Band Members
Last updated: May 24th 2007
Current Members
Back-on is currenly comprised of 5 members, the most famous being both Kenji03 and Teeda. Most of the factual profile information comes from the official website and their official myspace profile.
Name: KENJI03
DOB: September 25th 1984
Blood type: O
Star sign: Libra
Instruments: Vocals, MC, Guitar
Favourite Artists: Smashing Pumpkins，AIR (alt) Oasis，Hide
Favourite Food: Ginza Curry (銀座カレー)Bio: To be continued, but you should know that Kenji03 is one of the main creative forces behind the band. He has also featured in a magazine or two in his own right. So far, we’ve gathered that his official bio describes his music as ‘catchy’. Comments:
- Ginza Curry appears to be the curry found in the Ginza district of Tokyo rather than a type of ginger.
- The official website describes Kenji03 as
キャッチーでありながら鋭いVo/MCとギタープレイ。アッパーな言動で場を引っ張る人たらし
which, when translated with Babelfish, doesn’t make much sense at all. We’ve used alternative sources in an attempt to find out the meaning and we’re still working on it.
Blog : KENちゃん奮闘記～秩序のない現代にドロップキック!!～
Name: TEEDA
DOB: December 28th 1984
Blood type: A
Star sign: Capricorn
Instruments: MC
Favourite Artists: Kotton Mouth Kings, Crazy Town, Zodak, Insolence, P.O.D, Shaka Zombie/ Shakka Zombie.
Favourite (Art/Manga) Artists : Mister Cartoon, つの丸 (Tsuno Maru), 井上雄彦 (Inoue Takehiko), 鳥山明 (Toriyama Akira), 増田こうすけ (Masuda Kosuke)Bio: To be continued, but you should know that Teeda is also one of the main creative forces behind the band. From the ‘official description’ translation (again, Babelfish) Teeda handles the artwork for the band, including the design of their CDs. Comments:
- It took a little while for me to compile the links for Teeda’s favourite artists due to some mis-spelling. For instance, Mr. Cartoo is actually Mister. Cartoon, a Mexican-American tattoo and graffiti artist.
- Teeda’s list of ‘favourite artists’ also included manga artists, which isn’t surprising if you consider that he’s behind Back-on’s artwork.
Blog : TEEDAのFREE男夢っ!!
Name: SHU
DOB: October 24th 1984 Blood type: B
Star sign: Scorpio
Instruments: Guitar
Favourite Artists: Guns N’ Roses, Asian Dub FoundationBio: To be continued… but you should know that he is the (notoriously?) quiet band member with few words. Shu is also described as having a fountain of musical knowledge and that his passion for music is evident from his guitar playing. Comments:
- It’s a little difficult to find information on Back-on’s main guitarist, but that’s alright, really, as even the official profile bio acknowledges that Shu is a ‘mysterious guy‘ (in katakana ミステリアス・ガイ, which means they were going for the phonetic sound in English)
Blog : N/A
Name: GORI
DOB: June 13th 1984
Blood type: B
Star sign: Gemini
Instruments: Bass
Favourite Artists: Hoobastank, Chara, aiko, JINくん, J (Jun Onose).Bio: To be continued… but you should know that Gori’s bass playing is described as groovy, melodious and aggressive. Comments:
- Jin is listed as one of Gori’s favourite artists, but with quite little information to go by, I’ve linked it to the rapper, Jin’s profile rather than the Japanese j-pop band, Jinn. The official website lists ‘Jin-kun’ whilst their Myspace just lists ‘Jin’.
- The second half of Gori’s official bio mentions something about his character being popular, but I can’t confirm this yet, but for reference, the original Japanese: そのキャラが癒し系的な人気.
- Gori’s official profile bio also uses katakana for adjectives such as groovy (グルーヴィー), aggressive (グルーヴィー), melodious (メロディアス).
- His official blog has actually changed it’s title to something like ‘Gori-san’s psychedelic story ☆‘ from what appears to be ‘Gori’s Room of Notes‘. There is one kanji character that he uses which throws me off abit, in case you need a reference, here’s the Japanese title: ゴリさんのサイケデリック肥story☆.
Blog : ごりっぷノットの部屋
Name: ICCHAN
DOB: October 2nd 1985
Blood type: B
Star sign: Libra
Instruments: Drums
Favourite Food: Any food eaten with family and friends, food cooked by his father, egg roll sushi.
Favourite Artists: Toto, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dreams Come True, Bennie K, m-flo, Black Eyed Peas.Bio: Editing in progress. Comments:
- Editing in progress.
Blog : N/A
Previous Members
AFAIK (As far as I know) Back-on haven’t really changed band members so this section only features Macchin, who left the band on December 14th 2006.
Name: MACCHIN
DOB: October 3rd 1977
Star sign: Libra
Instruments: DrumsBio: To be continued… Comments:
- Macchin is pronounced as ‘Mack chin ‘.
- Macchin is the oldest of all the band members, and is a friend of Kenji03’s older brother.
Blog : N/A
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March 20th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
You guys are sooooo awsome!!! I love you guys! Can’t wait til Anime Matsuri! Hope you guys have enough fun in America to come back again soon.
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
ookami and i are soo excited!!! kyaaa!! i must get their autograph!!!! such awesome band =D
April 17th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Im working on a Back-on page at wikipedia so if you ever browse wikipedia.com look up yourselves
April 30th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
The concert was awsome! Come back soon! I
June 8th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Which one of you is currently hooked on Claymore?
January 5th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I was really into Claymore at one point :) The anime started out brilliantly (the manga is of course, excellent) but alas went downhill. I’m not sure if the band members are into Claymore, apparently they quite like action anime!
May 24th, 2008 at 2:04 am
ah ha ha. icchan likes black eyed peas? kinda weird..?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
@eindah: Apparently so! I’m not sure the new website has quite as much information about the band, but I’m almost 90% sure he does :)
September 21st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Cool, they’re into the same music as I am for the most part. I’m gonna have to look up the ones I’ve never heard of (b’ ‘)b
November 12th, 2008 at 4:09 am
In Gori’s bio:
“そのキャラが癒し系的な人気”
>> refers to him having a refreshing personality that makes him popular (癒し系的=iyashikeiteki, where “iyashi” comes from “iyasu” - to heal/refresh)
And in Kenji03’s bio:
“キャッチーでありながら鋭い” literally means “sharp, while at the same time catchy” (sharp as in critical, satirical..). I’m still trying to put “アッパーな言動で場を引っ張る人たらし” into a proper English sentence but it’s kind of fuzzy. I’m getting something about him being “the kind of person who gestures or uses body language to drag out a moment”. If that makes any sense to you.