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SHONEN KAMIKAZE

SHONEN KAMIKAZE promoting their final album NO (2008)

SHONEN KAMIKAZE (少年カミカゼ; Boy Kamikaze) was a Japanese rock band under the Victor Entertainment Inc. label. They are best known for their singles "WINDER ~Boku wa Koko ni Iru~", (the opening theme song for the anime series Over Drive) and "Altair ~Kimi to Deaeta Koto~" (the theme to the dorama Kodomo no Jijo). The band disbanded in 2008 after the release of their third album NO.

Members

Former members

  • OZ (Turntable)
  • NK (Bass)
  • JA-G (Drums & Programming)

Information

SHONEN KAMIKAZE promoting "L.A.U.G.H.I.N'" (2006)

SHONEN KAMIKAZE was first formed in January 2004 when vocalist Kazznori and guitarist Minami Tsukasa posted an add on the internet looking for more band members [1]. They found all of the rest of the band this way including a Osaka College of Music graduate, SaCo, whom was added to the group as the female voclaist [2]. That same year the band signed with an indie record label and released their debut mini-album, NEXSTAR★.

The band started of 2005 with another mini-album entitled, MISSILEE!!. In July the band released their debut indie single, "BUZZSURF / MICRO SUNNY"; the single marked the band's first charting release, peaking at #198 on the weekly Oricon chart. Not long after that band was offered a deal with a major record label and they signed to Victor Entertainment Inc. SHONEN KAMIKAZE made their major label debut on 2007.10.18, with the release of their second single "Kokoro Antena". On that same day the band released a sampler mini-album, 1st Major BLOW!!!.

SHONEN KAMIKAZE promoting MASTER'D (2007)

In February 2006 the band started on a heavy string of single releases: "MUSIC VIBE.06" (February), "SAKURA re CAPSULE" (March), "Colony" (April). The following month after the third single was released the band released their debut full-length studio album, Stukizd!!!. The album was quite successful for the band and peaked at #30 on the weekly Oricon chart.

Only two months after the release of Stukizd!!!, SHONEN KAMIKAZE once again started releasing new material. Their sixth single "Yabame Muucho ~ichika-bachika~", was used as VIVRE's Summer 2006 Shonetsu bargin sale CM and it peaked at #79 on the weekly Oricon [3][4].

The band's next two singles were a pair of collaboration singles, which were credited to SHONEN KAMIKAZE Xchng... the featured artist. The first of these was released in November 2006, "L.A.U.G.H.I.N'". The song was a collaboration with Japanese ska-punk band midnightPumpkin. The second of these, "STAY TUNE!!", was released in March 2007 and featured ska-rock band GOLLBETTY. In April 2007, drummer and programmer JA-G temporarily left the group due to health problems and he was temporarily replaced by YuuKi.

Following up the pair of collaboration singles, the band released a pair of solo singles: "WINDER ~Boku wa Koko ni Iru~" and "Altair ~Kimi to Deaeta Koto~". The first of the pair was used as the opening theme song for the anime series Over Drive, while the second single was used as the theme to the dorama Kodomo no Jijo [5][6]. These two singles were a lot more successful then all of the band's previous singles and mangaed to reached #37 and #30 on the weekly Oricon chart, respectively.

SHONEN KAMIKAZE promoting "HELLO.SWEET ~Hi no Ataru Sakamichi~" (2008)

In August 2007, the band released their second studio album, MASTER'D. The album became the highlight of the band's career and reached into the Oricon top 30 album. The album peaked at #23 on the weekly chart. The album was released in both a CD-only and CD+DVD format. The CD+DVD edition featured the band on the cover, and it's the band's only release to do so. The following month they headed off on their first national tour, Japan Tour DIVE to MASTER'D!! TOUR.07.

In November 2007, JA-G announced his retirement from the band due to health problems, and drummer YuuKi became an official member of the band.

The band started 2008 off with their 11th single, "HELLO.SWEET ~Hi no Ataru Sakamichi~". On that same day the band released, Back To The Beater~Indies Complete & Rare Tracks, which was a collection of their two indie mini-albums NEXSTAR★ and MISSILEE!! [7].

SHONEN KAMIKAZE officially announced their disbanded on June 2nd 2008. In August they released their final studio album, NO and their major label best-of collection. Since then SaCo and KENTARO have gone on to form the indie band HELLOs.

Discography

Studio Albums

Mini-Albums

Best Albums

Singles

DVDs

Works

Radio

Tours

References

  1. ↑ Victor Band Profile
  2. ↑ Japanese Wikipedia: 少年カミカゼのメンバー
  3. ↑ Victor ヤバメムーチョ~ichika-bachika~ Profile
  4. ↑ ヤバメムーチョ~ichika-bachika~ Oricon Profile
  5. ↑ Victor WINDER~ボクハココニイル~ Profile
  6. ↑ Victor Altair~キミと出逢えたこと~ Profile
  7. ↑ Victor Back To The Beater~インディーズコンプリート&レアトラックス Profile

External links

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