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Casiopea

BAND PROFILE est. 1977

Casiopea

Japan

Jazz FusionNew WaveFunk

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BIOGRAPHY

Casiopea is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. After lineup changes the following year that added keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, Casiopea made their major‑label debut with their self‑titled album in 1979, and drummer Akira Jimbo joined in 1980.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.

CAREER TIMELINE
1977The band forms.CAREER
1979Releases a first studio album, Super Flight.CAREER
1981Releases Cross Point.CAREER
1982Releases 4×4.CAREER
1983Releases Photographs.CAREER
1985Releases Halle.CAREER
1988Releases Euphony.CAREER
1991Releases Full Colors.CAREER
1993Releases Casiopea-Recall Cuts U.K. Remix.CAREER
1994Releases Answers.CAREER
1996Releases Flowers.CAREER
1998Releases Be.CAREER
2000Releases Bitter Sweet.CAREER
2002Releases Inspire.CAREER
2004Releases Marble.CAREER
2013Releases TA・MA・TE・BOX.CAREER
2016Releases I・BU・KI.CAREER
2019Releases PANSPERMIA.CAREER
2024Releases Right Now.CAREER
2025Releases TRUE BLUE.CAREER
MEMBERS
1976 Issei Noro CURRENT MEMBER
1990 Yoshihiro Naruse CURRENT MEMBER
1977 Minoru Mukaiya — left 2012 PAST MEMBER
1976 Tetsuo Sakurai — left 1989 PAST MEMBER
1980 Akira Jimbo — left 1989 PAST MEMBER
2012 Kiyomi Ōtaka — left 2025 PAST MEMBER
1977 Takashi Sasaki — left 1979 PAST MEMBER
1992 Noriaki Kumagai — left 1996 PAST MEMBER
1990 Masaaki Hiyama — left 1992 PAST MEMBER
2025 Jun Abe CURRENT MEMBER
DISCOGRAPHY
1979 Super Flight ALBUM
1979 Casiopea ALBUM
1980 Make Up City ALBUM
1980 Thunder Live LIVE
1981 EYES OF THE MIND ALBUM

Discography via MusicBrainz.

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