Fight (Kanjani Eight album)
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Fight is the fifth studio album released by the Japanese boy band
Kanjani Eight
. Fight was announced on September 8th, 2011 as a new untitled album. On October 17th, 2011, it's release date and title was announced. There was three versions of this release: a 2 Disc regular edition and two CD+DVD limited editions. The first press release of the regular edition will contain 7 trading cards while limited editions A and B will contain a 48 page photo book.
It was released on November 16th, 2011. This album will mark one year and three weeks since the release of their previous album, 8 Uppers
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. The single immediately shot to the top of the Oricon upon release, lasting a total of 17 weeks on the weekly charts. Following up that release was "My Home", released May 11, 2011, and "365 Nichi Kazoku", released June 8, 2011, two singles serving as theme songs for the Japanese television dramas Inu wo Kau to Iu koto ~Sky to Waga ga Uchi no 180 Nichi ~ and Umareru. Both singles reached the top spots on the weekly Oricon upon release and remained on the charts for 13 weeks.
Two months later, on August 17, 2011, Kanjani Eight released their fourth single for the year titled "Tsubusa ni Koi". The song served as the ending theme for the drama, Zenkai Girl. It ranked number one upon release and stayed 9 weeks on the Oricon weekly single charts.
For all the single releases this year, some of the members had either starring or supporting roles in productions that their music served as theme songs for. Tadayoshi Ohkura and Shingo Murakami made a guest appearance in Crayon Shin-chan: Operation Golden Spy, Ohkura also had a role in Umareru. Ryo Nishikido had the male lead in both Inu wo Kau to iu Koto and Zenkai Girl.
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
Kanjani Eight
Kanjani Eight
is a seven-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency, Johnny & Associates, and signed to Imperial Records. The group was formed in 2002 and made their CD debut in 2004 as "Johnny's modern enka group", though after the year 2006, their...
. Fight was announced on September 8th, 2011 as a new untitled album. On October 17th, 2011, it's release date and title was announced. There was three versions of this release: a 2 Disc regular edition and two CD+DVD limited editions. The first press release of the regular edition will contain 7 trading cards while limited editions A and B will contain a 48 page photo book.
It was released on November 16th, 2011. This album will mark one year and three weeks since the release of their previous album, 8 Uppers
8 Uppers
is the fourth studio album released by the Japanese boy band Kanjani Eight. 8 Uppers was released a year and seven months from the release of their third album, Puzzle. There was three versions of this release: a regular edition, a CD+DVD limited edition, and a CD+2 DVD special collector's edition...
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Singles
In March 2011, it was announced that Kanjani Eight would release three singles consecutively for three months. The first single released was "T.W.L/Yellow Pansy Street", a double A-side single featuring the theme songs for the Crayon Shinchan movie Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden SpyCrayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy
is a 2011 anime film. It is the 19th film based on the popular comedy manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan. The film was released to theatres on April 16, 2011, in Japan.The film was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind the TV anime....
. The single immediately shot to the top of the Oricon upon release, lasting a total of 17 weeks on the weekly charts. Following up that release was "My Home", released May 11, 2011, and "365 Nichi Kazoku", released June 8, 2011, two singles serving as theme songs for the Japanese television dramas Inu wo Kau to Iu koto ~Sky to Waga ga Uchi no 180 Nichi ~ and Umareru. Both singles reached the top spots on the weekly Oricon upon release and remained on the charts for 13 weeks.
Two months later, on August 17, 2011, Kanjani Eight released their fourth single for the year titled "Tsubusa ni Koi". The song served as the ending theme for the drama, Zenkai Girl. It ranked number one upon release and stayed 9 weeks on the Oricon weekly single charts.
For all the single releases this year, some of the members had either starring or supporting roles in productions that their music served as theme songs for. Tadayoshi Ohkura and Shingo Murakami made a guest appearance in Crayon Shin-chan: Operation Golden Spy, Ohkura also had a role in Umareru. Ryo Nishikido had the male lead in both Inu wo Kau to iu Koto and Zenkai Girl.