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Off Course

Japanese folk rock band (1969-1989)
Organization musical_group Q1006517
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Off Course

Summary

Off Course is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Off Course is Sayonara[3].
  • A notable work attributed to Off Course is Yes-No[4].
  • Off Course's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • Off Course's genre is folk rock[6].
  • Off Course's discography is recorded as Off Course discography[7].
  • Off Course's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • Off Course comprises Kazumasa Oda[9].
  • Off Course comprises Hitoshi Shimizu[10].
  • Off Course comprises Kazuhiko Matsuo[11].
  • Off Course comprises Jirō Ōma[12].
  • Off Course comprises Yasuhiro Suzuki[13].
  • Off Course was dissolved in 1989[14].
  • Off Course's location of formation is recorded as Japan[15].
  • Off Course's location of formation is recorded as Yokohama[16].
  • Off Course's pseudonym is recorded as ジ・オフ・コース[17].
  • Off Course's official website is recorded as https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/offcourse/[18].
  • Off Course's has characteristic is recorded as folkloristic group[19].
  • Off Course's start of work period is recorded as 1969[20].
  • Off Course's end of work period is recorded as 1989[21].
  • Off Course's member count is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8441', 'amount': '+5'}[22].
  • Off Course's member count is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8441', 'amount': '+4'}[23].
  • Off Course's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'オフコース'}[24].
  • Off Course's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OFF COURSE'}[25].
  • Off Course's language used is recorded as Japanese[26].
  • Off Course's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+8620'}[27].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: JP[29]

  • Began / founded: 1969[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1989[31]

  • Community tags: オフ・コース[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fd7aa6ad-9ecc-47d5-9cd6-446a578de6bc[33]

Body

Founding

Founded in (location) include Japan[15] and Yokohama[16].

Dissolution

Off Course was dissolved in 1989[14].

Why It Matters

Off Course ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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