is a Japanese rock band

Band (music)

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. The band is signed onto Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records

Ki/oon Records

is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.-Artists:Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, FLOW, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Pushim, chatmonchy, Denki Groove, The Babystars, DOES, Guitar Wolf, Miki Furukawa, Nico Touches the Walls, plingmin,...

 label. They came out with the song "Hikari e" in 2002. This song is known as the third opening theme of the anime series One Piece

One Piece

is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...

. Later in 2004, their seventh single, "SUNDAY", became the first ending theme of the anime series Yakitate!! Japan

Yakitate!! Japan

is a manga, authored by Takashi Hashiguchi, serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday, which has been adapted into a television anime series by Sunrise. The manga has spanned 25 tankōbon volumes, as of January, 2007, while the weekly serialization of the manga has ended as of January 10, 2007...

. On May 31, 2006, Yōsuke Ichikawa and Asami Tomaru left the band.

Singles

(July 24, 2002)

1. Hikari E
2. happy days?
3. Hikari E (Instrumental)

(October 23, 2002)

1. Nande
2. Kumori no Chihare

(March 5, 2003)

1. Orange

(April 9, 2003)

(October 8, 2003)

1. Sari Yuku Kimi E
2. Rocket

(August 25, 2004)

1. Natsu no Chikara

• SUNDAY (November 10, 2004)

1. SUNDAY (1st ending theme for Yakitate Japan)
2. My Stride

• WORLD (March 1, 2006)

1. World

Albums

(April 9, 2003)

2. Sakura Sakukoro
3. Hikari E
5. Nande
6. LITTLE STAR
7. love
8. Orange
9. Young Young Young
10. Kumori no Chihare

• laugh → love (December 1, 2004)

1. SUNDAY
2. aria
4. Natsu no Chikara
6. OVER (Bonus Track)
12. Sari Yuku Kimi E

• LIFE (November 7, 2007)

5. afternoon cafe
7. spend my life
8. SUN

External links

• Official Web Site of The Babystars
• Official Web Site by SME