The Captains (Japanese band)

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The Captains
The Captains in Chattanooga, USA
Background information
Origin	Sendai, Japan
Genre(s)	Japanese rock, Group Sounds
Years active	2001 - present
Label(s)	Last G.S. Records / K&A CO.,LTD. / Tokyo No Records
Website	thecaptains.jp
Members
Kizuhiko (vocals/guitar) Hizashi (dance/guitar) Ted (bass) Yosuke (drums)

The Captains is a modern Group Sounds rock band^[1] that originated out of Sendai, Japan in 2001. They are influenced heavily by a variety of past Group Sounds artists such as The Mops and The Carnabeats.

1 Early days
2 US Tour
3 Line-up
4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 DVD
5 References
6 External Links

[edit] Early days

Initially, each member was a leader of other Sendai bands; however Kizuhiko, the leader of The Captains, brought them all together to play Group Sounds as The Captains. They debuted in 2005^[2] with their single release "Fall In Love With Me."

[edit] US Tour

The Captain's toured the United States^[3] for the first time in September 2007 in support of their debut American release, "Last Group Sounds", a best of album^[2]. The Captains mostly toured alongside The Emeralds and Peelander-Z, as they did at Anime Weekend Atlanta 13.