JEFusion presents to you "PV on MONDAY," our Monday weekly entry with promotional videos of different J-Music artist! This week, we have Cocoa Otoko.'s fourth PV “Rebirth” which came out from their mini album, RICHCOCOA.


Cocoa Otoko. is a J-rock band formed through the long-running variety show Ikemen Deru no Hōsoku: Koi ni Kurushimu Handsome na Endō Mame-tachi. The band was composed of five actors from different agencies namely: Kamakari Kenta (TeniMyu, AirMyu) on lead vocals, Suzuki Shogo (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) on guitars, Hosogai Kei (Kaizoku Sentai Goakiger) on bass, Yonehara Kousuke of RUN&GUN (AirMyu, Magdala na Maria musical) on drums and Ide Takuya (Himitsu Chouhouin Erika) on keyboards and rap.

They were named "cocoa" because they all love chocolates and "otoko" for they are all men. They released their first single, "Amai Wana Nigai Uso" is April 10, 2010. When they released their full album PREMIUM COCOA in 2012, they wrote "Cocoa" using the kanji "心" and "愛" which means "heart" and "love" that gave their band name much more meaning.

Also, they released three DVDs: the drama, Heaven's Rock where they starred together and the variety shows:  MOTEL ~Hoshigaru Danjo no mote gaku~ and LOG×MEN - COCOAOTOKO. -Digest Ver..

In December 5th, 2011, they announced that the band decided to disband leaving all their fans with the message: " "It’s sudden, but we, Cocoa Otoko, will be disbanding in March 2012. Before we knew it, Cocoa Otoko became ‘a place of return’. But this was decided in order for the five of us to grow even more." All their thoughts and feelings were shown in their last single "Kiseki ~Time to go~" which was written by their leader and lead vocalist Kamakari Kenta. Cocoa Otoko. officially disbanded on March 21st, 2012.