| Sakerock | |
| Origin: | Saitama, Japan |
| Years Active: | 2000–2015 |
| Label: | Kakubarhythm Compare Notes |
| Associated Acts: | Asa-Chang & Blue Hats Cherry's Chopiiin Gentle Forest Jazz Band Good Dog Happy Men Goodluck Heiwa Killing Floor Natsumen Newday Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band Wuja Bin Bin Zainichi Funk |
| Website: | Official Website |
| Past Members: | Gen Hoshino Daichi Itō Kenta Hamano Kei Tanaka Takuji Nomura |
, typeset as SAKEROCK, was an instrumental Japanese 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.[1] [2] [3] Over the decade, they released more than 10 albums and mini-albums, including soundtracks for Japanese movies, television dramas and stage plays.[4] They were signed to the Kakubarhythm label.[5] [6]
Member of Cherry's, Good Dog Happy Men and Killing Floor.
Member of, Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Killing Floor, Newday and .
Left on 26 December 2011. Member of and .
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 Kankurō Kudō's 2009 film .[7]
with Asa-Chang and Ren Takada as
They also contributed music to Isshin Inudō's film starring Arashi and based on a manga by Shinji Nagashima.