Village Singers
The predecessor of Village Singers was "Folk Trekkers" (フォーク・トレッカーズ, Fōku torekkāzu), a country music folk group formed by Hisashi Komatsu. The group was once disbanded, but a new group was formed by Hisashi Komatsu, Takao Nanri, and Osamu Mori. In June 1966, Yutaka Hayashi and Masahiro Koseki were added and the band name was started as "Village Singers". The group is named after the folk mecca "Greenwich Village" in the United States. It was a rare style at the time to add a 12-string guitar to the band formation. Made his record debut in October 1966 on "Dark Sandy Beach". This song was a light folk-rock style song, but it didn't make a big hit.The following year, in 1967, he released his second single, "In Search of You," but the slump continued.