Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Teriyaki Boyz
Group · Japan · Tokyo · formed 2005
Japanese hip-hop group
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Also known as 照燒男孩
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Beef or Chicken
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography188 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1364428994
Biography
Teriyaki Boyz are a Japanese hip hop supergroup from Yokohama, Japan.
History
The group consists of Ilmari and Ryo-Z from Rip Slyme, Verbal from M-Flo, rapper Wise and Nigo, the DJ and founder of the popular Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape. The group's members regularly wear the clothing line in live performances and music videos.
Their debut album from Def Jam Recordings and (B)APE Sounds, titled Beef or Chicken
Beef or ChickenSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1EAT INtro1:242THE TAKEOVER4:023HeartBreaker4:144Celebrity Death Match3:255School of Rock4:496超 L A R G E5:167Shout Out for DELIVERY2:048Moon the World5:029今夜はバギーパンツ4:1710Beef or Chicken3:2011You Know What Time Is It!?4:3212KAMIKAZE 108 (酉年 mix)4:1413TAKE OUTro0:4114KAMIKAZE 108 (Swisha House Remix)5:57 was produced by an array of rap and electronica producers including Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, Cornelius, Cut Chemist, Daft Punk, Dan the Automator, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Just Blaze, Mark Ronson, and The Neptunes. Their first single, "HeartBreaker," was produced by Daft Punk and contains elements of the Daft Punk song "Human After All". The group has gone on to collaborate with renowned rap artists Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pharrell, Busta Rhymes, and Big Sean for their subsequent singles.
Two tracks by the Teriyaki Boyz were featured on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift soundtrack, the title track "Tokyo Drift", and "超 L A R G E" featuring Pharrell, which had previously been released on their debut album.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 6,188,828 | 2.7th |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 53:17
1EAT INtro1:242THE TAKEOVER4:023HeartBreaker4:144Celebrity Death Match3:255School of Rock4:496超 L A R G E5:167Shout Out for DELIVERY2:048Moon the World5:029今夜はバギーパンツ4:1710Beef or Chicken3:2011You Know What Time Is It!?4:3212KAMIKAZE 108 (酉年 mix)4:1413TAKE OUTro0:4114KAMIKAZE 108 (Swisha House Remix)5:572009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:26
1please come INTRO!1:472WORK THAT!4:483AFTER 5 (A.M.)3:334TOKYO DRIFT (FAST & FURIOUS)4:175SWEET GIRL4:216TERIYA-KING5:5175TH ELEMENT5:438SERIOUS JAPANESE3:349ZOCK-ON!4:0410(CAN'T) "BAKE" THAT "FAPE"6:2711いつも IT'S MORE3:5212I still love H.E.R.5:1213get the hell OUTRO0:5714Tokyo Drift (FAST & FURIOUS) REMIX3:00
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:161Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)4:16 | 2006 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Delicious JapaneseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks1Intro 25th Element (Kozm Remix) 3Zock-On! 4Zock-On! (UBG Remix) 5Zock-On! (DJ Deckstream Remix) 6I Luv Got The Groove 7After 5 (A.M.) 8Work That (So So Def DJ Remix) 9Action 10I Still Love H.E.R. (Remix Feat. Kool Keith) 11Hawaiian Break 12The Takeover 13Kamikaze 108 (酉年 Mix) 14Kamikaze 108 (Swisha House Remix) 15HeartBreaker 16HeartBreaker (Psyclicks Remix) 17Yes, We Can Can 18Even More 19今夜はバギーパンツ 20Teriya-King (Remix) 21School Of Rock 22Last Orgy 23Living The Life 24Hand Made 25Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious) (Remix Feat. Kool Keith) 26Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious) (Marfox And J-Wow "Drift Furioso" Mix) 27Sweet Girl (So So Def JD Remix) | Compilation,DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street | 21 November 2009 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Teriyaki Boyz head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 6,188,828 | 2.7th |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILMARI | — | present | |
| Nigo | — | present | |
| Nigo | — | present | |
| RYO-Z | — | present | |
| VERBAL | — | present | |
| WISE | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teriyaki_Boyz.jpgpopularity—kworb.net · no licence published · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.htmlaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/afb3102c-b7e6-4140-b825-7f84ea97f73fdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/afb3102c-b7e6-4140-b825-7f84ea97f73fcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351944genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351944seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teriyaki_Boyzbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teriyaki_Boyz
Why this artist is in the database
- Spotify monthly listeners (kworb.net) — rank #2379 · 6,188,828
Teriyaki Boyz
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 6,188,828, 22 language versions)
Image: Sry85 · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1351944 · MusicBrainz: afb3102c-b7e6-4140-b825-7f84ea97f73f
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