{{Short description|American indie rock band}} {{for|the wrestling promotion|Big Japan Pro Wrestling}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Big Japan | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = '''Steven's Team''' | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | instrument = | genre = Indie rock | occupation = | years_active = 2005 – present | label = Nightshift | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Nathanial Castro<br />Adam Brody<br />Bret Harrison<br />Brad Babinski | past_members = }} '''Big Japan''' is a four-piece indie rock band from Los Angeles, featuring Nathanial Castro on vocals and guitar, Brad Babinski on bass, guitarist Bret Harrison and Adam Brody on drums.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Lee |title=TV star shows musical skills |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-tv-star-shows-musical-skil/171396211/ |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=The Oregonian |date=29 May 2006 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-tv-star-shows-musical-skil/171396211/ C1] & [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-big-japan-two-of-bands-g/171396235/ C2]}}</ref> The band only perform and record sporadically given Brody and Harrison's unpredictable schedules.
The band's name was originally '''Steven's Team''', named after the movie ''The Cable Guy''.
Big Japan's first release, ''Music for Dummies'', was digitally released through Nightshift Records on August 23, 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big Japan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-big-japan/171396827/ |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=The Arizona Republic |date=18 May 2006 |pages=48}}</ref> The album's title was changed from "Music for Dummies" to "Untitled" and the limited number of CDs printed have become collector's items.
==Discography== * ''Music for Dummies'', later renamed ''Untitled'' (2005, Nightshift Records)
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==External links== *[http://www.myspace.com/bigjapan Big Japan on MySpace] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061203043608/http://www.purevolume.com/bigjapan Big Japan on Purevolume]
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Category:Indie rock musical groups from California Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:Musical groups established in 2005
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