| The Tigers | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | Group sounds |
| Years active |
1966～1971 1981～1983 |
| Members | |
| Kenji Sawada (Vocal) Ittoku Kishibe (Bass) Shiro Kishibe (Guitar, Tambourine) Kahashi Katsumi (Guitar, Vocal) Taro Morimoto (Guitar) Minoru Hitomi (Drums) |
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The Tigers were arguably Japan's most popular band of the Group Sounds era. The group featured Kenji Sawada as their lead singer, and were signed by Watanabe Productions.
The group was first named Funnys and was formed in 1966. They changed their name to "The Tigers" on their first TV performance on 15 November 1966. They appeared in several Japanese movies in the late 1960s.
On 24th Jan. 1971, The Tigers held their last concert The Tigers Beautiful Concert at the Nippon Budokan. After The Tigers broke up, Sawada formed the first Japanese supergroup, PYG, in 1971.
In 1981, they reunited.