[1] Brahman formed in 1995, when the band that Toshi-Low and Daisuke were in and the band that Ronzi and Makoto were in both disbanded, and the four musicians hit it off about the musical direction they wanted to go in.

Their name comes from the Sanskrit word Brahman meaning "absolute reality",[2] and represents their ethos of bringing Asian influences to the Western punk genre, including Okinawan, folk and gypsy music.

After the 1996 release of the mini-album Grope Our Way, Daisuke left the band.

Their first studio album, 1998's A Man of the World, sold over 600,000 copies.

[1] In 2001, Brahman released the album A Forlorn Hope, which sold over 500,000 copies.