depapepe history

Depapepe is the transliteration of the Japanese name (デパペペ) is a music group originating from the Japan of acoustic guitar musical duo of Takuya Miura (born April 5, 1983) and Yoshinari Takuoka (born on July 15, 1977). The duo formed in 2002.
They released three indies before their major debut, which collectively reached sales figures of about 100,000.
They made their major debut in 2005 with their album “Let’s Go!!!”, and ranked within the top 10 of Oricon’s Instrumental Artist Debut Chart.. Depapepe name itself comes from the combination of both short names of the band members, by combining the Japanese word for overbite, ‘deppa’, and the name of Takuoka’s previous band ‘DERUPEPE’. Contrary to a popular rumor circulating among their fans, the two guitarists are not brothers. Formed in 2002, they could released 3 indie albums before they joined with the label Sony Music. They worked in the "Honey and Clover" anime series music.