discography:
- catalog: 06SH-167
  date: '1977-06-21'
  link: album/110043
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer (as Colgen Bandコルゲンバンド)
  titles:
    en: Circuit no Ookami
    ja: サーキットの狼
    ja-latn: Circuit no Ookami
  type: live
- catalog: LRs-642
  date: 1979-04
  link: album/51575
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer (as Colgen Bandコルゲンバンド)
  titles:
    en: Triton
    ja: トリトン
    ja-latn: Triton
  type: anime
- catalog: 38DH-21
  date: '1982-10-21'
  link: album/141948
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: SPACE TRAVEL / THE PLAYERS
    ja: スペース・トラベル / ザ・プレイヤーズ
    ja-latn: SPACE TRAVEL / THE PLAYERS
  type: works
- catalog: 28AH-1918
  date: '1985-10-02'
  link: album/149122
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE PLAYERS LIVE
    ja: ザ・プレイヤーズ・ライヴ
    ja-latn: THE PLAYERS LIVE
  type: works
- catalog: 32DH-279
  date: '1985-10-21'
  link: album/149120
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE PLAYERS LIVE
    ja: ザ・プレイヤーズ・ライヴ
    ja-latn: THE PLAYERS LIVE
  type: works
- catalog: MHCL-228
  date: '2003-02-19'
  link: album/148820
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer (as Colgen Bandコルゲンバンド)
  titles:
    en: Masato Shimon VOCAL COMPILATION COVER & MORE COLLECTION
    ja: 子門真人 ヴォーカル·コンピレーション ーカヴァー&モア·コレクションー
    ja-latn: Masato Shimon VOCAL COMPILATION COVER & MORE COLLECTION
  type: anime
- catalog: MHC7-30043
  date: '2016-04-27'
  link: album/141952
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: SPACE TRAVEL / THE PLAYERS
    ja: スペース・トラベル / ザ・プレイヤーズ
    ja-latn: SPACE TRAVEL / THE PLAYERS
  type: works
- catalog: MHC7-30046
  date: '2016-05-25'
  link: album/149124
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE PLAYERS LIVE
    ja: ザ・プレイヤーズ・ライヴ
    ja-latn: THE PLAYERS LIVE
  type: works
featured_on: []
info:
  Credited works: 8 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 8 performer
  - 2 arranger
  Formed: '1976'
  Former Members:
  - link: artist/5177
    names:
      en: Akira Okazawa
      ja: 岡沢章
  - link: artist/16270
    names:
      en: Hiromasa Suzuki
      ja: 鈴木宏昌
  - link: artist/7994
    names:
      en: Mabumi Yamaguchi
      ja: 山口真文
  - link: artist/66572
    names:
      en: Seiichi Nakamura
      ja: 中村誠一
  - link: artist/28979
    names:
      en: Tadaomi Anai
      ja: 穴井忠臣
  - link: artist/5180
    names:
      en: Tsunehide Matsuki
      ja: 松木恒秀
  - link: artist/5178
    names:
      en: Yuichi Togashiki
      ja: 渡嘉敷祐一
link: artist/25987
meta:
  added_date: 2017-03-01T09:49
  edited_date: 2024-08-18T09:27
  fetched_date: 2026-01-08T13:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1025
name: The Players
name_real: ザ・プレイヤーズ
notes: 'Japanese jazz fusion group.

  Initially known "Colgen Band," the name was changed in 1979.'
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picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/78/25987/25987-1488393255.jpg
type: Unit
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/25987?perpage=99999
websites:
  Reference: []
