RAG FAIR

RAG FAIR is a 6 member all male Japanese a cappella group. RAG FAIR went on hiatus starting on March 2011, they did not announce when they will be returning the music scene. The members first met at Saitama University in 1997, where they participated in a collegiate a cappella circle named "chocoletz" and RAG FAIR emerged from this in 1999. They developed streetlives in those days around Oomiya Station and Musashiurawa Station. From there, they were able to expand their performance lineup to live houses, weddings and parties, cultural festivals and fireworks festivals. They had their major debut in December 2001 with the mini-album "I RAG YOU". They made their first appearance on Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2002, a prestigious annual year-end music show in Japan. Since the band's debut, they have made numerous appearances on Japanese television, stage/musicals, radio, commercials and magazines. The band has also hosted and starred in two season music-variety shows, where both programs ran a full season each in 2003-2004. On December 10, 2005 RAG FAIR held their first Nippon Budoukan concert, where they performed the entire 3-hour show a cappella. They subsequently released a document concert DVD "Streetlive! in Budoukan". At present, RAG FAIR has released 19 singles, 5 full-length studio albums, 2 mini-albums and 1 best album. The group members are: 土屋礼央 Tsuchiya Reo (Main Vocal, born 1 Sep 1976 in Tokyo) 引地洋輔 Hikichi Yosuke (Baritone, born 20 Mar 1978 in Fukushima, also the Leader of RAG FAIR) 加藤慶之 Kato Yoshiyuki (High Tenor, born 27 Feb 1978 in Tokyo) 荒井健一 Arai Kenichi (Tenor, born 12 Feb 1979 in Saitama) 加納孝政 Kanou Takamasa (Bass, born 10 Sep 1976 in Saitama) 奥村政佳 (Percussion, born 30 Mar 1978 in Osaka) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.