History Trivia / Fishmans

* AuthorExistenceFailure:
** Shinji Sato tragically died on March 15th, 1999 at the age of 33 from an unspecified heart condition.
** Honzi as well passed away on September 27th, 2007 from cancer. Despite not being a full member, Honzi was still a vital part of the band's changing sound starting with ''Oh! Mountain'' till the ''98.12.28'' performance. Her last performance with the group was the reunion show for ''The Long Season Revue'' in 2006.

** Honzi as well passed away on September 27th, 2007 from cancer. Despite not being a full member, Honzi was still a vital part of the band's changing sound start with ''Oh! Mountain'' till the ''98.12.28'' performance. Her last performance with the group was the reunion show for ''The Long Season Revue'' in 2006.

** Fishmans was planned to continue despite Yuzuru's departure. It's debated on ''what'' would have happened afterwards, although some argue the band would have gone in the direction similar to ''Uchu''. Shinji himself stated during the ''98.12.28'' performance that he wished to return to the band's dub roots.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The infamous ''Fishmans Rock Festival'', consisting of vinyls of their Setagaya Trilogy, ''8月の現状'', ''98.12.28 男達の別れ'' and the singles "Season", "Walking in the Rhythm", and "ゆらめき In The Air". It's ''incredibly'' rare to come buy and even if one is lucky to find a copy, expect to pay over ''$2000'' for it.

** "Nightcrusin" for their home country and much earlier, "いかれた Baby".

* CashCowFranchise: Japan ''loves'' Fishmans, even appearing on Space Shower TV, which could be considered the equivalent to a [[Creator/{{MTV}} TRL-esque series]].

* ReclusiveArtist: Shinji was surprisingly enough if one digs hard enough on Japanese websites: All that's known is he was from the Setagaya prefecture in Tokyo and graduated from Meiji Gakuin University. Rumors go around about him from "dating" Honzi, having a girlfriend nobody knew about, to even a long debated rumor that he originally ''[[HiddenDepths was a model]]''.

* ReclusiveArtist: Shinji was surprisingly enough if one digs hard enough on Japanese websites: All that's known is he was from the Setagaya prefecture in Tokyo and graduated from Meiji Gakuin University.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A non-game example: Fans have always thought that ''98.12.28'' was the band's goodbye show, which was not the case: It was a goodbye for ''Yuzuru'', their bassist. More to the legend is that Shinji at the show said "Goodbye", foreshadowing his death. Again, this was proven wrong with the DVD release of the peformance that actually shows Yuzuru happily saying "Sayanora!" to the audience as they finished the show.

** Honzi as well passed away on September 27th, 2007 from cancer. Despite not being a full member, Honzi was still a vital part of the band's changing sound start with ''Oh! Mountain'' till the ''98.12.28'' performance. Her last performance with the group was the reunion performance for ''The Long Season Revue''.

* CreatorsFavorite: With their constant performance of it, especially from a super lengthy one from the bootleg ''1997.12.12 Live in Liquid Room'' performance, Fishmans seemed to consider "Walking in the Rhythm" their favorite song.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Shinji Sato tragically died on March 15th, 1999 at the age of 33 from an unspecified heart condition.
** Honzi as well passed away on September 27th, 2007. Despite not being a full member, Honzi was still a vital part of the band's changing sound start with ''Oh! Mountain'' till the ''98.12.28'' performance.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Shinji Sato tragically died on March 15th, 1999 at the age of 33 from an unspecified heart condition, something his family has never specified on, out of respect for him.

* CashCowFranchise: Japan ''loves'' Fishmans and they have promotion after promotion.

** KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The [=CDs=] for their music tend to be pricey ''because'' of the aforementioned NoExportForYou. It's worse with ''98.12.28'' which tends to go in the ''hundreds''.
** HopeSpot: The band's music was recently put on Spotify, which could give some semblance that their music will be put out in the American market eventually.

** Fishmans was planned to continue despite Yuzuru's departure. It's debated on ''what'' would have happened afterwards, although some argue the band would have gone in the direction similar to ''Uchu''. Shinji himself stated during the ''98.12.28'' performance that he wished to return to the band's roots.

** "Nightcrusin" for their home country.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fishmans ''would'' have actually continued had Shinji never passed. It's debated on how far their sound would have gone had they continued, but probably something similar to ''Uchū''. It's also speculated that Shinji would have gone in more of an IAmTheBand direction too.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Shinji Sato.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A Non-game example: Fans have always thought that ''98.12.28'' was the band's goodbye show, which was not the case: It was a goodbye for ''Yuzuru'', their bassist. More to the legend is that Shinji at the show said "Goodbye", foreshadowing his death. Again, this was proven wrong with the DVD release of the peformance that actually shows Yuzuru happily saying "Sayanora!" to the audience as they finished the show.

* NoExportForYou: Probably one of the biggest reasons why Fishmans have remained in underground success in the US. The band never reached stardome outside of Japan, so their music was never released outside of Japan. Which leads to...
** KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The [=CDs=] for their music tend to be pricy ''because'' of the aforementioned NoExportForYou. It's worse with ''98.12.28'' which tends to go in the ''hundreds''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fishmans ''would'' have actually continued had Shinji never passed. It's debated on how far their sound would have gone had they continued, but probably something similar to ''Uchū''. It's also speculated that Shinji would have gone more of an IAmTheBand direction too.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fishmans ''would'' have actually continued had Shiji never passed. It's debated on how far their sound would have gone had they continued, but probably something similar to ''Uchū''. It's also speculated that Shinji would have gone more of an IAmTheBand direction too.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Shiji Sato.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Fishmans ''would'' have actually continued had Shiji never passed. It's debated on how far their sound would have gone had they continued, but probably something similar to ''Uchū''. It's also speculated that Shinji would have gone more of an IAmTheBand direction too.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A Non-game example: Fans have always thought that ''98.12.28'' was the band's goodbye show, which was not the case: It was a goodbye for ''Yuzuru'', their bassist. More to the legend is that Shinji at the show said "Goodbye", foreshadowing his death. Again, this was proven wrong with the DVD release of the peformance that actually shows Yuzuru happily saying "Sayanora!" to the audience as they finished the show.

** KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The CDs for their music tend to be pricy ''because'' of the aforementioned NoExportForYou. It's worse with ''98.12.28'' which tends to go in the ''hundreds''.