is a Japan

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 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band formed in 2005 by Luna Sea

Luna Sea

Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...

 members Ryuichi Kawamura

Ryuichi Kawamura

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and record producer. He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Luna Sea. After the group disbanded in 2000, Ryuichi went on to a successful solo career. In 2005 he formed Tourbillon with, fellow Luna Sea member, Inoran and Hiroaki Hayama...

 (vocals) and Kiyonobu "Inoran" Inoue (guitar), and D-Loop member Hiroaki "H. Hayama" Hayama (keyboards).

They reached the number three on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Singles Weekly Ranking Chart with "Break the Chain", the opening theme of the TV tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 series Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva

is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger...

, a first for any member of the band.

Singles

• "Heaven" (September 7, 2005)
• "Your Place" (October 5, 2005)
• "You Again" (もう一度君に, November 2, 2005)
  • Used as the theme song for the Black Jack
    Black Jack (manga)
    is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack....
    
    anime film,
• "Butterfly/Selfish" (アゲハ/selfish, August 2, 2006)
• "Break the Chain
  Break the Chain
  "Break the Chain" is a song by Japanese rock band Tourbillon, and was the band's fifth and final single. It was released a year-and-a-half following the release of their second album A Tide of New Era, and was used as the opening theme for the 2008 television series Kamen Rider Kiva...
  
  " (March 26, 2008)
  • The theme song for Kamen Rider Kiva
    Kamen Rider Kiva
    is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger...
    
    

External links

• Official site
• Luna Sea Official site
• D-Loop site