What is Base Ball Bear?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Base Ball Bear | Img = | Img_capt = Left to right: Yuasa, Sekine, Koide and Horinouchi | Img_size = | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | Genre = <!--Please discuss on the talk page before changing the genres, and please don't cite references in the infobox. Verifiable references in the article outweigh editor opinion.-->[[Rock (music)|Rock]] | Label = Blitz Pia Records (2003-2005)<br/>[[EMI Music Japan]] (2006-2013)<br />UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN / EMI Records(2013-) | Years_active = 2001–present | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.baseballbear.com Base Ball Website] | Current_members = Yūsuke Koide<br/>Shiori Sekine<br/>Daisuke Horinouchi | Former_members = Shōhei Yuasa }} '''Base Ball Bear''' is a [[Japan]]ese [[rock (music)|rock]] [[band]] from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. Base Ball Bear has four members in the band; the current band members are Yūsuke Koide, Shiori Sekine and Daisuke Horinouchi. == Career == The band, originally called “Planet,” was formed by four friends for a one-time performance at a high school culture festival. But they decided to continue playing because of how well they were received at the festival and how much fun they were having. The band was afviced by [[Toshiba EMI]] to change their name after sending their demo tapes to record labels and they chose '''Base Ball Bear''' which they got from [[Chocolat (singer)|Chocolate]]'s song, Base Ball and Elvis Presley. The band currently has Yūsuke Koide on Vocals and guitar, Shiori Sekine on bass guitar and backing vocals and Daisuke Horinouchi on drums and chorus. Shōhei Yuasa, who used to play the guitar along with them, left the band on [[March 2nd]], [[2016]]. == Band members == ;Current *Yūsuke Koide – [[Vocals]]/guitar *Shiori Sekine – [[bass guitar]]/backing vocals *Daisuke Horinouchi – [[drum]]s/chorus ;Former *Shōhei Yuasa - [[guitar]] == Other websites == * [http://www.baseballbear.com/ Official website] (Japanese) {{music-stub}} [[Category