Prism (Japanese band)

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OriginJapan
Genres
Years active1975–2018[note 1]
Labels
Prism
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active1975–2018[note 1]
Labels
Past membersAkira Wada (ja)
Ken Watanabe (ja)
Toru "Rika" Suzuki
Katsutoshi Morizono
Daisaku Kume (ja)
Koki "Corky" Ito (ja)
Masahiro Sayama (ja)
Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (ja)
Jun Aoyama (ja)
Satoshi Nakamura (ja)
Jun Fukamachi (ja)
Yoshikazu Matsuura
Satoshi "Mansaku" Kimura (ja)
Jiro Okada
Tatsuya "Cheru" Watanabe (ja)
Websiteprismjapan.com

Prism (プリズム, Purizumu) was a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1975.

Prism was formed in 1975 by Akira Wada and Ken Watanabe. In 1976, the group were signed to Polydor Records and toured nationwide. Prism released their debut album in 1977, Prism, which ran out of stock after its release. Shortly after, the band went on to support Eric Clapton at the Budokan.[1] Their 1986 song 'Take Off' was featured in a Mild Seven commercial.[2]

Members

The band's final line-up was composed of Jiro Okada (bass), Satoshi "Mansaku" Kimura (drums), Akira Wada (guitar) and Tatsuya "Cheru" Watanabe (keyboards, vocals) as of their suspension of activities in 2018.[3] On March 28, 2021, Wada died at the age of 64.[4]

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