[1] Originally a cover band consisting of several junior high school friends, Fujifabric was founded by Masahiko Shimura and Takayuki Watanabe.
After graduating from high school, the Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi natives began to take their musical interests more seriously and moved to Tokyo,[1] and recruited Sachiko Tadokoro, Yūichi Katō and Akira Hagiwara for the band.
Before the release of their debut mini-album, À la carte guitarist Akira Hagiwara and bassist Yūichi Katō left the band, and keyboardist Sachiko Tadokoro soon followed, leaving Shimura and Watanabe.
In January 2004 original founding member Takayuki Watanabe left the band due to creative differences; consequently Fusafumi Adachi joined and took over as drummer.
[3][4] In 2005 the band released three more singles including the popular "Ginga" and "Akaneiro no Yūhi", the latter which featured the song "Shinkirō" and was used as the ending theme in the film Scrap Heaven.
The band's subsequent single "Surfer King", featured Masahiko Kitahara, Nargo, and Gamo of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, and marked Fujifabric's first collaboration.
In August 2011, they announced that their sixth album, titled Star, would be released September 21 with lead guitarist Sōichirō Yamauchi as the new vocalist.
The limited edition of this single includes a live DVD featuring the current lineup of Fujifabric performing tracks from Star.
Hiroshi Kido (城戸紘志, Kido Hiroshi, born July 27, 1981 in Kyoto, Japan) - drummer for Kenichi Asai's JUDE and unkie Toshiki Hata (畑利樹, Hata Toshiki, born October 5, 1976 in Shimane, Japan) - drummer for Tokyo Jihen Ryōta Sakakibara (榊原良太, Sakakibara Ryōta, born in Kyoto, Japan)