🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 13th 2011, Satoshi Bandoh released his album "Happy Life!"! Tetsuo Sakurai plays bass on "Dawn Blue"! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 13th 2011, Mukaiya Club released their single ""One Day In Tokyo"! Both tracks were recorded with Don Grusin, a grammy-winner american jazz keyboardist! youtu.be/U7ysGPb12qE youtu.be/pVnYEL3Ei9s

📢 News – Casiopea's L.A. crowdfunding has reached 50% of its objective! camp-fire.jp/projects/954...

🎁 Birthday – 25 years ago, on July 11th 2001, CASIOPEA released their album "MAIN GATE"! It features classics such as "Good Luck!", "Circular Dream" and "Corona". The track "Run" has almost the same bassline as "Street Performer"... youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎶 Track of the week – "DAZZLING" by CASIOPEA from album "PHOTOGRAPHS" (1983) youtu.be/Ufvbtb5PzjU

📢 News – Casiopea's L.A. crowdfunding has reached 1,000,000 yen! camp-fire.jp/projects/954...

📢 News – Casiopea's crowdfunding for the L.A. performance starts today! camp-fire.jp/projects/954...

🎁 Birthday – 30 years ago, on July 10th 1996, Satoko Ishimine released her album "passion SATOKO miracle voice"! Abe arranged the tracks "FLY TO YOU", Natsu no Taiyo", "MY LOVE", and "Meguriai". youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📢 News – Mukaiya's NHK FM program will be broadcasted next week! www.nhk.jp/p/yuran/rs/2...

🎥 Video – Mukaiya using the GS1 for Katsushika Trio's new album!

🎥 Video – Naruse playing "Dazzling" with fun9loud!

📷 Picture – More pictures from Naruse and fun9loud's appearance on "Tomoko Nagano's Update"!

📢 News – Naruse appeared with fun9loud to play Dazzling on "Tomoko Nagano's Update"! Listen to it here: radiko.jp#!/ts/QRR/202...

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 6th 2011, Tropical Jazz Big Band released their album "Tropical Jazz Big Band XV ~The Covers II~"! Jimbo plays drums on the whole album, which includes classics like "In The Stone ~ Fantasy", "Libertango" and "Spain"! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 6th 2011, TRIX released their album "Impact"! At the time, members were Mitsuru Sutoh on bass, Noriaki Kumagai on drums, Yuya Komoguchi on guitar and Hiroshi Kubota on keyboards! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 6th 2011, Anri released her album "Heart to Heart 〜with you〜"! Abe arranged the last two tracks "With You" and "Someday Somehow"!

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on July 6th 2011, Arashi released their album "Beautiful World"! Jimbo plays drums on the last track "Tookumade"! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📢 News – Naruse will one again appear on "Tomoko Nagano's Update" with fun9loud on July 7th! joqr.co.jp/qr/program/up/

🎁 Birthday – 20 years ago, on July 5th 2006, Arashi released their album "Arashic"! Abe arranged the track "Raise Your Hands", while Jimbo played drums on the track "LOVE PARADE"! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📷 Picture – Mukaiya crying over a salad at Royal Host...

📷 Picture – Imai having a meeting with Katsumi Horii for his birthday live!

🎶 Track of the week – "GOLDEN WAVES" by CASIOPEA from album "Light and Shadows" (1997) youtu.be/N1XOfM8VFSQ

📢 News – Mukaiya will take part in an event comparing the sounds of the GS1 to the MONTAGE at Yamaha Sound Crossing Shibuya on July 18th! www.yamaha.com/ja/about/exp...

🎁 Birthday – 45 years ago, on July 1st 1981, Naruse released his album "Mythtique"! Naruse of course composed every track, but Noro makes a guest appearance on "Talk To Myself"! youtu.be/A7W6VHV4C3k

🎁 Birthday – 20 years ago, on June 29th 2006, CASIOPEA performed their last live at the Sejong Center in Korea before the 2006 hiatus. Noro was exhausted and decided to put the band on hiatus. The band would later come back as Casiopea 3rd. youtu.be/DEebJkzzYkc

🎁 Birthday – 15 years ago, on June 28th 2011, Mukaiya Club released the single "My Little Treasure"! Mukaiya composed and arranged the track. A violin version exists as well. music.apple.com/my/album/my-...

🎁 Birthday – 25 years ago, on June 27th 2001, Maki Ohguro released "LIVE NATURE ＃0 〜Nice to meet you!〜"! The original performance was held on August 1st, 1997 and features Kumagai on drums! www.bilibili.com/video/BV1es4...

🎶 Track of the week – "AKAPPACHI-IZM" by CASIOPEA from album "FULL COLORS" (1991) youtu.be/ASKJYcPTDQY

📷 Picture – Naruse at the KOREKATA Brand-new Blues yesterday!

🎁 Birthday – 5 years ago, on June 25th 2021, Abe released the album "機捜235 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK"! This is a series Abe composed and arranged for, and Sakurai makes an appearance on the track "Close235"!

🎁 Birthday – 30 years ago, on June 25th 1996, Takeshi Itoh released his album "T.K. Breeze"! Jimbo and Sakurai make up the rhythm section for most tracks, they used to perform with Itoh frequently at the time. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 35 years ago, on June 25th 1991, More Than Paradise released their debut album "More Than Paradise"! Jimbo and Sakurai make up the rhythm section throughout the album!

🎁 Birthday – 35 years ago, on June 25th 1991, the album "Gathering: Welcome To Animation World" was released! The album is produced by Jimbo and features covers of songs from various Ghibli movies!

🎥 Video – Katsushika Trio having a meeting for their 4th album!

🎁 Birthday – 10 years ago, on June 24th 2016, Mukaiya Club released the single "Royal Host's Official Pancake Song"! As the name implies, this track was made for Royal Host, a japanese restaurant brand. Mukaiya composed and arranged the track. youtu.be/1rAQZw2bGQ4

🎥 Video – "Mawari-Michi" from Tono to Ooku's latest live is available on Youtube! youtu.be/1Vskv4XoT3g

🎁 Birthday – 35 years ago, on June 22nd 1991, CASIOPEA performed "Session 91" live on NHK-FM! Setlist: 1. Passionate Voltage 2. Fight Man 3. The Sky 4. Domino Line 5. Galactic Funk 6. Street Of Dreams 7. Nostalgia 8. Akappachi-ism 9. Cyber Zone 10. Tokimeki 11. Top Wind

🎁 Birthday – 10 years ago, on June 22nd 2016, TRIX released their album "Evolution"! Kumagai composed every track aside from "Urban Oasis", "Glide Through Life" and "Sketches Of Your Dream".

📷 Picture – Abe at MARKS SYNTH GROOVE 2026!

🎁 Birthday – 20 years ago, on June 21st 2006, PYRAMID released their album "Telepath"! Jimbo plays drums on the whole album and composed the tracks "Flamingo" and "Goblem". youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 35 years ago, on June 21st 1991, Katsumi Horii Project released the album "Sky Cruisin'"! Naruse is featured on bass as usual, on tracks "My Happiness In The Cake", "Dear...", "Reddish In Mind" and "Alone At Last, Behind The Seventh Wind". youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎁 Birthday – 20 years ago, on June 21st 2006, TRIX released their album "Art"! It is their third album and features Kumagai on drums. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📢 News – Details about Casiopea's crowdfunding for their LA concert blu-ray are now available! You can give money starting July 10th. camp-fire.jp/projects/954...

🎶 Track of the week – "SKY SO HIGH" by CASIOPEA from album "MIRACLE NIGHT LIVE (SOUND VERSION)" (2026) youtu.be/pKq_tgV1QRk

📢 News – Katsushika Trio overseas fans can now buy tickets for their upcoming tour! eplus.tickets/en/sf/ibt/de...

📷 Picture – Naruse recorded songs for Riku Taira's Youtube Channel, the videos should be up in a month!

📷 Picture – More from Katsushika Trio's live in Korea yesterday!

🎁 Birthday – 35 years ago, on June 15th 1991, "Music Party III" was broadcasted on TV! This episode features Casiopea, Kiyotaka Sugiyama and JIVE! This would be the last one recorded, despite the "See you next time" message at the end. youtu.be/EK78CnviDZE

🎥 Video – Katsushika Trio at the end of their Korea concert!

📷 Picture – Katsushika Trio behind the scenes of their Korea concert!