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Native name
  
キュウソネコカミ

Website
  
02.mbsp.jp/kyuuso/

Genres
  
Punk rock, Post-hardcore

Years active
  
2009-present

Past members
  
Hagane-maru

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Labels
  
Exxentric Records, Getting Better

Record label
  
JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment

Origin
  
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (2009)

Albums
  
We Are Indies Band!!, Important Message

Members
  
Seiya Yamasaki, Shinnosuke Yokota, Kazuma Okazawa, Hagane-maru, Takurō Kawakubo, Taisuke Sogō

Similar
  
KANA‑BOON, 04 Limited Sazabys, KEYTALK, The Oral Cigarettes, Rekishi

Profiles

Kyuso Nekokami (キュウソネコカミ, Kyūso Nekokami, "Cornered Rat's Bite of a Cat") is a Japanese punk rock band that formed in 2009.

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Biography

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The band formed in December 2009, and was made up of students from Kwansei Gakuin University's music club in Nishinomiya. After finding it difficult to find full-time employment, the members decided to form the band. For three of the members, this was the fourth time they had formed a band. Seiya Yamasaki and Kazuma Okazawa were originally from a band called Self Borraginol (セルフボラギノール, Serufu Boraginōru), which formed at Kwansei Gakuin University and was active in 2008 and 2009. Keyboardist Shinnosuke Yokota was originally from a band called Blank Map, and drummer Taisuke Sogō from a band called Bakajikara (バカ力). The band took their name from an accessory from the game Final Fantasy X-2, Kyūso Nekokami (キューソネコカミ), which was translated as "cat nip" in the English version of the game. The name is a reference to the Japanese proverb Kyūso neko o kamu (窮鼠 猫を噛む, "A cornered rat will bite a cat").

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In 2010, the band started performing at live houses across the Kansai area. In March 2012, the band released their first album Jūdai de Dashitakatta, followed by Daiji na Oshirase in December. The band entered the Rockin' On Japan web competition Ro69Jack 2011, and were one of 14 prize winning bands.

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The band's 2013 extended play We Are Indies Band!! was successful, debuting in the top 20 of Oricon's albums charts. On April 1, 2014, it was announced that Kyuso Nekokami signed with major label Victor Entertainment, where they released Change the World in June.

Members

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  • Seiya Yamasaki (ヤマサキ セイヤ, Yamasaki Seiya) is the band's main vocalist and guitarist. His name in kanji is 山崎正也, and he is originally from Gobō, Wakayama.
  • Shinnosuke Yokota (ヨコタ シンノスケ, Yokota Shinnosuke) is the band's keyboardist and occasional vocalist.
  • Kazuma Okazawa (オカザワ カズマ, Okazawa Kazuma) is the band's guitarist. His name in kanji is 岡澤和真, and he is originally from Nishiki-chō in Sasayama, Hyōgo.
  • Takurō Kawakubo (カワクボ タクロウ, Kawakubo Takurō) is the band's bassist, who joined the band on November 25, 2011 after Hagane-maru left.
  • Taisuke Sogō (ソゴウ タイスケ, Sogō Taisuke) is the band's drummer.
  • Former member

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  • Hagane-maru (はがね丸) is the band's former bassist, who left on November 25, 2011 to be replaced by Takurō Kawakubo.
  • Songs

    Wakattendayo2016
    BibittaChange the World · 2014
    Sagigrapher2016

    References

    Kyuso Nekokami Wikipedia