Curio (stylized as CURIO) was a Japanese

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band formed in 1995. They were best known to Western audiences for their song "Kimi ni Fureru Dake de", which was used as the fourth opening theme for the popular

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...

''.

Members

Nob -

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Saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

:Born October 26, 1973. Following the dissolution of Curio, Nob has appeared as a guest vocalist with the

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band Ska-Show. He was arrested in 2000 for

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use. Kassai -

Guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

:Currently working in

Okinawa most commonly refers to: * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture * Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture * Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself * Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...

as a

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with the 3PO Design Workshop. Britain -

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, Programming

Former Members

Aja -

:Left the band in 2001. Following this, he joined the

band One Track Mind as a guitarist.

Discography

Maxi Singles

*''Go Around The World'' - August 21, 2002 *''Clover'' - October 17, 2002 *''Blanket'' - October 29, 2003

Albums

* ''Hybrid'' - August 21, 1997 (re-released April 25, 2007) * ''Sweet & Bitter'' - July 29, 1998 (re-released April 25, 2007) * ''Pawky'' - July 28, 1999 (re-released April 25, 2007) * ''Raison d'etre'' - December 21, 2001 * ''Glitters'' - November 7, 2002 * ''Best Bang!'' (Best Album) - December 18, 2002

External links

Nob's Show-Ska blog

3PO Design Workshop

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