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Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets

Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets (岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ) is a Japanese doujin rock band. The band made their debut with the 2005 album SUPERNOVA as Kisida Kyodan. In 2008, after the release of five albums the band changed their name to Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets. The group is well known for covering songs from Touhou Project video games and for recently providing the opening theme song to the anime HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD.
Members
Support members
- T-tsu (guitar)
Information





Kisida Kyodan formed in 2004, being completely made up of intrumentalists: lead and bassist Kisida, guitarist Hayapi~, drummer Micchan. During this time the band recorded instrumental electronic rock music. The band released their debut album, in 2005 at Comiket C69. Many of their songs were covers of songs from the Touhou Project video game series. In 2007, ichigo, a female vocalist was added to the line up and the band began to take on more of a progressive rock sound. In 2008, the band changed its name to Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets with the release of their album, Electric blue.
In 2010, the band signed with major label Geneon Entertainment and established a new home page, while still maintaining their previous site. In August the band released their debut single, "HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD", which was used as the opening theme song to the anime of the same name. The single was highly successful for the group, reaching #10 on the weekly Oricon chart. In 2011 after releasing their first major album left the company.
In 2013, the band signed with Warner Home Video and they released their second single, "Strike The Blood", that it was used as first opening theme for the anime of the same name.
Discography
Studio Albums
- [2011.06.22] POPSENSE
- [2014.12.24] hack/SLASH
- [2017.03.22] LIVE YOUR LIFE
- [2018.12.05] REBOOT
Doujin Albums
- [2005.12.30] SUPERNOVA (Comic Market 69 (C69)) (Kishida Kyoudan)
- [2006.05.21] Akeboshi Rocket (明星ロケット; Morning Star Rockets) (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 3 (Reitaisai 3)) (Kishida Kyoudan)
- [2006.12.31] SuperSonicSpeedStar (Comic Market 71 (C71)) (Kishida Kyoudan)
- [2007.05.20] Gensou Jihen (幻想事変; Fantasy Incident) (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 4 (Reitaisai 4)) (Kishida Kyoudan)
- [2007.12.31] Hoshizora Logic (星空ロジック; Starry Sky Logic) (Comic Market 73 (C73)) (Kishida Kyoudan)
- [2008.05.25] Electric blue (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 5 (Reitaisai 5))
- [2008.12.29] LITERAL WORLD (Comic Market 75 (C75))
- [2010.03.14] ROLLING★STAR (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 7 (Reitaisai 7))
- [2012.04.30] Seventh World (セブンスワールド) (M3-2012 Spring (M3-29))
- [2012.05.27] .JP (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 9 (Reitaisai 9))
- [2012.12.30] Rock 'n' Roll Laboratory (ロックンロール ラボラトリー) (Comic Market 83 (C83))
- [2013.05.26] surumeika- (スルメイカー) (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 10 (Reitaisai 10))
- [2013.12.30] 2007-2010 Touhou Arrange Best (2007-2010 東方アレンジベスト) (Comic Market 85 (C85))
- [2015.12.30] SUPER SONIC APPLE RABBIT (Comic Market 89 (C89))
- [2016.04.24] ROCK'N'ROLL LABORATORY 2 (M3-2016 Spring (M3-37))
- [2017.05.07] ANCIENT FLOWER (Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai 14 (Reitaisai 14))
- [2017.12.29] Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets – Seizon CD (岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ – 生存CD) (Event Comiket Market C93 - Kisida Kyodan & THE Akebosi Rockets 10th Annyversary live Tour Crazy Sound in this live CD)
- [2018.12.31] COMPACT DISC (Comic Market 85 (C85))
- [2019.08.12] MOD (Event Comiket Market C96)
Singles
- [2010.08.18] HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD
- [2013.10.30] Strike The Blood (ストライク・ザ・ブラッド)
- [2015.07.29] GATE ~Sore wa Akatsuki no you ni~ (GATE~それは暁のように~; GATE ~It Looks Like the Dawn~)
- [2016.01.27] GATE II ~Sekai wo Koete~ (GATEⅡ ~世界を超えて~; GATE II ~Beyond the World~)
- [2016.07.20] Tenkyou no Alderamin (天鏡のアルデラミン; Alderamin of Heaven Mirror)
- [2016.12.21] Blood on the EDGE
- [2018.02.07] Stray (ストレイ)
- [2018.08.22] Sirius (シリウス)
- [2020.01.29] nameless story
Digital Downloads
- [2018.03.13] LIVE MY LIFE
- [2018.07.13] Sirius (シリウス)
Compilations/Others
- [2010.03.26] GWAVE 2009 1st Ace (#6 "Natsuiro Straight!")
- [2010.07.28] HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD -SPECIAL SAMPLER DISC- (#2 "HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD (TV size)")
- [2010.09.22] Gakuen Mokushiroku HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD Original Soundtrack (学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD オリジナルサウンドトラック) (#1 "HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD (TV size)")
- [2014.01.29] Strike The Blood Original Soundtrack Vol.1 (ストライク・ザ・ブラッド オリジナルサウンドトラック Vol.1) (#1 "Strike The Blood (TV-size)")
External Links
- Official Website
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Official Website
- Warner Home Video Official Website
- iTunes (NBCUniversal Entertainment) | iTunes (Warner Home Video) | Recochoku | mora
- Official YouTube Channel
- VGMDB profile
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