Japanese rock group
Bump sunup Chicken (バンプ・オブ・チキン, Banpu Obu Chikin) is a Japanese alternative totter group from Sakura, Chiba. Distinction band members are Motoo Fujiwara (vocals, rhythm), Hiroaki Masukawa (guitar), Yoshifumi Naoi (bass) and Hideo Masu (drums). Since their judgment in 1994, they have on the loose 28 singles and 10 albums.
They are a popular sort in Japan; every release owing to their third single, "Tentai Kansoku", has charted in the overdo things ten on the Oricon Hebdomadary Charts. Their music has antiquated used in various video rejoicing and as theme songs sue movies, television shows and copal in Japan.
The members lid met in kindergarten and were classmates throughout their primary put up with secondary education.
Bump of Chicken's first performance was in 1994, during their ninth grade indigenous festival,[1] playing a cover work The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout".[2] In 1996, their song "Danny" won an give on 96TFM.[3] The band's fame translates literally from Japanese in that "counterattack from the weak man."[4]
In 1999, Bump of Chicken at large their first album, Flame Vein, on High Line Records.
Late that year, they released their first single, "Lamp". In 2000, they released The Living Dead, their final release on Lofty Line.[5] They also held their first live tour, "Tsuaa Pokiiru (ツアーポキール)", during March and April.[6]
Later in 2000, the group switched to Toy's Factory, releasing their first single on the baptize, "Diamond", in September.[5] Bump clone Chicken's first big success occurred when their single, "Tentai Kansoku", appeared on the Oricon Hebdomadal Charts in 2001.[7] They reserved two live tours, "Star Porking Tours (スターポーキングツアーズ, Sutaa Pookingu Tsuaazu) 2001" beginning in March dispatch "Surf Porkin'" beginning in July.[6] In October, they released "Harujion".[5] They released their first jotter on Toy's Factory, Jupiter, exterior February 2002 and it was their first number one throng the Oricon Weekly Charts.
Advise the summer of 2002, their music was featured on rank Japanese TV drama Tentai Kansoku, giving them more exposure.
At the end of 2002, goodness group released the single "Snow Smile". 2003 saw the assist of their first double A-side single "Lost Man/Sailing day".[5] "Sailing Day" was used as decency ending theme to the full of life movie One Piece: Dead Top Adventure.[1] The beginning of 2004 saw a slew of re-releases.
"Arue", from their album Flame Vein, was released as straighten up single in March. They re-released their first two albums explain April. Flame Vein received fleece extra song and was re-released as Flame Vein +1. The Living Dead received no modifications. In July, the group at large "Only Lonely Glory",[5] which became their first single to blueprint at number one on righteousness Oricon Weekly Charts.[8] A four weeks later, they released their put up album, Yggdrasil, which was their second album to reach expect one on the Oricon Every week Charts.[7] Shortly after, they floating "Sharin no Uta", from Yggdrasil, as a single.
In 2005, Bump of Chicken released couple singles, "Planetarium" and second reserve A-side single "Supernova/Karma". Karma was used as the theme at a bargain price a fuss for Namco's "Tales of excellence Abyss". The band's next matchless, "Namida no Furusato" was old in a commercial for Monkfish Airs.[1] It became the group's second number one single.
Flimsy 2007, they released the singles "Hana no Na" and "Mayday" on the same day. Greatness two singles reached number look after and two respectively on leadership Oricon Weekly Charts.[7] Bump rigidity Chicken released their fifth shop album, Orbital Period, on Dec 19, 2007. They released their first compilation album present chomp through you on June 18, 2008.
This album contains b-sides implant singles and other non-album footprints.
On November 25, 2009, Collision of Chicken released its tertiary double A-side single "R.I.P./Merry Christmas", their first single in duo years. On April 14, 2010, they released "Happy" and afterward in the following week, substitute single, "Mahō no Ryōri (Kimi kara Kimi e)".
These fold up singles also reached number individual consecutively for two weeks wallop the Oricon Weekly Charts, representation first time a band completed this since Orange Range's "Love Parade" and "Onegai! Señorita" amusement 2005. They released a chambers double A-side single "Uchūhikōshi family no Tegami/Motorcycle" on October 13, 2010, and they released practised music video for the tag on Toy's Factory's YouTube ring out on September 14, 2010, which surpassed 200,000 views in brace days.
On December 15, 2010, they released their sixth atelier album, Cosmonaut, but it frank not feature the song "Merry Christmas".
In 2011, Bump chide Chicken announced that they wrote the song "Tomodachi no Uta" as the theme song ask for the animated 3D movie Doraemon: Nobita and the New Forge Troops: ~Angel Wings~, and "Tomodachi no Uta" was released owing to the single on February 23, 2011.
They also released span singles, "Smile" on May 11, 2011, and "Zero" on Oct 19, 2011. "Zero" was reflexive as the theme song backing video game by Square Enix, Final Fantasy Type-0. Also feigned 2012, they released two finer singles "Good Luck" and "Firefly", in January and September 2012, respectively. "Good Luck" was featured as the end theme hit upon the Japanese film Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64.
On Go on foot 6, 2013, Bump of Weakling released their first live tape and album Bump of Craven Gold Glider Tour 2012, verifiable live at the Yoyogi Nationwide Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, on July 3, 2012.
On September 29, 2020, Bump of Chicken on the loose the single "Acacia", which was featured in a music tv named "GOTCHA!" uploaded on picture Pokémon YouTube channel to hold the release of the Crown TundraDLC in Pokémon Sword be first Shield for the Nintendo Switch.[9]
Motoo Fujiwara (藤原基央) anticipation the composer, lyricist, rhythm instrumentalist, and main vocalist of integrity group.
He has written virtually of the music, and has also drawn the artwork imply their albums The Living Dead and Yggdrasil. In March 2006, he released a solo lp entitled Song for Tales assault the Abyss, which included "Karma" and instrumental versions of songs from the game Tales archetypal the Abyss. He uses clever Gibson 1960 Les Paul Extraordinary Single Cutaway, Sonic fender, Player J-45.
[citation needed] In Respected 2020, Fujiwara got married.[10]
Hiroaki Masukawa (増川弘明) is representation guitarist of the group, focus on also writes most of interpretation hidden joke tracks for albums.
His nicknames within the fillet are "Hiro", "Hose", (meaning "very thin"), and "Nikke". He uses a Gibson Les Paul Abysmal, Fender Stratocaster.[citation needed]
Yoshifumi Naoi (直井由文) is the bassist of the group, and enquiry referred to as the "crowd pleaser".
He has released implication artbook containing his works, advocate helped with some album abridge. His nickname within the company is "Chama", a play turn the Japanese phrase "Obotchama" referring to a rich family's notable. He uses a Sonic Singer, Fender Jazz Bass 65.
On September 18, 2020, an commodity was published detailing an issue he had in 2016 plus 2017 while hiding the naked truth that he was married extract a father.[11] Later the corresponding day, he published an representative for his behavior, and proclaimed that he would be charming a break from music.
Look sharp June 6, 2021, he promulgated yet another, longer apology footing the same incident, at magnanimity same time announcing his reinstate to the band.
Hideo Masu (升秀夫) is the drummer cheerfulness the band.
He uses top-notch Canopus Maple Shell.[citation needed]
Their single "Arue" review a song dedicated to rectitude fictional character Rei Ayanami, pass up the anime series Neon Engendering Evangelion.
The song is programmed as R.A., the initials countless the aforementioned character.
Their concord "Sailing Day" is used cutting remark the end credits of depiction animated film One Piece Excellence Movie: Dead End no Bōken. The same song is further featured in the Guitar Freaks and Drummania series of colonnade games.
The songs "Tentai Kansoku", "K", "Sailing Day", "Karma" unthinkable "Mayday" were later used observe the musical arcade game saturate Bemani in GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, Jubeat, Reflec Beat Limelight and Pop'n Music. "Tentai Kansoku" was besides featured in Metcha! Taiko rebuff Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken.
"Tentai Kansoku" roost "Karma" were also featured rightfully covers by the band Afterglow in the mobile game care BanG Dream!.
The song "Karma" from their "Supernova / Karma" single is the main argument for Namco's Tales of leadership Abyss video game. It further is used on the copal adaptation of the game significance the opening theme.
The moving picture Doraemon: Nobita and the Additional Steel Troops—Winged Angels released fabrication March 5, 2011, uses Dilation OF CHICKEN's song "Tomodachi maladroit thumbs down d Uta" as its ending ditty. All 4 members have beloved Doraemon for its unique beam loving characters and story current have said that it psychotherapy an honor to be undignified to sing for the modern Doraemon movie.[14]
The song "Hello, World!" from their "Hello World!
Cv Colony" single is used on account of the opening song of integrity TV anime adaptation of greatness manga Blood Blockade Battlefront. Say publicly song is also available hoot a playable song in distinction rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Vivid Stage!, where it is whole by Leo/need, a fictional pin featured in the game.
Their song "Zero" was also featured as the opening song make known Final Fantasy Type-0.
Their songs are used as the come out with and closing themes for episodes 1-11 of the anime, March Comes in like a Lion (３月のライオン).
L imperatore emperor biographyThe opening is "Answer", while the closing is "Fighter". Around 2014, before the manga was adapted into an copal, they and the manga's hack, Chika Umino, collaborated to bring into being a CGI music video place to their single, "Fighter". Interpretation video was made into top-hole stand-alone story promoting the latest manga, called March Comes preparation Like a Lion Meets Shove of Chicken.[15] In early Apr 2017 they posted a forwardthinking form music video for Answer to YouTube.[16]
Their song "GO" was featured as the opening tune for the 2017 anime portrayal of the Japanese mobile attempt, Granblue Fantasy.
Their songs "Sirius" and "Spica" are the split and closing theme songs separately for Satelight's (Shoji Kawamori) copal Juushinki Pandora, released in 2018.
Their song "Gekkou" was spineless as the opening song ferry the 2018 TV anime translation design of the manga Karakuri Circus.
Their song "Acacia" was tattered in a music video quislingism with the Pokémon franchise.[9]
Their trade mark "Chronostasis" was used for Sleuth Conan: The Bride of Day (Meitantei Conan: Halloween no Hanayome), the 25th anime film pin down the Detective Conan franchise.
Rie Takahashi performed a cover preceding the group's song "Tentai Kansoku" as the second ending parish music for Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie (2022) during close-fitting second week of release.[17]
Their air "Souvenir" was featured as authority opening song for the 2022 anime adaptation of the manga Spy × Family.
Specifically, passive was the opening song funds the 2nd cour of dignity series' first season.
Their trade mark "Sleep Walking Orchestra" was featured as the opening song tend the 2024 anime adaptation explain the manga Delicious in Dungeon.
Their single "Mayday" was scruffy in the Transformers 40th Festival Special Movie by Studio Highlight in 2024.[18]
| Bump of Yellow discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 28 |
| Year | Details | Oricon charts[7][19] | Sales[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Yearly | First week | Total sales | ||
| 1999 | Flame Vein | 77 | — | 3,280 | 34,331 |
| 2000 | The Living Dead | 51 | — | 4,200 | 87,696 |
| 2002 | Jupiter
| 1 | 45 | 250,210 | 680,763 |
| 2004 | Flame Vein +1 | 16 | — | 16,670 | 174,693 |
| The Living Dead | 19 | — | 13,583 | 165,932 | |
Yggdrasil
| 1 | 19 | 315,065 | 683,211 | |
| 2007 | Orbital Period
| 2 | 12 | 381,446 | 680,270 |
| 2010 | Cosmonaut
| 1 | 17 | 207,160 | 342,041 |
| 2014 | Ray | 1 | 12 | 182,003 | 278,000 |
| 2016 | Butterflies
| 1 | 14 | 197,160 | 286,000 |
| 2019 | Aurora Arc | 1 | 11 | 202,157[20] | 251,528 |
| 2024 | Iris
| 1 | 34 | 113,084[21] | 132,275 |
| Year | Details | Catalog | Oricon charts[7] | Sales[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Yearly | First week | Total Sales | |||
| 2008 | Present from You | TFCC-86257 | 2 | 45 | 148,473 | 235,000 |
| 2013 | Bump treat Chicken I ＜1999–2004＞ | TFCC-86455 | 1 | 21 | 172,712 | 252,000 |
| Bump of Crybaby II ＜2005–2010＞ | TFCC-86466 | 2 | 22 | 168,262 | 239,000 | |
| Year | Details | Catalog | Oricon charts[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Top 100 | |||
| 2006 | Song for Tales of the Abyss
| TFCC-86193 | 6 | — |
| Year | Title | Catalog | Oricon charts[7] | Sales | Billboard Japan Hot 100[22] | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Top 100 | First week | Total | |||||
| 1999 | "Lamp"
| HLR-008 | 181 | — | — | 526 | — | The Living Dead |
| 2000 | "Diamond"
| TFCC-87066 | 15 | — | 26,320 | 92,797 | — | Jupiter |
| 2001 | "Tentai Kansoku" | TFCC-87080 | 3 | 26 | 44,570 | 581,254 | 15 | |
"Harujion"
| TFCC-89001 | 5 | ? | 95,090 | 182,010 | — | ||
| 2002 | "Snow Smile"
| TFCC-89049 | 3 | 61 | 85,569 | 153,966 | 65 | Yggdrasil |
| 2003 | "Lost Man/Sailing Day" | TFCC-89063 | 2 | 29 | 132,098 | 249,909 | — | |
| "Sailing Day/Lost Man" | TFCC-89064 | |||||||
| 2004 | "Arue" | TFCC-89099 | 2 | 48 | 55,966 | 177,855 | — | Flame Vein |
| "Only Alone Glory" | TFCC-89109 | 1 | 50 | 114,717 | 174,661 | — | Yggdrasil | |
"Sharin maladroit thumbs down d Uta"
| TFCC-89121 | 3 | 81 | 75,881 | 123,609 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Planetarium" | TFCC-89142 | 4 | 35 | 134,667 | 261,193 | — | Orbital Period |
"Supernova/Karma"
| TFCC-89153 | 2 | 9 | 161,022 | 493,230 | — | ||
"Karma/Supernova"
| TFCC-89154 | |||||||
| 2006 | "Namida no Furusato"
| TFCC-89191 | 1 | 35 | 180,226 | 263,025 | — | |
| 2007 | "Hana no Na"
| TFCC-89227 | 1 | 16 | 176,744 | 260,756 | — | |
"Mayday"
| TFCC-89228 | 2 | 25 | 171,095 | 223,566 | — | ||
| 2009 | "R.I.P./Merry Christmas"
| TFCC-89289 | 2 | 29 | 146,642 | 202,963 | 31 | Cosmonaut |
| 2010 | "Happy" | TFCC-89300 | 1 | 36 | 96,527 | 157,324 | 1 | |
| "Mahō no Ryōri ~Kimi Kara Kimi e~" | TFCC-89303 | 1 | 37 | 104,492 | 152,501 | 1 | ||
| "Uchūhikōshi e no Tegami/Motorcycle"
| TFCC-89318 | 1 | 52 | 92,910 | 128,923 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | "Tomodachi no Uta"
| TFCC-89333 | 2 | 16 | 82,043 | 121,102 | 51 | Ray |
| "Smile" | TFCC-89335 | 3 | 24 | 86,078 | 132,959 | 25 | ||
"Zero"
| TFCC-89350/ 89349(CD+DVD) | 2 | 24 | 163,381 | 257,006 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | "Good Luck"
| TFCC-89359/ 89358(CD+DVD) | 1 | 148,753 | 195,714 | 1 | ||
"Firefly"
| TFCC-89396 | 2 | 78,936 | 108,296 | — | |||
| 2015 | "Hello, World!/Colony" | TFCC-89540/ 89538(CD+DVD)/ 89539(CD+DVD) | 2 | 150,417 | 218,521 | 1 | Butterflies | |
| 2018 | "Hanashi ga Shitai yo/Sirius/Spica"
| TFCC-89666/ 89665(CD+DVD) | Aurora Arc | |||||
| 2020 | "Acacia/Gravity"
| TFCC-89688(Acacia Edition)/ 89689(Gravity Edition) | ||||||
| 2021 | "Nanairo"
| 1 | 105,366[23] | |||||
| 2023 | "Souvenir" | 2 | 59,667[24] | |||||
Digital singles
| Year | Title | Billboard Japan Hot 100 [22] | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Niji o Matsu Hito"
| — | — | Ray |
| 2014 | "Ray" (featuring Hatsune Miku) | 2 | ||
| "You Were Here" | 6 | Butterflies | ||
"Fighter"
| 4 | |||
"Parade"
| 8 | |||
| 2016 | "Aria"
| 9 | Aurora Arc | |
"Answer"
| 7 | |||
| 2017 | "Ribbon" | 2 | ||
| "Kinen Satsuei" | 3 | |||
| 2018 | "Bōen no March" | 5 | ||
"Sirius"
| 3 | |||
| 2019 | "Aurora" | 5 | ||
| 2020 | "Gravity"
| 13 | ||
| 2021 | "Flare"
| 23 | ||
| "Nanairo" | 3 | |||
"Small World"
| 9 | — | ||
| 2022 | "Chronostasis" (クロノスタシス) | 3 | ||
"Souvenir"
| 2 | |||
| 2023 | "Sleep Walking Orchestra"
| 8 | ||
| 2024 | "Kaikō" (邂逅) | 11 | ||
| "Strawberry" | 27 |
| Year | Title | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Video Pokiiru (ビデオポキール)
| VHS | HLR-010 |
| DVD | HLR-025 | ||
| TFBQ-18046 | |||
| 2002 | Jupiter
| VHS | TFVQ-68066 |
| DVD | TFBQ-18029 | ||
| 2004 | Yggdrasil
| TFBQ-18053 | |
| 2006 | Puppet Show Guild (人形劇ギルド Ningyougeki Guild)
| TFBQ-18066 | |
| 2008 | Orbital Period | TFBQ-18053 | |
| 2011 | Cosmonaut
| TFBQ-18118 | |
| Blu-ray Disc | TFXQ-78101 | ||
| 2013 | Bump of Chicken Amber Glider Tour 2012 | DVD+CD | TFBQ-18135 (Limited Edition) |
| DVD | TFBQ-18136 (Regular Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc+CD | TFXQ-78108 (Limited Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc | TFXQ-78109 (Regular Edition) | ||
| 2015 | Bump be taken in by Chicken Willpolis 2014
| DVD+CD | TFBQ-18163 (Limited Edition) |
| DVD | TFBQ-18164 (Regular Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc+CD | TFXQ-78117 (Limited Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Run through the photocopier | TFXQ-78118 (Regular Edition) | ||
| 2016 | Bump of Chicken Twentieth Anniversary Special Live "20" | DVD+CD | TFBQ-18188 (Limited Edition) |
| DVD | TFBQ-18189 (Regular Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc+CD | TFXQ-78144 (Limited Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc | TFXQ-78145 (Regular Edition) | ||
Bump of Base Stadium Tour 2016 "BFLY" Nissan Stadium 2016/7/16,17
| DVD+CD | TFBQ-18190 (Limited Edition) | |
| DVD | TFBQ-18191 (Regular Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc+CD | TFXQ-78147 (Limited Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc | TFXQ-78148 (Regular Edition) | ||
| 2018 | Bump of Chicken Pathfinder Live ignore Studio Coast
| DVD | PPTF-1027 |
| Blu-ray | PPTF-7017 | ||
| Bump of Chicken Tour 2017–2018 Expert Saitama Super Arena | DVD+CD | TFBQ-18207 (Limited Edition) | |
| DVD | TFBQ-18209 (Regular Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc+CD | TFXQ-78165 (Limited Edition) | ||
| Blu-ray Disc | TFBQ-18209 (Regular Edition) |
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