Snowkel

Snowkel (シュノーケル, Shunōkeru?) is a Japanese rock band from Odaiba, Japan. The members of Snowkel are Nishimura Shinya (vocals, guitar), Kabamura Masami (bass), and Yamada Masato (drums).

Immediately after forming in January 2004, their height of degree of completion of music is appraised and acquires a grand prix in the audition of local end in Fukuoka. After that, Snowkel focused on live activity in Fukuoka. In December 2004, Snowkel had their first live gig in Fukuoka where they sold independent production board CD of themselves. In 2005, still focused on live activity, Snowkel produced a D board mini-album called "Sora Colorful" (ソラカラフル, "Sora Colorful"?) and released their debut single "Ooki Na Mizutamari" (大きな水たまり, "Ooki Na Mizutamari"?).

In 2006, the band earned a major record label deal with Sony Music Japan and released their first studio album called SNOWKEL SNORKEL in 26 April 2006. SNOWKEL SNORKEL contains their released singles "Tabibito Beginner", "Namikaze Satellite", and "Ooki Na Mizutamari".

In 3 October 2007 their second album, EQ, was released featuring songs from their singles: "Solar Wind", "Bye-Bye×Hello", "Tenkiyohō" and "Kiseki"; along with 8 new songs for a total of 12 songs.

In September, 2009, they released their third album: Best+. This included the most popular songs that they had released to date, and was also available with a DVD including promotional videos of their singles.

Their songs were featured in a few anime series:

"Namikaze Satellite" as the seventh opening for Naruto
"Solar Wind" as the second ending for Kiba
"Kiseki" as the sixth ending for Gintama. · close