チェッカーズ

チェッカーズ (The Checkers) was a Japanese pop/rock band famous in the 80s. The band was formed by Toru Takeuchi, the leader and the guitarist, who asked Fumiya Fujii to start a band with him. They made a debut on 21 September 1983 and split up on 31 December 1992. All of their single releases entered top 10 in Japanese charts, many of them making it to No 1. 藤井フミヤ (Fumiya Fujii), who was the lead singer and the main lyricist, went on to pursue a successful solo career. Origin Kurume, Japan Years active 1981 – 1992 Label Pony Canyon Records Members : Fumiya Fujii Masaharu Tsuruku Yoshihiko Takamoku Tohru Takeuchi Yuji Ohdoi Yoshiya Tokunaga Naoyuki Fujii Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.