Member Since: 6/12/2006
Band Website: avexnet.or.jp/purin/
Band Members: The Left Pudding : Takashi "Makking" Makino : born in Feb. 17th, '64. Blood type : O.
Writes all songs for Pudding. Radio DJ. His mortgage will finish when he becomes 72.
The Right Pudding : Yo!su-K Itou : born in Aug. 27th, '63. Blood type : AB.
Writes all lyrics for Pudding. Used to work for a major stock company, now keeping himself busy as a successful TV-CM planner. Nobody know why he still loiters in music business.
Yo!su-K (TV commercial planner) and Makking (Radio DJ), typical busy businessmen who continue to write music humorously and realistically about the ordinary Japanese salary men. With their critical eyes for the love of the declining Japanese society, Tokyo Pudding have made music of various styles from Eurobeat to Enka (Japanese traditional ballads) covering Japanese salary mens key words like Kyaba-kura (night clubs), Bubble (economic bubble), Keitai (cellular phones), and Go-kon (matchmaking party). Its probably not too much to say that Tokyo Pudding are like THE CLASH during the LONDON PUNK MOVEMENT! .....well, with perhaps a little bit of overstatement. ....No, we lied.Their debut single CELL-PHONE BLUES (1997) sold over 60,000 and 1st album Kemutai-hito (1998) Hit No.1 on the ORICON (Japan Billboard) Enka Chart and TOWER RECORD Taiwans J-POP Chart. In 2003, Tokyo Pudding was chosen for the theme track of Japans most renowned childrens long-running animation series, DORAEMON. They have released 13 singles and 4 albums to date, and are now aiming for the GLOBAL MARKET. Business tie-ups are ALWAYS WELCOME!!
Sounds Like: Japanese office worker's grief and expectation with Eurobeat.
Record Label: avex trax, japan
Type of Label: Major