{{Short description|2000–2015 Japanese band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sakerock | image = 200px|class=skin-invert-image | caption = | landscape = | alias = | origin = Saitama, Japan | genre = | years_active = 2000–2015 | label = {{hlist|Compare Notes|Kakubarhythm}} | website = {{URL|sakerock.com}} | past_members = Gen Hoshino<br />Daichi Itō<br />Kenta Hamano<br />Kei Tanaka<br />Takuji Nomura }}
{{nihongo|'''Sakerock'''|サケロック|Sakerokku}}, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=6245|title = Sakerock}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=map store | url=http://www.mapup.net/store/other_distributed_titles/sake-0002.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040819211006/http://mapup.net:80/store/other_distributed_titles/sake-0002.html | access-date=2025-01-24 | archive-date=2004-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=map store | url=http://www.mapup.net/store/compare_notes/cn-0002.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906180647/http://mapup.net:80/store/compare_notes/cn-0002.html | access-date=2025-01-24 | archive-date=2004-09-06}}</ref> Over the decade, they released more than 10 albums and mini-albums, including soundtracks for Japanese movies, television dramas and stage plays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/a/sakerock/155186|title=SAKEROCK - CDJournal|website=artist.cdjournal.com}}</ref> They were signed to the Kakubarhythm label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kakubarhythm.com/artists/index.html |title=カクバリズム：アーティスト |website=www.kakubarhythm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507130647/http://www.kakubarhythm.com/artists/index.html |archive-date=2008-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kakubarhythm.com/disco/index.html|title = カクバリズム：ディスコグラフィー}}</ref>
==Members== *{{nihongo|Gen Hoshino|星野源|Hoshino Gen}} — guitar, marimba *{{nihongo|Daichi Itō|伊藤大地|Itō Daichi}} — drums, percussion :Member of Cherry's, Good Dog Happy Men and Killing Floor. *{{nihongo|Kenta "Hamaken" Hamano|浜野謙太|Hamano Kenta}} — trombone, scat :Member of {{nihongo|Asa-Chang & Blue Hats|ASA-CHANG&ブルーハッツ}}, Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Killing Floor, Newday and {{nihongo|Zainichi Funk|在日ファンク}}. *{{nihongo|Kei Tanaka|田中馨|Tanaka Kei}} — bass, hawaiian guitar :Left on 26 December 2011. Member of {{nihongo|Chopiiin|ショピン}} and {{nihongo|Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band|トクマルシューゴ＆ザ・マジックバンド}}. *{{nihongo|Takuji Nomura|野村卓史|Nomura Takuji}} — keyboards :Still acts as a support-member. Member of {{nihongo|Goodluck Heiwa|グッドラックヘイワ}}, 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 {{nihongo|''The Shonen Merikensack''|少年メリケンサック|Shōnen Merikensakku}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=330915|title = 映画 少年メリケンサック (2008)について 映画データベース - allcinema}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== *''Yuta'' (2003) *''Yuta (Renewal)'' (2003) *''Life Cycle'' (2005) *''Penguin Pull Pale Piles Sound Tracks 「Best」'' (2005) *{{nihongo|''Tropical Dōchū''|トロピカル道中|Toropikaru Dōchū}} (2006) :with Asa-Chang and Ren Takada as {{nihongo|'''Sakerock All Stars'''|サケロックオールスターズ}} *''Songs of Instrumental'' (2006) *{{nihongo|''Ojiisan-sensei''|おじいさん先生}} original soundtrack (2007) *{{nihongo|''Penguin Pull Pale Piles #12: Yurameki''|ペンギンプルペイルパイルズ#12「ゆらめき」|Pengin Puru Peiruzu #12 Yurameki}} original soundtrack (2007) *{{nihongo|''Honyarara''|ホニャララ}} (2008) *''Muda'' (2010) *''Sayonara'' (2015)
===Mini-albums / EPs=== *''Sakerock'' (2002) (demo) *{{nihongo|''Ian Ryokō''|慰安旅行}} (2004) *{{nihongo|''Catchball-ya''|キャッチボール屋|Kyatchibōru-ya}} original soundtrack (2006)
===Singles=== *{{nihongo|"Ana o Horu / 2, 3-nin"|穴を掘る / 2、3人}} (2004) *{{nihongo|"Kaishain to Ima no Watashi"|会社員と今の私}} (2008)
They also contributed music to Isshin Inudō's film {{nihongo|''Yellow Tears''|黄色い涙|Kiiroi Namida}} starring Arashi and based on a manga by Shinji Nagashima.
===Videos=== *{{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku"|ぐうぜんのきろく}} (2005) *{{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku 2"|ぐうぜんのきろく2}} (2007) *{{nihongo|"Radical Holiday Sono 0"|ラディカルホリデー その0|Radikaru Horidē Sono 0}} (2008) *{{nihongo|"Radical Holiday Sono 1"|ラディカルホリデー その1|Radikaru Horidē Sono 1}} (2009) *{{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku 3"|ぐうぜんのきろく3}} (2009) *{{nihongo|"Gūzen no Kiroku Final"|ぐうぜんのきろくファイナル|Gūzen no Kiroku Fainaru}} (2012)
==External links== *{{Official website|http://sakerock.com}} *[http://hoshinogen.com Gen Hoshino website] *[http://www.tanaka-kei.com Kei Tanaka website]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Gen Hoshino}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Gen Hoshino Category:Japanese musical quintets Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Musical groups from Saitama Prefecture Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2015