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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 duo consisting of core members , born May 9, 1978, and , born February 25, 1978, formed in 2003. Formerly with BMG Japan (bought by SMEJ in early 2009), they signed with Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan

Ariola Japan

, is a Japanese record label precedently part of BMG Japan and now subsidiary of Sony Music Japan. It is home to both former BMG Japan artists and new artists, including Buck-Tick, The Cro-Magnons, Deen, GO!GO!7188, Kenichi Asai, AZU, Takako Matsu, Misia, Kazumasa Oda, Seamo, Shikao Suga, Sukima...

 label in September 2009.

History

Ōhashi's musical duties include vocals, guitar, and harmonica, while Tokita plays piano/keyboards, numerous other instruments, and oversees overall production. Most of the other instrumentation heard on their albums is handled by guests and studio musicians. In this sense, their band structure and chemistry could be compared to that of the American group Steely Dan

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...

. Their style is very heavily-jazz influenced (another similarity with Steely Dan), yet it retains core pop elements and catchy melodies that have proved popular with Japanese audiences.

Their song "Zenryoku Shounen" is featured as the first song in the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is the third game to use its gameplay, and is the sequel to Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan while incorporating many of the improvements in gameplay made in Elite Beat Agents...

, which was released in Japan on May 17, 2007. The song is also one of the many songs in the expansion pack to the Nintendo DS game Daigasso! Band Brothers

Daigasso! Band Brothers

is a music video game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was released in Japan on December 2, 2004 as a launch game for the Nintendo DS. The game features multiple songs, which include classical music, television themes, and video game music. The game...

. Their song "Shizuku" is the opening theme for the anime series Kemono no Souja Erin. Their 12th single, "Golden Time Lover" is the 3rd opening of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The theme song for the film Rough

Rough (manga)

is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho....

was also performed by Sukima Switch. Ōhashi covered the song "Katamari on the Swing" in the PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 game Katamari Forever

Katamari Forever

Katamari Forever, known in Japan as , is a video game in the Katamari series. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 console in Japan on July 23, 2009, on September 22, 2009 in North America, and September 18, 2009 in Europe...

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"Boku Note" was also used as the theme song for Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006.

Their 13th single, "Ice Cream Syndrome", is the ending theme of the Pokémon

Pokémon (anime)

, abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...

 movie Phantom Ruler: Zoroark.

Singles

• Debut Single - view - July 9, 2003
• 2nd Single - 奏で (Kanade) - March 10, 2004
• 3rd Single - ふれて未来を (Furete Mirai wo) - June 16, 2004
• 4th Single - 冬の口笛 (Fuyu no Kuchibue) - November 24, 2004
• 5th Single - 全力少年 (Zenryoku Shōnen) - April 20, 2005
• 6th Single - 雨待ち風 (Ame Machi Kaze) - June 22, 2005
• 7th Single - ボクノート (Boku Note) - March 1, 2006
• 8th Single - ガラナ (Guarana) - August 16, 2006
• 9th Single - アカツキの詩 (Akatsuki no Uta) - November 22, 2006
• 10th Single - マリンスノウ (Marine Snow) - July 11, 2007
• 11th Single - 虹のレシピ (Niji no Recipe) - May 20, 2009
• 12th Single - ゴールデンタイムラバー (Golden Time Lover) October 14, 2009
• 13th Single - アイスクリームシンドローム (Ice Cream Syndrome) July 7, 2010
• 14th Single - さいごのひ (Saigo no Hi) January 26, 2011
• 15th Single - Hare Tokidoki Kuromi

Albums

• Debut Album - 夏雲ノイズ (Natsugumo Noise) - June 23, 2004
• 2nd Album - 空創クリップ (Kūsō Clip) - July 20, 2005
• 3rd Album - 夕風ブレンド (Yuukaze Blend) - November 29, 2006
• Best Album - グレイテスト・ヒッツ (Greatest Hits) - August 1, 2007
• 4th Album - ナユタとフカシギ (Nayuta to Fuyashigi) - November 4, 2009
• 5th Album - musium - October 5, 2011

External links

• Official Web Site by Office Augusta
• Official Web Site by Sony Music Japan