Shōnan no Kaze

The band's roots were first formed when Red Rice and Han-kun first performed together in Shōnan in central coastal Japan.

[2] Han-kun first formed an interest in reggae after by chance hearing Buju Banton's song "Untold Stories" in a friend's girlfriend's car, after coming home from a dance.

[4] The band's second album Shōnan no Kaze: Ragga Parade reached #5 on Oricon charts, after two top 20 singles.

[1] In 2012, the group provided the song "Born to be Wild" from their 2012 Entenka album for their first Yakuza title, Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura hen (Japanese: クロヒョウ2 龍が如く 阿修羅編, lit.

In 2022, the group collaborated with singer Koda Kumi with the song "Trust・Last", which was used as the opening theme to the Tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider Geats.

Han-kun of Shōnan no Kaze performing at the Hibiki Music Festival 2009.