Member Shoukai
Otherwise known as 'What I think I know about Ulfuls' - a mixture of fact and opinion but my sources are
generally pretty reliable as most of the information is from the fanclub newsletter. Although then again...
each 'Maido On' tends to give their stats but they aren't exactly consistent. And although I can deal with
the idea that the band members' weight can vary I'm not sure why Sankon's birthday does, or why Tortoise
tends to wander between being 171 and 174cm tall.
I take responsibility
for most errors and would like to have them pointed out. The blood group thing is very Japanese. Japanese people
usually know their blood group and it is supposed to be significant in determining the kind of person you are and the
kind of person you will be compatible with. It has about as much credibility in my mind as zodiac signs in the west,
which is to say that it's a steaming pile of shite. Typical type O thing to say I imagine.
Ulful Keisuke
- Birth Name: Iwamoto Keisuke
- Born: Showa 40 (1965, Year of the Snake) May the 23rd
- From: Osaka-fu, Takatsuki-shi
- Blood Group: A
- Stats: 174cm, 59kg
- Role: Leader, guitar, vocals, harp, songwriter.
- Other: Tends to wear 10-gallon hats on stage, at least at the beginning of
concerts, usually a feather boa too. Noted for his beaming smile. Sometimes plays xylophone.
Loves the Hanshin Tigers (baseball team). Acrophobic, but has bungee-jumped. Whatta guy.
Tortoise Matsumoto
- Birth Name: Matsumoto Atsushi
- Born: Showa 41 (1966, Year of the Horse) December the 28th
- From: Hyougo-ken, Taka-gun (this appears to be in the woop-woop, for Japan anyway)
- Blood Group: A
- Stats: 174cm, 57kg
- Role: Lead vocals, guitar, harp, songwriter.
- Other: Tends to wear tight outfits on stage, sometimes with the bum-cheeks exposed.
Claims to dislike hard work but I assume he means manual labour because he certainly doesn't seem to be
anybody's idea of a slacker. Graphic artist. Designer, designs many of the tour
T-shirts, sweatshirts and towels.
Sculpted the figures seen on the single 'Abaredasu'.
Left handed but plays guitar right-handed. Has been known to play the drums and xylophone.
Used to work part-time at Cante Grande, a restaurant and gallery in Nakatsu. Has appeared in an untold
amount of adverts including POsCAM (they've photoshopped his teeth!) and Calpis. Used by Yasuhiro Nightow
as the inspiration for the character Nicholas D Wolfwood in Trigun.
John B Chopper
- Birth Name: Kuroda Toshihiro
- Born: Showa 42 (1967, Year of the Sheep) November the 4th
- From: Osaka-fu, Suita-shi
- Blood Group: AB
- Stats: 171cm, 54kg
- Role: Bass, vocals.
- Other: Writer. Tends to dress like a cheerleader when away from Ulfuls. These quiet types you know...
Dislikes traffic jams. Who doesn't.
Sankon Jr
- Birth Name: Sako Hiroyuki
- Born: Showa 45 (1970, Year of the Dog) September the 13th
- From: Osaka-fu, Ibaraki-shi
- Blood Group: O
- Stats: 169cm, 53kg
- Role: Drums, vocals.
- Other: Plays guitar also. Family owns a bicycle shop.
Likes motorbikes. Dislikes natto and umeboshi. Tends to take his shirt off on stage.
This is a good thing.
Support Members:
Ito Mikio
- Born: Showa 42 (1967, Year of the Sheep) January the 23rd
- From: Kumamoto-ken
- Blood Group: B
- Stats: Tall, skinny.
- Role: Keyboards, accordion, vocals.
- Other: My Mickey Page!
Takahashi Junior
- Born: Showa 43 (1968, Year of the Monkey) November the 11th
- From: Milan, Italy (!)
- Blood Group: O
- Role: Bass 2002.
- Other: Cool guy. I've seen him play with The Hurricanes and he plays harp and banana as
well as bass. Loves John Lennon. You can get to his website from the Ulfuls links page too.
Unfortunately he doesn't seem to have any information about when he's playing live on there.
Ueno Ichiro
Chirolyn
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