Rag Fair

RAG FAIR is a Japanese male a cappella band. Its members are Reo Tsuchiya, Yosuke Hikichi, Kenichi Arai, Yoshiyuki Kato, Takamasa Kano, and Masayoshi Okumura. They met each other at Saitama University. An a cappella circle named "chocoletz" was formed in Saitama University in 1997, and RAG FAIR emerged from this in 1999. They developed streetlives in those days around Oomiya Station and Musashiurawa Station. In 2001 "Chikara no kagiri go-gogo-!!" a variety program affiliated with Fuji TV, the a cappella members of group "replica" appears on the television show "Hamonepu". Also in 2001, RAG FAIR debut with album "I RAG YOU". In 2002, two singles were released simultaneously, "koi no mileage" and "She side story". Both singles were splendid achievements, snagging the first and second places, respectively, in the singles' first appearances in the Oricon Weekly Ranking charts. RAG FAIR participated for the first time in the 53rd annual NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen in 2002, performing "koi no mileage." In October 2003, their comedy program "Omatase! RAG Teishoku" began airing on Fuji TV, running up until March 2004.