Southern All Stars (サザンオールスターズ), also known as SAS and Sazan, is a Japanese… Read Full Bio ↴Southern All Stars (サザンオールスターズ), also known as SAS and Sazan, is a Japanese pop/rock band led by Kuwata Keisuke. The band is considered one of the most influential groups in Japan, being the 4th best-selling artist and having sold more than 47,083,000 copies in Japan.

The band's roots trace back to 1975, when Kuwata Keisuke was part of a popular group Better Days. The group saw many changes to its name and members. It was when keyboardist Hara Yuko and bassist Sekiguchi Kazuyuki joined the group that it had a permanent name.

After more and more changes of members, the group finally saw light as they released their debut single 'Katte ni Sinbad' in 1978.

January of 2000 saw the release of TSUNAMI, which was #1 on the Oricon charts for 5 weeks, selling almost 3 million copies. The single was marked the 3rd best-selling one in Japan.

In 2003, HMV Japan announced Southern All Stars to be the No.1 Japanese pop artist in its survey of “Top 100 Japanese pops Artists” all-time.

Members:
Kuwata Keisuke (桑田佳祐) (Lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars)
Sekiguchi Kazuyuki (関口和之) (Bass)
Hara Yuko (原由子) (Vocals & keyboards)
Matsuda Hiroshi (松田弘) (Drums)
Nozawa Hideyuki (野沢秀行) (Percussion)

Former Members:
Omori Takashi (大森隆志) (Guitar) (Left August 2001)

Missing Persons
サザンオールスターズ Lyrics

アカン! 強引なマネは
話し合いはもっとおさえて
当然向こうもテンパってる
外交は焦れたら負けさ

相手の懐に飛び込んで
真の狙いが何か引き出そう

後が無いのは向こうさ
瀬戸際の状況さ

軽く握手を交わして
肝っ玉をワシ掴む

彼だって必死こいてやって来るんだ
家族愛と人間同士は変わらない

北風激しい雨孤独な夜に耐えて
絶望の海を越え辿り着いた地の果て
愛しい人よ今逆転勝利へ

アカン! 弱気な態度は
舐められちゃヤバいさ
人間としてのフリーダム
この手で奪い返せ

相手の懐に飛び込んで
最後のカードを切るのはいつなんだろう?

あれから世の中がどんなに変わろうとも
もう一度海を越え抱き合う日を待ってる
君帰り来る愛の大地で

北風激しい雨孤独な夜に耐えて
絶望の海を越え辿り着いた地の果て
どこかで同じ星をきっと君も見ている
明日へ虹を架け抱き合う日を待ってる
必ず最後は逆転勝利へ

I call your name
Megumi, come back home to me
She's coming back!

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Written by: Keisuke Kuwata

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