is a music group originating from Japan. The
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
duo is composed of Takuya Miura (born 5 April 1983) and Yoshinari Tokuoka (born on 15 July 1977), who formed in 2002.
They made their major debut in 2005 with their album "Let's Go!!!", which generated sales figures of about 100,000 and ranked within the top 10 of Oricon's Instrumental Artist Debut Chart. Before that, they had released three indie albums.
The name itself comes from the combination of both short names of the band members, by combining the Japanese word for ''overbite'', 'deppa', and the name of Tokuoka's previous band 'DERUPEPE'. Contrary to a popular rumour circulating among their fans, the two guitarists are not brothers. In their 2002 formation the pair joined with the
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...
. They worked on insert songs for
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 ...
television series ''
Honey and Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It was serialized in Takarajimasha's manga magazine ''Cutie Comic'' from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's manga magazines '' Young You'' (2001 ...
''.
Members
* Miura Takuya (三浦拓也) - Depa (Born:
Kobe
Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
, 5 April 1983)
* Tokuoka Yoshinari (徳岡慶也) - Pepe (Born:
Kobe
Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
, 15 July 1977)
Discography
Indie
* ACOUSTIC FRIENDS (5 February 2004)
*# Hi-D!!
*# La tanta
*# 真夜中の怪盗 ''Thief of Midnight''
*# 水面に浮かぶ金魚鉢 ''Goldfish Bowl Floating on the Water''
*# 風 ''Wind''
*# いつかみた道 ''The Road Seen Someday''
*# 木漏れ陽の中で ''In the Sunshine Shining Through the Trees''
*# THIS WAY
* Sky! Sky! Sky! (15 July 2004)
*# Sky! Sky! Sky!
*# Sabamba
*# さざなみ ''Ripple''
*# TIME
*# 微風 ''Breeze''
* PASSION OF GRADATION (2 December 2004)
*# 激情メランコリック ''Passion Melancholic''
*# DUNK
*# FRIENDS
*# Snow Dance
*# ありがとう。 ''Thank You.''
*# Fun Time
Single
* SUMMER PARADE (20 July 2005)
*# SUMMER PARADE
*# B.B.D
*# オールド・ビーチ ''Old Beach''
*# 星の数だけ願いは届く ''Reach Many Wishes as the Number of the Stars''
* Spur - WINTER VERSION'05/Swingin' Happy X'mas (シュプール -WINTER VERSION'05/Swingin' Happy X'mas) (30 November 2005)
*# Spur - WINTER VERSION'05 (シュプール -WINTER VERSION '05)
*# Swingin' Happy X'mas
* Lahaina (ラハイナ) (15 March 2006)
*# ラハイナ ''Lahaina''
*# きっとまたいつか ''Surely Some Other Day''
*# JAC(K) IN THE BOX
* Night & Day: DEPAPEPE meets
Honey and Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It was serialized in Takarajimasha's manga magazine ''Cutie Comic'' from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's manga magazines '' Young You'' (2001 ...
(ハチミツとクローバー) (11 October 2006)
*# Night & Day
*# パステル通り ''Pastel Toori (Pastel Street)''
*# ハチロク ''Hachi Roku''
*# 光ノサキへ ''Hikari no Saki he (Beyond the Light)''
* Sakura Kaze (桜風) (21 February 2007)
*# 桜風 ''Sakura Wind''
*# DAYS
*# Happy Shine
* KATANA (22 April 2009)
*# KATANA
*# KATANA staging Diggy-MO'
*# HighRock!!
*# 雨音 ''Rain Sound''
Mini album
* Hi!Mode!! (19 October 2005)
*# 哀愁バイオレット ''Sorrow Violet''
*# 夕焼けサイクリング ''Sunset Cycling''
*# Harvest
*# Tiger
*# 半月 ''Half Moon''
*# シュプール ''Ski Trace''
*# Morning Smile
Albums
* Let's Go!!! (18 May 2005)
*# Hi-D!!!
*# START
*# Wake Up!
*# MTMM
*# バタフライ ''Butterfly''
*# 風見鶏 ''Weathercock''
*# 時計じかけのカーニバル ''Clockwork Carnival''
*# 雨上がり ''After the Rain''
*# Wedding Bell
*# Over the Sea
*# いい日だったね。 ''It was a Good Day.''
*# FLOW
* Ciao! Bravo!! (19 April 2006)
*# キミドリ ''Yellowish green''
*# ラハイナ ''Lahaina''
*# Judgement
*# SLOW SUNSET
*# 寝待ちの月 ''Moon's Bedtime Waiting''
*# さくら舞う ''Sakura Dancing''
*# 伯爵の恋 ''Count's Love''
*# 青春カムバック ''Youth Comeback''
*# きっとまたいつか (album version) ''Surely Some Other Day''
*# ブラボー・マーチ ''Bravo March''
*# SUNSHINE SURF!!
*# T.M.G.
*# ラハイナ (mahalo version)
* BEGINNING OF THE ROAD ~collection of early songs~ (25 April 2007)
*# 風 '07 ver. ''Wind''
*# La tanta cha cha cha ver.
*# Sky! Sky! Sky! '07 ver.
*# さざなみ splash ver. ''Ripple''
*# 木漏れ陽の中で brilliant ver. ''In the Sunshine Shining Through the Trees''
*# 真夜中の怪盗 失われた秘宝の謎 ''Thief of Midnight Mystery of the Lost Treasures''
*# 激情メランコリック 情熱MIX ''Passion Melancholic Passion MIX''
*# いつかみた道 '07 ver. ''The Road Seen Someday''
*# DUNK studio session
*# Snow Dance winter session
*# THIS WAY B.O.R. ver.
*# ありがとう。 for you ver. ''Thank you.''
*# SINGING BIRD
* デパクラ (DEPACLA) ~DEPAPEPE PLAYS THE CLASSICS~ (28 November 2007)
*# パッヘルベルのカノン ''Pachelbel's Canon in D''
*# 2声のインヴェンション第4番 ''Bach's Invention No. 4''
*# G線上のアリア ''Bach's Air on G String''
*# ピアノソナタ第8番 ハ短調 作品13 "悲愴"第2楽章 ''Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 "Pathetique"''
*# ジムノぺディ第1番 ''Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1''
*# ボレロ ''Ravel's Bolero''
* HOP! SKIP! JUMP! (2 April 2008)
*# FESTA!!
*# Ready! GO!!
*# Great Escape
*# 禁じられた恋 ''Forbidden Love''
*# Horizon
*# 旅の空から、 ''The Journey from the Sky,''
*# Marine Drive
*# ROSY
*# a ボトム ''A Bottom''
*# VIVA! JUMP!
*# GIGIO
2
*# 桜風 ''Sakura Wind''
* デパナツ (DEPANATSU) ~drive!drive!!drive!!!~ (30 July 2008)
*# ラハイナ(CW version) ''Lahaina''
*# Sky! Sky! Sky!
*# Over the Sea
*# FLOW
*# SUMMER PARADE
*# SLOW SUNSET
*# Happy Shine
*# 光ノサキへ ''Beyond the Light''
*# さざなみ splash ver. ''Ripple''
*# SUNSHINE SURF!!(CW version)
*# 星の数だけ願いは届く ''Reach Many Wishes as the Number of the Stars''
*# ひと夏の恋 ''Summer Romance''
*# Sky! Sky! Sky! '07 ver.
* デパフユ(DEPAFUYU)~ 晴れ 時どき 雪~ (26 November 2008)
*# シュプール -WINTER VERSION '05
*# Night & Day
*# 夕焼けサイクリング ''Sunset Cycling''
*# Snow Dance winter session
*# TIME
*# Dreams
*# パステル通り ''Pastel Street''
*# 散歩道 ''Promenade''
*# DAYS
*# Morning Smile
*# 哀愁バイオレット ''Sorrow Violet''
*# きっとまたいつか ''Surely Some Other Day''
*# THIS WAY B.O.R. ver.
*# 晴れ時どき雪 ''Clear Sometimes Snowing''
* Do! (3 June 2009)
*# FAKE
*# KATANA
*# Sailing
*# 紫陽花 ''Hydrangea''
*# HighRock!!
*# 最後の晩餐 ''The Last Supper''
*# 二人の写真 ''Photo of Two Persons''
*# orange
*# Dolphindance
*# ジャンボリー ''Jamboree''
*# PaPaPa
*# 真夏の疑惑 ''Doubt of Midsummer''
*# Quarrel
*# Mint
*# Special Lady~the wedding anthem~
* デパクラ 2 (DEPACLA 2)~DEPAPEPE PLAYS THE CLASSICS 2~ (2 December 2009)
*# 交響曲第9番~第4楽章 ''Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, 4th Mouvement''
*# 行進曲「威風堂々」 ''Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March''
*# 結婚行進曲 ''Mendelssohn's Wedding March''
*# グリーンスリーヴスによる幻想曲 ''Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves''
*# アダージョ・ト短調 ''Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor by Giazotto''
*# 亡き王女のためのパヴァーヌ ''Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)''
*# トルコ行進曲 ''Mozart's Turkish March''
*# 天国と地獄 ''Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)'' or widely known as ''
Can-can
The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally dance ...
dance''
*# 夜想曲第2番 ''Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 Op.9''
*# 主よ、人の望みの喜びよ ''Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring''
* ONE (18 May 2011)
*# 恋水 ''Tears of Love''
*# Lion
*# beautiful wind
*# ONE
*# Starry Night
*# notes for Flora
*# Route 128
*# Hello
*# Wind on the coastline
*# Pride
*# -Interlude-
*# 白い花 ''White flowers''
* Acoustic & Dining (3 October 2012)
*# UNION
*# ツバメ
*# Memories ft.Coba
*# Three Minutes Cooking
*# SPARK!
*# あの橋を渡ろう
*# Share My World feat.Sin(SINGULAR)
*# always
*# 風薫る
*# Happy Birthday
*# かがやける日々
* KISS (27 August 2014)
*# Life is a Journey
*# Kiss
*# four
*# S.E.L.
*# Light of Hope
*# Circle of Love
*# Howl of the Wolf
*# Leopard
*# Interlude~ネムル森~''Nemr forest''
*# スミレ''Violet''
*# あの日見た空''The sky we saw that day''
*# 青い鳥''Blue Bird''
*# Sunburst
*# かがやける日々
* Colors (12 April 2017)
*# Color
*# Letter from the forest
*# Girl
*# Diary
*# Soda
*# J.D.P.
*# 小鳥のキャロル
*# 旅立ちの日
*# Reflection
*# My hometown
DEPAPEKO (押尾コータロー×DEPAPEPE)
* PICK POP! ~J-Hits Acoustic Covers~ (19 September 2018)
*# チョコレイト・ディスコ ''Chocolate Disco'' (
Perfume
Perfume (, ) is a mixture of fragrance, fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), Fixative (perfumery), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agre ...
)
*# 恋 ''Koi (Love)'' (
Gen Hoshino
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer.
Career Music
From its formation in 2000 until its disbandment in 2015, Hoshino led the instrumental band Sakerock, where he played marimba and guitar. They released over ten albums. ...
)
*# Gee (
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piec ...
)
*# 夢芝居 ''Dream Theater'' (梅沢富美男)
*# Dragon Night (
SEKAI NO OWARI
Sekai no Owari (literally translated, "End of the World"; stylized in all caps) is a Japanese Pop music, pop band from Tokyo. The band was formed in 2005 and has four members: Nakajin, Fukase, Saori, and DJ Love.
Since their debut, they have ...
)
*# TECHNOPOLIS (
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, ...
)
*# 恋するフォーチュンクッキー ''Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (The Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie)'' (
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...
)
*# ラブ・ストーリーは突然に ''Love Stories Are Sudden'' (
Kazumasa Oda
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and composer. He was the leader of folk rock band Off Course from 1969 to 1989, and has done solo work since 1985.
As the vocalist of Off Course, Oda wrote many Japanese standard numbers in the 1970s and 1980 ...
)
*# ひとり ''Hitori'' (
Gospellers
The Gospellers (ゴスペラーズ) are a Japanese a cappella vocal group made up of Tetsuya Murakami, Kaoru Kurosawa, Yuji Sakai, Yoichi Kitayama and Yutaka Yasuoka.
History
Originally formed by Murakami and Kurosawa (along with 4 other memb ...
)
*# START (DEPAPEPE)
*# 翼 ~you are the HERO~ (
Kotaro Oshio)
*# For You
DVD
* 6 Color Rainbow - Video Clips Vol. 1 (25 January 2006)
* Ciao! Bravo!! The Movie!!! - DEPAPEPE meets Digital Hollywood (19 July 2006)
* ほろり二人旅 2007 (26 September 2007)
* DEPAPEPEデビュー5年記念ライブ「Merry 5 round」日比谷野外大音楽堂 2009年5月6日 (30 September 2009)
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Japanese musical duos
Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists
Musical groups from Hyōgo Prefecture
Japanese instrumental musical groups
Musical groups established in 2002