Biography
五つの赤い風船
Real name: Itsutsu no Akai Fūsen
Effective period / Period of releases: 1968 - 1979
Members: Takashi Nishioka, Isato Nakagawa, Yumiko Takeda, Yoshitaka Azuma, Takashi Nagano, Junji Ariyama, Hideko Fujiwara, Mariko Aoki
Japanese folk group formed in 1967 in Nakagawa, Yamagata.Band name translates to "Five Red Balloons" in English.
After disbanding in 1972, they briefly reformed in 1979 and again in 2000.
The original members were Takashi Nishioka, Hideko Fujiwara, Junji Ariyama, and Isato Nakagawa.
A revival band including new members released one album in 1975 under the name 五つの赤い風船'75.