Force (2007)*
Bestrix – Best of Trix (2008)*
Style (2008)*
Fantastic (2009)*
Fever (2010)*
Impact (2011)*
Power (2012)*
Deluxe (2013)*
Trick (2014)*
Junishi (2015)*
Evolution (2016)*
Fortune (2017)*
Festa (2018)*
Eccentrix (2019)
Present (2020)
Ring (2021)
Vertical-Engine
(see drummer Hidenobu "Kalta" Otsuki)
Wesing
(see keyboard player Naoya Matsuoka)
Wha-Ha-Ha
(led by saxophonist Akira Sakata)
Shinutokiwa Betsu (1981)*
Getahaitekonakucha (1981)*
W.I.N.S
(short-lived band with Akira Wada on guitar, Akira Ishiguro on keyboards, Toshimi Nagai on bass and Kozo Suganuma on drums)
W.I.N.S (1995)*
WYSIWYG
(Ken'ichiro Shinzawa on keyboards, Koichi Yabori on guitar, Jiro Okada on bass and Ittoku Shimamura on drums)
What You Sing Is What You Get (1997)*
Zoom
(short-lived band with Motohiko Hino on drums, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, Kazumasa Akiyama on guitar, Naoki Kitajima on keyboards and Kenji Nishiyama on trombone)
Zoomin’ (1982)
AB’s
(formed in 1982 and primarily a rock band, their 1982 song "Deja Vu" was a jazz-funk success in the UK. They were still releasing music in 2021)
AB’s (1983)*
AB's-2 (1984)*
AB's-3 (1985)*
AB's-4 (1988)*
New (2005)
Blue (2007)
AB's-7 (2021)
Arakawa Band
(fusion band formed by saxophonist/flutist Tatsuhiko Arakawa. It was originally named the Great American Music Band)
as Great American Music Band: Over the Sky (1979)
as Great American Music Band: Scor'pio (1979)
Lena (1980)*
John Neptune With Arakawa Band: Bamboo (1980)
Arakawa Band Featuring Hitoshi Okano: Hard Boiled (1981)
Bacco
(fusion band formed by Masayoshi Takanaka that released one album. Getao Takahashi on bass, Jim Diamond on vocals, Jun Sato on keyboards, Masayoshi Takanaka on guitar, Rob Brill on drums)
Cha Cha Me (1979)*
Burning Men
(short-lived band that released three albums in 1978, led by bass player Isao Suzuki)
Burning Super Session (1978)
Solaris - Burning Super Session II (1978)
Burning Men - Burning Super Session III (1978)
Casiopea
(fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. Now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4)
Casiopea on Wikepedia. Official Casiopea website. Casiopea on Discogs
Casiopea (1979)*
Super Flight (1979)*
Make Up City (1980)*
Thunder Live (1980)
Cross Point (1981)*
Eyes Of The Mind (1981)*
4 x 4 (1982)*
Mint Jams (1982)*
Photographs (1983)*
Jive Jive (1983)*
Down Upbeat (1984)*
Casiopea Live (1985)*
Halle (1985)*
Landing to Summer [compilation] (1986)*
Sun Sun (1986)*
Platinum (1987)*
Casiopea Perfect Live - Live II - The 10th Anniversary Tour Final (1987)*
Euphony (1988)*
World Live '88 (1988)
as Casiopea 2nd: The Party (1990)*
The Last Members [compilation] (1990)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Full Colors (1991)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Active (1992)*
We Want More [compilation] (1992)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Dramatic (1993)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Asian Dreamer (1994)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Hearty Notes (1994)*
Made in Melbourne (1994)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Answers (1994)*
Live Anthology Fine (1994)
as Casiopea 2nd: Freshness (1995)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Flowers (1996)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Light and Shadows (1997)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Be (1998)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Material (1999)*
as Casiopea 2nd: 20th (2000)
as Casiopea 2nd: Bitter Sweet (2000)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Main Gate (2001)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Inspire (2002)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Places (2003)*
Casiopea and The Square: Casiopea vs The Square Live (2004)
as Casiopea 2nd: Marble (2004)*
as Casiopea 2nd and Sync DNA: Signal (2005)*
Gig 25 [compilation] (2005)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Gentle and Mellow: Best Studio Selection (2006)*
Groove and Passion: Best Live Selection (2006)*
as Casiopea 2nd: Tetsudou Seminar Ongakuhen (2009)
as Casiopea 3rd: Casiopea 3rd Live Liftoff (2012)
as Casiopea 3rd: Ta.Ma.Te.Box (2013)
as Casiopea 3rd: A.So.Bo (2015)
as Casiopea 3rd: I.Bu.Ki (2016)
as Casiopea 3rd: A.ka.ri (2018)
as Casiopea 3rd: Panspermia (2019)
as Casiopea-P4: New Topics (2022)
as Casiopea-P4: New Beginning Live CD (2023)
Chickenshack
(released their first album in 1986. Featured Hidefumi Toki on saxophone, June Yamagishi on guitar)
Chickenshack on Discogs
ChickenShack (1986)
ChickenShack II (1986)
ChickenShack III (1987)
ChickenShack IV (1988)
ChickenShack V (1989)
ChickenShack VI(1990)
ChickenShack VII (2013)
Count Buffaloes
(see drummer Akira Ishikawa)
Dezolve
(4-piece band with Shingo Ogaya on bass, drummer Maoki Yamamoto, keyboardist Jun Tomoda and guitarist Shoya Kitagawa)
Official Dezolve site. Dezolve on Discogs
Dezolve (2016)
Sphere (2017)
Portray (2018)
Area (2019)
Frontiers (2020)
CoMove (2023)
Dimension
(released their first of 33 albums in 1992. Current members are Takashi Masuzaki on guitar and Kazuki Katsuta on saxophone. Keyboard player Akira Onozuka left the band in 2019)
Official Dimension website. Dimension on Discogs
Le Mans (1992)*
First Dimension (1993)*
Second Dimension (1994)*
Third Dimension (1994)*
Fourth Dimension (1995)*
Fifth Dimension (1995)*
Sixth Dimension Live (1996)*
Seventh Dimension (1996)*
Eighth Dimension (1996)*
Key (1998)*
Ninth Dimension (1999)*
Tenth Dimension (1999)*
If (1999)*
Hearts (2000)*
Live Millennium (2000)*
Into A New World (2001)*
Into The Dimension – The Very Best (2001)
Best Live Selections (2003)*
Complete of Dimension (2003)
Melody – Waltz For Forest (2003)*
Loneliness (2004)*
Impressions (2005)*
Live 2005 Impressions Tour (2006)*
My Rule (2007)*
20 (2007)*
21 (2008)*
22 (2009)*
23 (2010)*
24 (2011)*
25 (2012)*
26 (2013)*
27 (2014)
28 (2015)
29 (2016)
30 (2017)
Best of Best – 25th Anniversary (2017)
31 (2020)
32 (2021)
33 (2022)*
Ear Candy Jazz Factory
(The band consists of pianist Rei Narita, bassist Naoko Sakurai and drummer Kanade Sato)
Official website. Ear Candy Jazz Factory on Discogs
Tangerine Peel Jam - EP (2017)*
Tangerine Peel Jam - Complete (2019)
Four of a Kind
(members were Masato Honda on saxophone, Satoru "Salt" Shionoya on keyboards, Takashi Numazawa on drums, Tomohito Aoki on bass)
Four of a Kind (2002)*
Introducing Four of a Kind (2002)*
Live at Blue Note Tokyo and Osaka Blue Note (2002)*
2 (2004)
Fragile
(Fragile's lineup was Koichi Yabori on guitar, Masatoshi Mizuno on bass and Kozo Suganuma on drums)
Fragile on Discogs
Fragile (1996)*
Downside Up (1997)*
Handle With Care (1997)*
No Wet (1999)*
5 (2000)*
Zann (2003)*
Live (2003)*
Poison Quells Poison (2005)*
Phantom (2006)*
The Sun and the Melodies (2009)*
Unconscious Behaviour (2011)*
Garp
(Four-piece band that released one album with Naoya Hamada on drums, Hideki Matsubara on bass, Masaki Matsubara on guitar and Hiroshi Shinkawa on keyboards)
Midnight Cowboy (2001)
Gecko and Tokage Parade
(led by pianist Wataru Sato aka Gecko)
The Art Of Tokage (2019)
Hiromitsu
(Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Mitsuru Sutoh on bass)
Hiromitsu on Discogs
6 on 224 (2014)
Wide and Full (2016)
[Toshinori Kondo] and IMA
(led by trumpeter Toshinori Kondo)
Toshinori Kondo and IMA on Discogs
Taihen (1984)*
Metal Position (1985)*
Konton (1986)*
337 (1987)*
Human Market (1988)*
Kamikaze Blow (1989)
Tokyo Rose (1990)*
Brain War (1991)*
God-zilla Funk (1991)*
Red City Smoke (1993)*
Live Selection [recorded 1991] (2018)
IMA 21: Space Children (2018)
J&B
(features Jun Kajiwara and Yoshiyuki "Butcher" Asano (died 2007) on guitars, Hideki Matsubara on bass and Takashi Numazawa on drums)
Leaving Home (2001)
J&B (2001)
Gift (2006)
The Jazz Avengers
(all-female band who released their debut album in 2023 featuring Senri Kawaguchi on drums, Chizuru Segawa on guitar, Marie Takeda on keyboards, Juna Serita on bass, Miku Yonezawa on tenor sax, Miho Terachi on alto sax, WaKaNa on alto sax and Ami Nakazon on soprano sax)
The Jazz Avengers (2023)
The Jazz Funk Masters
(fusion band of the 90s who released three albums featuring American musicians)
The Jazz Funk Masters on Discogs
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Lonnie Smith - Live Jam! (1992)
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Bernard Purdie - Fatback! (1993)
The Jazz Funk Masters Featuring Louis Johnson: Mo' (Better) Funk (1993)
Jimsaku
(band formed by Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai after they left Casiopea. Disbanded in 1998, but reformed in 2020)
Jimsaku on Discogs
Jimsaku (1990)
45°C (1991)*
Jade (1992)
Viva! (live album) (1992)
100% (1993)*
Wind Loves Us (1993)*
Navel (1994)*
Blaze of Passion (1995)
Dispensation (1996)*
Mega db (1997)*
Jimsaku Beyond (2021)
Jizue
(features Tsuyoshi "Gou" Yamada on bass, Noriyuki Inoue on guitar and Katagi "Kie" Nozomiyo on keyboards)
Jizue (2009)*
Bookshelf (2010)*
Novel (2012)*
Journal (2013)*
Shiori(2014)*
Story (2016)*
Grassroots (2017)*
Room (2018)
Gallery (2019)
Seeds (2020)
Garden (2021)
Biotop (2023)
Kari-Band
(features Boh on bass and Yuya Maeta on drums. Guitarist Mikio Fujioka died in January 2018)
Kari-Band on Discogs
Kari Ongen (demo EP 2017)
Kari-Band with Friends: Live at Streamig (2021)
Kay
(short-lived band with American musicians featuring Jun Fukamachi on keyboards and Kenji Omura on guitar)
Somewhere In New York (1979)*
Keep
(featured Akira Wada on guitar, Hideo Yamaki on drums, Jun Fukamachi on keyboards, Yasuo Tomikura on bass)
Keep on Discogs
DG-581 (1981)*
Rock'n Rocked Rock [also known as Keep II] (1982)*
Keep Alive (1995)
Kinokuniya Band
(short-lived band that featured Masako Takasaki on vocals)
Street Sensation (1979)*
Kiyo Sen (Kiyo*Sen)
(led by Kiyomi Otaka on keyboards and Senri Kawaguchi on drums)
Kiyo Sen official website. Kiyo Sen on Discogs
Chocolate Booster (2014)*
Duology (2015)*
Trick or Treat (2016)
Organizer (2018)*
Drumatica (2019)
Live At Virtuoso (2020)
Deux (2021)
Kochi
(led by Masabumi Kikuchi on keyboards)
Wishes (1978)*
KORE-CHANz
(featured Hirokuni Korekata on guitar, Tadashi Namba on keyboards, Toshimi Nagai on bass, Hiroyuki Noritaka on drums)
Music is the World (1991)*
KoreNoS
(T-Square spin-off with Hirokuni Korekata on guitar, Hiroyuki Noritake on drums and Mitsuru Sutoh on bass)
Asian Sreet Style (2004)*
Abracadabra (2005)*
Live (2007)*
Lu7
(Luna Umegaki on keyboards and Tsutomu Kurihara on guitar)
Efflorescence (2002)
L'esprit De L'exil (2005)
Bonito (2010)
Azurite Dance (2014)
3395 (2019)
[Shigeharu Mukai] Morning Flight
(see trombonist Shigeharu Mukai)
Naniwa Express
(formed in 1977 by Ko Shimizu on bass and Kazuhiko Iwama on guitar. Other members are Kenji Nakamura on keyboards, Rikiya Higashihara on drums and Makato Aoyagi on Saxophone. Disbanded in 1986 but reformed in 2003)
Naniwa Express official website. Naniwa Express on Discogs
Daiuchumugenryokushin (1982)*
No Fuse (1982)*
Wind Up (1983)*
Modern Beat (1984)*
Silent Savanna (1985)*
Red Zone [Compilation] (1993)*
Life Of Music (2003)
This Is It! (2004)
Fresh Dude (2012)
Native Son
(formed in 1979 with Takehiro Honda on keyboards, Hiroshi Murakami on drums, Kohsuke Mine on saxophone, Motonobu Ohde on guitar, Tamio Kawabata on bass and Hiroshi Fukumura on trombone)
Native Son on Discogs
Savanna Hot Line (1979)*
Native Son (1980)*
Coast to Coast: Live in USA (1980)*
Shining (1982)*
Resort (1983)*
Carnival: Live At Montreux (1983)
Gumbo (1984)*
Daybreak (1985)*
Veer (1986)*
Takehiro Honda And Native Son: Aguncha (1987)*
Orange Pekoe
(duo formed in 1998 by Tomoko Nagashima on vocals and Kazuma Fujimoto on guitar, bass and synthesizer)
Orange Pekoe official site. Orange Pekoe on Discogs
Organic Plastic Music (2002)*
Modern Lights (2003)*
Poetic Ore: Invisible Beautiful Realism (2004)*
Live 2004 (2005)
Grace (2005)*
Best Remixes (2006)*
Wild Flowers (2007)
10th Anniversary Best Album Sun and Moon (2008)
Crystalismo (2009)*
Oriental Jazz Mode (2013)
Orange Pekoe with the Big Band Party Night!!! (2014)
Ottottrio
(guitar trio consisting of Hirokuni Korekata (Korenos), Issei Noro (Casiopea) and Masahiro Andoh (T-Square))
Super Guitar Session: Hot Live (1988)
Super Guitar Session: Red Live (1988)
Triptych (1998)*
The Players
(six-piece band led by Hiromasa "Colgen" Suzuki on keyboards, with Mabumi Yamaguchi and Masaki "Bob" Saito on saxophone, Tsunehide Matsuki on guitar, Akira Okazawa on bass and Yuhichi Togashiki on drums)
The Players on Discogs
Galaxy (1979)*
Wonderful Guys (1979)
Madagascar Lady (1981)
Space Travel (1982)
Jack-a-Dandy (1983)
Up To You (1984)
Live (1985)
Power Job
(short-lived band consisting of Toshimi Nagai on bass, Noriaki Kukagai on drums, Kazi Michishita and Takashi Masuzaki on guitar)
Power Job (2001)*
Prism
(formed in 1975, they released their debut album in 1977, featuring Akira Wada and Katsutoshi Morizono on guitar, Ken Watanabe on bass, Daisaku Kume and Kouki "Corky" Itoh on keyboards and Toru "Rika" Suzuki on drums. The current line-up features Jiro Okada on bass, Cheru Watanabe on keyboards and Mansaku Kimura on drums)
Prism on Wikipedia. Prism official website. Prism on Discogs
Prism (1977)*
Second Thoughts – Second Move (1977)*
Prism III (1979)*
Prism Live (1979)
Surprise (1980)*
Community Illusion (1981)*
Visions (1982)*
Live Alive (1982)*
Infinity (1983)
Nothin’ Unusual (1985)*
Dreamin’ (1986)*
Live Alive Vol. 2 (1987)*
The Silence of the Motion (1987)*
Mother Earth (1990)*
Rejuvenation (1991)
A Personal Change (1992)*
Uncovered (1995)*
Prism Jam (1995)*
Prismania (1997)*
Whiter (1997)*
In The Last Resort (2001)*
Mju (2003)*
Present (2003)*
Present II (2003)
1977 Live at Sugino Kodo (2004)
Homecoming 2004 (2004)*
Blue (2007)*
Prism 30th Anniversary Live! [Homecoming] (2007)
Prism Homecoming Vol. 3 (2008)
Invite (2009)*
Palace in the Sky (2011)*
Mode: Odd (2013)*
Celebrate (2017)
What You See (2017)*
Pryme Tyme
(short-lived band featuring Eiichi Ishikawa on drums, Kazuo Shimizu on guitar, Toshimi Nagai on bass, Toshiaki Otsubo on keyboards and violinist Tetsuya Ochiai)
Pryme Tyme (2000)*
Pyramid
(featuring Akira Jimbo on drums, Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Yuji Toriyama on guitar)
Pyramid (2005)*
Telepath (2006)*
3 (2011)*
Pyramid4 (2019)
[Toshiyuki Honda] Radio Club
(band led by saxophone player Toshiyuki Honda)
Gadis : Marusa No Onna 2 (1987)
Something Coming On (1988)*
Touhou memoirs (1989)
Chameleon (1990)
Live Chameleon (1991)
Rising Sun Band
(see bassist Teruo Nakamura)
RX
(consisted of Raiden Yuzawa on drums, Shunsuke Ishikawa on bass and Matsuzaki Yuichi on keyboards)
RX on Discogs
Chemical Reaction (1991)*
Rare‘xtra (1994)*
Zeitmesser (2000)*
Elements (2001)*
Kiss of Life (2002)*
Chemical Elements – The Best of RX (2003)*
Heliosphere (2013)
Soul Media
(see saxophonist Jiro Inakagi)
Source
(consisted of Masaharu Ishikawa on drums, Tomohito Aoki on bass, Akira Onozuka on keyboards, Masahiro Kobayashi on trumpet and Osamu Koike on saxophone)
Source (1997)
Source II (2000)
Splaash
(see saxophonist Satoshi Nakamura)
Sunburst
(Toshiyuki Honda on saxophone, Yukio Kodaira on bass, Keiji Kishida on drums, Kazumi Watanabe and Yuji Karaki on guitar, Kazushi Makiguchi and Makoto Terashita on keyboards)
Sunburst (1980)*
TKY
(short-lived band with TOKU on trumpet, Shinji Akita on keyboards, Yosuke Onuma on guitar, Kenji Hino on bass and Hidenobu "Kalta" Otsuki on drums. There was a TKY reunion in 2020)
TKY (2005)
The Square/T-Square
(formed in 1978 as The Square, they changed their name to T-Square in 1988. Its most successful lineup included Masahiro Andoh on guitar, Mitsuru Sutoh on bass, Takeshi Itoh on saxophone, Hirotaka Izumi on keyboards and Hiroyuki Noritake on drums. The current line-up is Takeshi Itoh on saxophone, Satoshi Bandoh on drums, Shingo Tanaka on bass, Akito Shirai on keyboards and Yuma Hara on guitar)
T-Square on Wikipedia. T-Square official website. T-Square on Discogs
Lucky Summer Lady (1978)*
Midnight Lover (1978)*
Make Me A Star (1979)*
Rockoon (1980)*
Magic (1981)*
Jungle Strut (1982)
Kyakusenbi No Yuhwaku (Temptation of Shapely Legs) (1982)*
Rainbow (1983)*
Adventures (1984)*
All About Us – Best Selection (1984)*
Stars and the Moon (1984)*
R.E.S.O.R.T (1985)*
S.P.O.R.T.S. (1986)*
The Best of The Square (1987)*
Truth (1987)*
Yes, No (1988)*
F-1 Grand Prix (Best Of) (1989)*
Wave (1989)*
Natural (1990)*
New-S [first album to feature Masato Honda on sax] (1991)*
Farewell and Welcome Live (1991)*
T-Square and Friends: Refreshest (1991)*
Impressive (1992)*
Human (1993)*
T-Square and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Harmony (1993)*
Megalith (Best) (1994)*
Natsu No Wausei (Summer Planet) (1994)*
T-Square and Friends: Solitude (1994)*
T-Square and Friends: Miss You in New York (1995)*
Welcome to the Rose Garden (1995)*
Before Christ and Anno Domini (B.C.A.D) (1996)*
Blue in Red (1997)*
Gravity (1998)*
Farewell and Welcome Live (1998)*
999.9 (1999)*
Sweet and Gentle (1999)*
Wordless Anthology I (1999)*
Wordless Anthology II (1999)
Wordless Anthology III (1999)*
T-Square (2000)*
Friendship [return of Takeshi Itoh on sax] (2000)*
Brasil (2001)*
T-Square Plus: Truth 21st Century (2001)*
New Road, Old Way (2002)*
Spirits (2003)*
T-Square and Friends: T Comes Back (2003)*
Groove Globe (2004)*
Passion Flower (2005)*
Passion Flower Live (2005)*
Blood Music (2006)*
Wordless Anthology IV (2006)*
Wordless Anthology V (2006)*
33 (2007)*
T-Square Super Band: Wonderful Days (2008)*
Discoveries (2009)*
Time Travel (2010)*
Treasured Songs (2010)
Nine Stories (2011)
Music Dream (2011)
Wings (2012)
Rainbow Songs (2012)
Smile (2013)*
History (2013)
Next (2014)*
Dolphin Through (2015)
Paradise (2015)
Treasure Hunter (2016)
Rebirth (2017)*
City Coaster (2018)*
It's a Wonderful Life (2018)
Horizon (2019)
AI Factory (2020)
Creme de la Creme (2020)
Fly! Fly! Fly! (2021)
Wish (2022)*
Vento De Felicidade (2023)
Trix
(formed in 2004, the band currently consists of drummer Noriaki Kumagai (ex-Casiopea), bassist Mitsuru Sutoh (ex-T-Square), guitarist Yuya Komoguchi and Ayaki Saito on keyboards)
Trix King Records webpage. Trix Japanese Wikipedia page. Trix on Discogs
Index (2004)*
Mode (2005)*
Art (2006)*
Force (2007)*
Bestrix – Best of Trix (2008)*
Style (2008)*
Fantastic (2009)*
Fever (2010)*
Impact (2011)*
Power (2012)*
Deluxe (2013)*
Trick (2014)*
Junishi (2015)*
Evolution (2016)*
Fortune (2017)*
Festa (2018)*
Eccentrix (2019)
Present (2020)
Ring (2021)
Vertical-Engine
(see drummer Hidenobu "Kalta" Otsuki)
Wesing
(see keyboard player Naoya Matsuoka)
Wha-Ha-Ha
(led by saxophonist Akira Sakata)
Shinutokiwa Betsu (1981)*
Getahaitekonakucha (1981)*
W.I.N.S
(short-lived band with Akira Wada on guitar, Akira Ishiguro on keyboards, Toshimi Nagai on bass and Kozo Suganuma on drums)
W.I.N.S (1995)*
WYSIWYG
(Ken'ichiro Shinzawa on keyboards, Koichi Yabori on guitar, Jiro Okada on bass and Ittoku Shimamura on drums)
What You Sing Is What You Get (1997)*
Zoom
(short-lived band with Motohiko Hino on drums, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, Kazumasa Akiyama on guitar, Naoki Kitajima on keyboards and Kenji Nishiyama on trombone)
Zoomin’ (1982)