Japanese band
Jam9 is a Japanese band formed in 2003 and currently signed with the record company Dreamusic, Inc. It is based in Hamamatsu. Their music is mostly hip-hop. They began by playing at local music bars and released several records independently before signing with Dreamusic. Their first album with a major label, "Kizuna" (2011), reached number 77 on the Oricon album chart. In 2009, a song from their indie album, "Rookie Players", served as a tie-in song for the J League team Shimizu S-Pulse's summer home game events.