Lead vocalist and guitarist Takashi Yamaguchi first met drummer Yasufumi Kiuchi at a university music club where they were both members.
For the first time, listeners outside of a live show were presented with vocalist and frontman Yamaguchi's vocals, which shift between a soft, sandpaper-like melodic voice to all-out screaming madness.
In 2004 and 2005, Sambomaster released the majority of their hit singles including "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" and "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze"; "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" was used as the fifth opening theme to the hit anime series Naruto, and "Sekai wa sore Ai to Yobunda ze" ended up being the ending theme to the popular Japanese television drama Densha Otoko (and also Nintendo DS game Moero!
The sketch featured a music video parody of the 3 Haneru members pretending to be Sambomaster, playing a Sambomaster-style song called "Iitai koto mo iezuni" (English: "Not even saying what I want to say").
However, the 3 Haneru members also made their faces look like caricatures of Yamaguchi, Kiuichi, and Kondo, with features such as enlarged nostrils, buck teeth, and profuse sweating.
Takashi Yamaguchi (山口隆 Yamaguchi Takashi) Yasufumi Kiuchi (木内泰史 Kiuchi Yasufumi) Yoichi Kondo (近藤洋一 Kondo Yoichi) "Kick no Oni" (indie) (April 2001) "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi" (April 7, 2004) "Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Yō ni Naru no" (July 22, 2004) "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" (December 1, 2004) "Utagoe yoo kore" (April 27, 2005) "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze" (August 3, 2005) "Subete no Yoru to Subete no Asa ni Tamborine o Narasu no da" (November 2, 2005) "Tegami" (March 15, 2006) "Itoshisa to Kokoro no Kabe" (August 2, 2006) "I Love You" (April 18, 2007) "Very Special!!"
Atarashiki Nihongo Rock no Video Clip Collection (October 18, 2006) Boku to Kimi no subete wa Hibiya yagahi Ongaku-do de Utae (December 6, 2006) Sekai rokku senbatsu fainaru zenkyoku yatte ura natsu fesu o buttobashita hi (March 12, 2008) Hōkago no Seishun (July 2, 2003) Sambomaster appeared in a split album with the band Onanie Machine.
This is the first appearance of some of Sambomaster's future hit songs, such as "Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi", "Tegami", and "Sononukumori ni Yō ga Aru" (as well as the other two in their own right).