The Checkers (Japanese band)

The Checkers
Origin	Kurume, Japan
Genres	Rock and roll, rockabilly, pop rock, doo-wop
Years active	1981 – 1992
Labels	Pony Canyon
Past members	Fumiya Fujii (vocals, chorus) Masaharu Tsuruku (vocals, chorus) Yoshihiko Takamoku (vocals, chorus) Tohru Takeuchi (guitars, chorus) Yuji Ohdoi (bass, contrabass, chorus) Yoshiya Tokunaga (drums, percussion, chorus) Naoyuki Fujii (sax, flute, back-vocals, chorus)

The Checkers (Japanese: チェッカーズ) was a Japanese band famous in the 1980s. The band was formed by Toru Takeuchi, the leader and the guitarist, who asked Fumiya Fujii to start a band with him. They made a debut on 21 September 1983 and split up on 31 December 1992. All of their single releases entered top 10 in Japanese charts, many of them making it to No 1. Fumiya Fujii, who was the lead singer and the main lyricist, went on to pursue a successful solo career.

Although it was a band which produced their own songs, they were frequently regarded as just male aidoru by Japanese rock fans because of their early marketing promotion.

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