Shuchishin (羞恥心) is a Japanese idol vocal group formed as part of the variety show Quiz! Hexagon II produced by Fuji Television Network Incorporated. Originally meant to be a joke group, the trio has released singles that have hit the top 10 on both the Oricon and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles. Shuchishin, whose name translates as "Shame", consists of the leader Takeshi Tsuruno with Naoki Nokubo and Yusuke Kamiji. The group's final performance was on the January 2, 2009, New Year's Special episode of Quiz! Hexagon II. The group's name comes from a mispronunciation of the word when it came up in a question on the show in mid-2007 (the word "shūchishin" was pronounced as "sajishin" (さじしん) by the members of the band). The group was disbanded in January 2009. Since then, Takeshi Tsuruno and Yusuke Kamiji have pursued solo musical careers, while Naoki Nokubo has returned to drama acting. Tsuruno has released two cover albums and released a single with another Hexagon Family vocal group, and Kamiji recording under the name "Yusuke" (written with different kanji than his legal name) has released three singles through the Sony Music Records label. The group also reunited to record a song with all of the Hexagon Family artists.

Members

Discography

Singles

As "Shuchishin"

As "Aladdin"

Albums

Parody

Shuchishin and their debut single's popularity also spawned the parodic group Hisokan (悲愴感) consisting of owarai comedians Hiroshi Yamamoto of Robert (Hi (悲) represented by moss green (苔色)), Takushi Tanaka of Ungirls (So (愴) represented by lacquered dark red (潤朱)), and Taku Suzuki of Drunk Dragon (Kan (感) represented by lead gray (藍鼠)). Hisokan released their own self-titled single on August 27, 2008, which peaked at #5 on the Oricon's Weekly Charts on September 8, 2008.

Gold Disc Awards

For the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Award, Shuchishin won "New Artist of the Year", was included as one of "The Best 10 New Artists" twice (once as Aladdin and once as Shuchishin), and We Love Hexagon won "Project Album of the Year".