The Blue Hearts Homepage

The Blue Hearts (ザ・ブルーハーツ) are a Japanese punk band. Any additional information or links concerning the Blue Hearts would be appreciated.

Also be aware that apparently there is a recent UK country group with a similar name.

Members

• 甲本ヒロト　Kohmoto Hiroto
• 真島昌利　Mashima Masatoshi
• 河口純之助　Kawaguchi Junnosuke
• 梶原徹也　Kajiwara Tetsuya

Blue Hearts Albums

• The Blue Hearts (1987)
• Young and Pretty (1987)
• Train Train (1989)
• Bust Waist Hip (1990)
• High Kicks (1991)
• Stick Out (1993)
• Dug Out (1993)
• PAN (1995)

Solo Albums by Mashima Masatoshi

• 夏のぬけがら (Natsu no Nukegara) (1990)
• Happy Songs (1991)
• Raw Life (1992)

The High-Lows

The Blue Hearts have broken up. Kohmoto Hiroto and Mashima Masatoshi have joined with Shirabe Sakito (調 先人), Ooshima Kenji (大島賢治), and Shirai Mikio (白井幹夫) to form The High-Lows (ザ・ハイロウズ).

High-Lows albums include:

• The High-Lows (ザ・ハイロウズ) (album) (October 25, 1995)
• MissileMan (ミサイルマン) (makisingle) (October 25, 1995)
• Goodbye (グッドバイ) (makisingle) (November 25, 1995)
• Supersonic Jet Boy (スパーソニックジェットボーイ) (makisingle)
• Mune ga dokidoki (胸がドキドキ) (single) (February 26, 1996)
• aidan tengoku/detoroito mootaa buki (相談天国/デトロイト・モーター・ブキ) (single) (June 24, 1996)

Blue Hearts Links and other information

Apparently, Juggler Records out of Portland Oregon has the US rights to The Blue Hearts. They once advertised a 12 song CD titled Blast Off!, but according to a guy at vradio, Juggler does not have any merchandise left for sale.

Sayonara, Blue Hearts -- a punk diary (さよなら、ブルーハーツ -- パンク日記)
(c) 1993 Toyama Kouichi (外山恒一)
Takarajimasha (kabu), 223p
I've read 55 pages of this on and off over 3 years. Haven't gotten to the Blue Hearts part yet. It's a diary-like account of a punk musician in Fukuoka. A fun read.

MIHO has a page devoted to the High-Lows.