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The Tigers were a popular Japanese band during the Group Sounds era in the late 1960s. The group featured Kenji Sawada as their lead singer, and were signed by Watanabe Productions.

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The Tigers
Origin	Japan
Genres	Group Sounds, baroque pop
Years active	1966-1971, 1981-1983
Members	Kenji Sawada (Vocal) Ittoku Kishibe (Vocal,Bass) Shiro Kishibe (Vocal, Guitar, Tambourine) Kahashi Katsumi (Guitar, Vocal) Taro Morimoto (Guitar) Minoru Hitomi (Drums) Nobuo Satake (Drums)

The group was first named "Funnys", and was formed in 1966. They changed their name to "The Tigers" on their first TV performance on 15 November 1966. They appeared in several Japanese movies in the late 1960s.[1]

The Tigers recorded "Smile for Me", composed by Barry and Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees, which was released as a single in July 1969 in the UK and Japan. Also in March 1969, the group was featured on the cover of the US magazine Rolling Stone, the cover story was about rock music in Japan.

On 24 January 1971, The Tigers held their last concert, The Tigers Beautiful Concert, at the Nippon Budokan.^{[citation needed]} After The Tigers broke up, Sawada formed the first Japanese supergroup, Pyg, in 1971.

In 1981, they reunited.^{[citation needed]}

Singles

• My Mary (Debut Single)
• Seaside Bound
• Mona Liza's Smile
• Love Only For You
• Flower Necklace／Romance in Milky Way（Double A Side）
• C-C-C
• A White Dove
• Blue Bird
• A Decree Of Love
• Grief
• Smile For Me
• Now I Forgive You／Love Love Love
• Solitude The City
• The Free Travel
• Promise For Future

Movies

Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin (1967, Toho) Director: Yoshinori Wada

The Tigers: The World Is Waiting For Us (1968, Toho) Director: Yoshinori Wada

The Tigers: Gorgeous Invitation (1968, Toho) Director: Kunihiko Yamamoto

The Tigers: Hi! London (1969, Toho) Director: Katsuki Iwauchi

Kigeki migimuke hidari! (1970, Toho) Director: Yôichi Maeda

References

External links

• The Tigers
• Modcineaste: The Tigers record reviews in English
• The Tigers Beautiful Concert 1971
• Hi London 1969 Film

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