Unicorn (Japanese band)

Unicorn
Origin	Hiroshima, Japan
Genres	Rock
Years active	1986 (1986)–1993 2009 (2009)-present
Labels	CBS/SONY RECORDS (1987-1991) Sony Records (1991-1993) Ki/oon Records (2009-2012) Ki/oon Music (2012-Present)
Website	unicorn.jp
Members	Okuda Tamio (vocals & guitar) Teshima Isamu (Guitar) EBI (Bass) ABEDON (Keyboard) Kawanishi Koichi (drums)
Past members	Midori Mukai (keyboard) (1987-1988)

Unicorn (ユニコーン, Yunikōn) is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1986, consisting of Koichi Kawanishi (drums), Tamio Okuda (vocals, rhythm guitar), Isamu Teshima (lead guitar), Kazushi Horiuchi (bass guitar), and Yoshiharu Abe (keyboard, vocals). They reunited in 2009.

There was another band named Unicorn not to be confused with this one, who recorded albums for Transatlantic, Charisma and Harvest during the 1970s. They were a pop/folk/soft rock band.

Unicorn has also recorded the theme song for the Space Brothers anime for episodes 01-13, titled "Feel So Moon".

Members

Current line-up

• Tamio Okuda – lead vocals, occasional rhythm guitar, occasional percussion (1986–September 1993, 2009–present)
• Isamu Teshima – guitars, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (1986–September 1993, 2009–present)
• Kazushi Horiuchi – bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (1986–September 1993,2009–present)
• Yoshiharu Abe – keyboard, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals, occasional rhythm guitar (1988–September 1993, 2009–present)
• Koichi Kawanishi – drums, percussion, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (1986–February1993, 2009–present)

Timeline

Discography

Singles

＃	Release Date	Title	Peak Position	Additional Notes
1	April 29, 1989	Big Confusion (大迷惑)	12	-
2	September 1, 1989	Day Game (デーゲーム)	11	Released by the name of "Jirō Sakagami and Unicorn"
3	July 21, 1990	Working Man (働く男)	3	Theme song for the TV show, A Sweet Nightmare
4	October 21, 1990	Cash In (命果てるまで)	10	-
5	January 21, 1991	Male Star (スターな男)	6	Theme song for the TV show, A Sweet Nightmare
6	June 21, 1991	Blues (ブルース)	4	-
7	October 25, 1991	Two Peas in a Pod (ヒゲとボイン)	23	-
8	December 2, 1992	Snowy Town (雪が降る町)	4	-
9	April 21, 1993 March 24, 2006(Re-release)	A Great Day (すばらしい日々)	6 181(Re-release)	Theme song for the movie Hinagon(2005) Used in the commercial for the Sony HD Handycam HC3(2006)
Project	November 1, 1996	Snowy Town "more bell mix" (雪が降る町 "more bell mix")	38	-
10	February 4, 2009	WAO!	3	Used in the commercial for Aquarius
11	October 7, 2009	Half Century Boy (半世紀少年)	3	Ending theme for the variety show SUKKIRI!!
12	June 9, 2010	Naked Sun (裸の太陽)	7	Used in the commercial for Aquarius
13	April 27, 2011	Digital Soup/Buta Buta (デジタルスープ/ぶたぶた)	7	Digital Soup:Used in a commercial for Mitsui Fudoson Realty Buta Buta：Theme song for the movie "That's The Way!!"
14	June 22, 2012	Feel So Moon	5	Opening theme for the anime Space Brothers

Studio albums

＃	Release Date	Title	Peak Position
1	October 21, 1987	BOOM	77
2	July 21, 1988	PANIC ATTACK	18
3	June 1, 1989	Hattori (服部)	3
4	October 1, 1990	Storm of the Beast (ケダモノの嵐)	1
EP	November 1, 1990	Odoru Kame Yapushi (おどる亀ヤプシ)	2
EP	December 1, 1990	Have a Nice Day (ハヴァナイスデー)	2
5	September 30, 1991	Beard and Boyne (ヒゲとボイン)	2
6	May 21, 1993	SPRINGMAN	1
7	February 18, 2009	Chambre (シャンブル)	1
8	May 25, 2011	Z	2
EP	August 31, 2011	Z II	3
9	March 26, 2014	Igajyakejyoro (イーガジャケジョロ)	3

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Okuda Tamio'S Official Website (Japanese)
• ABEDON's Official Website (Japanese)
• EBI's Official Blog (Japanese)
• Teshima Isamu's Official Website (Japanese)