Asian Kung-Fu Generation

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Asian Kung-Fu Generation
pop punk (early)
Years active1996–present
Labels
MembersMasafumi Gotoh
Kensuke Kita
Takahiro Yamada
Kiyoshi Ijichi
Websitewww.asiankung-fu.com

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

punk scene.[6][7] Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics.[8][9] Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim.[10] Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced modern rock bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s.[8]

History

1996–2002: Formation and indie releases

Asian Kung-Fu Generation was first formed in 1996 when

English
. The four spent the remainder of the year playing in clubs and hosting independent events.

The year after, the band made an attempt to attain airplay on indie radio stations for their first Japanese single, "Konayuki" (粉雪). The song was eventually picked up by a popular radio DJ and put into heavy rotation on the station

Shibuya, Shimokitazawa, Kichijōji, and Tokyo.[5]

2002–2004: Hōkai Amplifier and Kimi Tsunagi Five M

Main articles: Hōkai Amplifier and Kimi Tsunagi Five M

On November 25, 2002, after contributing to the Under Flowers Records compilation, Whatch You Gonna Do?, Asian Kung–Fu Generation officially released their first major-label mini-album, Hōkai Amplifier (崩壊アンプリファー).[11] The group enlisted internet radio host and graphic artist Yusuke Nakamura to design and compose their single and album covers.[12] The critically acclaimed EP topped the High Line Records' weekly chart for two consecutive weeks and peaked at number thirty-five on the Oricon indies sales chart.[13]

As a result of its success, Hōkai Amplifier was re-released on April 23, 2003, by the band's new record label,

Summer Sonic '03 in Tokyo and Osaka. On August 6, the band released their major-label debut single, "Mirai no Kakera" (未来の破片), with their second single, "Kimi to Iu Hana" (君という花), following shortly after. Days later, AKG held the first edition of what would become an annual festival, the Nano-Mugen Fes. The event took place on August 11 at the Shinjuku LOFT.[14] The band followed it up by releasing their first full-length studio album, Kimi Tsunagi Five M (君繋ファイブエム) on November 19.[5]
The LP sold over 250,000 copies and landed in the number five spot on the Oricon charts in its first week. As their fame and following grew, fans began calling the band simply Ajikan (アジカン), an abbreviation of how the band's name is rendered in Japanese.

2004–2005: Sol-fa

Main article: Sol-fa (album)

As they entered 2004, AKFG received the award for Best New Artist while their video for "Kimi to Iu Hana" won the award for Best Music Video at the

Rock In Japan Fes 04
, and Fuji Rock Festival 04.

Over the course of the year, the band released four more singles: "

music videos for all singles from "Haruka Kanata" to "Kimi no Machi Made," including a never before seen clip of "Siren." The video contains audio commentary for each song, a making-of featurette, and live footage derived from their concerts.[5] In 2016, the song "Re:Re:" was rerecorded and used as the opening for the anime Erased.[19]

2005–2007: Fanclub and Feedback File

Main articles: Fanclub (album) and Feedback File

Due in part to their growing recognition, Asian Kung-Fu Generation would dedicate a significant amount of time the next couple of years going on extensive national tours. Between March 14 and June 26 of 2005, AKG went on an extensive sold-out Re:Re Tour, performing at forty-eight concerts in thirty-eight cities throughout Japan. At the same time, the band released their second DVD,

compilation album that retained one song from each band attending the festival. Over the next summer, AKG attended a host of festivals, including Summer Sonic 05, Rising Sun Rock Fes. 2005, and Rock in Japan Fes. 05.[20][21][22] They also appeared as guests on GOGOICHI –SPACE SHOWER CHART SHOW– on November 27 on SPACE SHOWER TV. The band closed the year by releasing the single, "Blue Train
" (ブルートレイン), followed up by a brief tour entitled, "Tour SUI CUP 2005 - Winter Dragon" in December.

The band began 2006 with the release of their upcoming album's second single, "

compilation album was released in July to advertise the Nano-Mugen Festival. After three years of attending the Fuji Rock Fes, AKFG had the opportunity to perform on its coveted primary Green Stage for the first time at Fuji Rock Festival 06.[5][24][25]

To commemorate their ten-year anniversary, Asian Kung–Fu Generation released their first compilation album,

Tekkon Kinkreet, to compose a theme song for the movie. The band created a song called, "Aru Machi no Gunjō" (或る街の群青) and released it as a year-end single prior to the film's debut.[26] As a sign of their increasing cultural prominence, the band came to be parodied in a volume of the popular Hellsing manga by members of the Vatican
named, "The Vactikung."

2007–2008: Withdrawal and World World World

Main article: World World World (Asian Kung-Fu Generation album)

On March 21, the band released another live DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 3 that contained footage of their previous tour. Although they took part in various domestic summer festivals, AKFG gradually became more and more withdrawn over the course of 2007 before halting appearances almost entirely, including the lack of their annual Nano-Mugen festival.[5] Nevertheless, the band released the single "After Dark", which debuted in the top ten on the Oricon charts and was used as the seventh opening for the anime series Bleach.[27]

In March of the following year, the band released their next album, World World World,[28] accompanied by the single "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" (転がる岩、君に朝が降る). Despite the lack of media appearances and the significant timespan between releases, the album debuted at #1 on the Oricon album chart.[29]

Just a few months after the album's release, Asian Kung–Fu Generation released their second major-label EP,

Japan Hot 100.[31]
The song was the band's very first entry on the newly established chart.

2008–2009: Surf Bungaku Kamakura

Main article: Surf Bungaku Kamakura

The band appeared as a supporting act for a show held at Yokohama Bay Hall by American

Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008.[34] Peaking at number eighteen on the Oricon charts and retaining one song from each of the sixteen groups, the compilation expressed the largest track number within the Nano-Mugen series yet. Additionally, the song "Natsusemi" (夏蝉, Summer Cicada), composed by AKFG just for the compilation, managed to peak at number thirty-six on the Japan Hot 100 despite not being released as a single.[35]

In September, Asian Kung–Fu Generation had the opportunity to play side by side with

The Red Album, they performed on September 13 at Intex Osaka and on the 15 at The National Yoyogi First Gymnasium in Tokyo. Asian Kung–Fu Generation, along with fellow Japanese rock band Going Under Ground, performed on both the Osaka and Tokyo stage.[36]

They later released their twelfth single Fujisawa Loser in October followed by their fifth studio album Surf Bungaku Kamakura.

2009–2012: Magic Disk and Best Hit AKG

Main articles: Magic Disk and Best Hit AKG
Asian Kung-Fu Generation performing at Countdown Japan, December 2011

After a busy 2008, the band spent time touring and writing new material. In March 2009, they released their fifth DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5, featuring a collection of live videos from various live events in 2008. In July 2009, Asian Kung–Fu Generation held their annual Nano-Mugen festival. This was accompanied by

tenori-on
and a strings section. The second half of the set included the whole of their 2008 album Surf Bungaku Kamakura from start to finish.

The band released their 13th single, "Shinseiki no Love Song" (新世紀のラブソング, Love Song of the New Century), on December 2, 2009, which featured a DVD of songs from the group's appearance at Jisan Valley Rock Festival earlier in the year. At the same time, the band announced that at the end of March 2010, they would be releasing a new single titled "Solanin", which was to be used as the theme song to the film of the same name. The single featured a remix of "Mustang" from Mada Minu Ashita ni, which was a studio mix of the version played on Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6. The track was also used as the ending theme to the movie.

In January 2010, Gotoh posted an entry into his diary stating that they had recorded a Japanese version of The Rentals song "A Rose Is a Rose".[37] In February 2010, the band spent 2 weeks in New York, in which they recorded 2 songs.[38] In the same month it was announced that the band would provide the opening theme for the anime The Tatami Galaxy, which features character design from Yusuke Nakamura, the same artist who illustrates the Ajikan CD covers.[39] The song was titled "Maigoinu to Ame no Beat" (迷子犬と雨のビート, A Stray Puppy and the Beat of the Rain).[40] A single release is to follow.

In April 2010, Gotoh posted an entry into his diary stating that the band's 6th full-length album would be released in June 2010 with the title "Magic Disk" (マジックディスク, Majikkudisuku).

In March 2011, the

Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011, titled "Hikari" and "All right Part 2".[43]

In July 2011, Asian Kung-Fu Generation played live at "Jisan Valley Rock Festival" an annual 3 day music festival held every July at Jisan Valley Ski Resort, in Icheon, South Korea.[44]

In November 2011, the band announced that they would release a new single and a best of album. The single, titled "Marching Band", was released on November 30 and the best of album, Best Hit AKG, was released in January 2012[45] Gotoh announced via Twitter that the best of album does not represent the end of the band, and that they still plan on releasing an original album in summer, 2012.

2012–2015: Landmark and Feedback File 2

Main articles: Landmark (Asian Kung-Fu Generation album) and Feedback File 2

On April 11, 2012, AKFG released the single, titled "Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase" (踵で愛を打ち鳴らせ, Ring Out Love with Your Heel). It was composed by the band's lead guitarist, Kita. In June 2012, a promotional video was released for a song titled "Yoru o Koete" (夜を越えて, Beyond the Night), in promotion of the Nano-Mugen Festival 2012. It is featured on the

Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012, released on June 27, 2012.[46]

A few days before the 2012 Nano-Mugen Festival, it was announced that a new single, titled "Sore dewa, Mata Ashita" (それでは、また明日, Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow), will be released on July 25, 2012.

Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja, which was released on July 28. After the 2012 Nano-Mugen Festival, it was also announced on the band's website that a new album would be released on September 12, 2012, titled Landmark, and that a tour would follow in the following month of October in support of the album.[48]

A new single, titled "Ima o Ikite" (今を生きて, Live Now), was released on February 20, 2013, and it was featured in a movie, titled

Yokomichi Yonosuke (横道世之介).[49]

In 2013, Asian Kung-Fu Generation undertook their first European tour, with 3 dates in 3 countries consisting of London (31 May), Paris (2 June) and Cologne (3 June). In September 2013, the band celebrated their 10th anniversary of signing onto a major label by holding a special concert over two days at Yokohama Stadium. This concert included guest performers from the HIATUS, The Rentals, Straightener, and Fujifabric.[50]

In December of that year, to celebrate their 10th anniversary they embarked on their first Asia Circuit tour, performing in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan together with Straightener (also celebrating their 10th anniversary) and a local band of each respective country.[51]

2015–2017: Wonder Future and Sol-fa 2016

Main article: Wonder Future

In May 2015, the band released their eighth album, Wonder Future, produced by Masafumi Gotoh.[52] The only single from the album, "Easter" was released in March 2015. To promotion album, they released two music video, "Opera Glasses" and "Planet of the Apes".[53] They held tour named "Asian Kung-fu Generation Tour 2015 (Wonder Future)" from July until October 2015 in Japan and November in Europe.[54] In March 2016, they released live DVD and Blu-ray, Eizo Sakuhin Shu Vol.12 that contains their tour concert in Tokyo International Forum.

Performing in São Paulo at Anime Friends 2017

In 2016, the band released three singles that used as theme song for movie and anime. "Right Now" for theme song 2016 film, Pink and Gray, while the re-recording of "Re:Re:" and "Blood Circulator" used as opening theme song for Erased and Naruto Shippuden respectively.[55][56][57] To celebrate their 20th anniversary live, they re-recorded Sol-fa and held tour with setlist contain all songs from Sol-fa. In 2017, they released their tribute album AKG Tribute,[58] box-set AKG Box –20th Anniversary Edition– that contains their album from Hōkai Amplifier to Wonder Future and released live DVD and Blu-ray, Eizo Sakuhin Shu Vol.13.[59] They also released single "Kōya o Aruke" and was used as the theme song for the 2017 anime film, Night Is Short, Walk On Girl.[60] In July 2017, they held tour in USA and South America.[61] In December 2017, they toured with Feeder and performed a new song called "Sleep", written by Feeder.[62]

2018–2021: Best Hit AKG 2 and Hometown

Main articles: Best Hit AKG 2 and Hometown (Asian Kung-Fu Generation album)

In March 2018, they released Best Hit AKG 2 alongside two bootleg albums, HONE and IMO.[63] They held a tour called "BONES & YAMS" (based two bootleg album artwork), with Nick Moon as opening act.[64] In September 2018, the band released a single "Boys & Girls".[65] In December 2018, they released their ninth studio album Hometown with limited edition contains Can't Sleep EP. They decided to split album because they didn't want people to pay double the amount for separate CDs and listening album for one hour more is too long.[66] Both album has collaboration with other musicians such as Rivers Cuomo, Butch Walker, Grant Nicholas, Ayaka Tatamino, Atsushi Horie, and The Charm Park.[66] To promote the new album, the band have announced a nationwide tour in Japan set for March to July.[67] They also released music videos for "Hometown", "Haikyo no Kioku", "Sleep", "UCLA", "Motor Pool", and "Rainbow Flag", with three latter were result from Creator Auditions hosted by koe Inc.[68][69] In May 2019, they released double A-side single, "Dororo/Kaihōku". "Dororo" was used as the second opening for 2019 remake anime, Dororo.[70] In October 2019, they had tour called Nano-Iro Electric Tour with Straightener and Ellegarden in three venue, with each band acted as headliner.[71] After the tour, they have announced two concerts in London and Paris alongside two additional concerts in London as opening act for Feeder in November 2019.[72][73]

In January 2020, they announced tour named Tour 2020 Sui Cup 2 -The Song of Apple- that would be performed in May–June.

RAK Studio.[75] They also held special three days concert to replace the cancelled tour.[76]

In June 2021, it was announced Asian Kung-Fu Generation would provide the theme song for the new My Hero Academia movie My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission called "Empathy".[77] In July 2021, it was announced new single "Empathy" and music video collection called Eizo Sakuhin Shu vol. 17 will release on 4 August 2021. They will also embark on a 25th anniversary tour, titled Quarter-Century, in November 2021.[78][79] In November 2021, they announced special two night concert named More Than a Quarter-Century at Pacifico Yokohama in March 2022.[80]

2022–present: Planet Folks and Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete

Main article: Planet Folks

On March 30, 2022, they released their tenth studio album Planet Folks. It included three previous singles alongside "Flowers" from Empathy's B-side and guest musicians such as ROTH BART BARON, Rachel of Chelmico, and OMSB.[81] They released three music videos, "You To You", "De Arriba", and "Hoshi no Yoru, Hikari no Machi" and they held tour named "Tour 2022 (Planet Folks)" from May to November 2022 in Japan.[82] Also in this tour, they replaced their longest support member Ryosuke Shimomura (who wanted to focus on his solo project) with YeYe, Achico, George, and Kikuchi Takuma.[83][84] Documentary of Planet Folks album called "(Planet Folks) 5-hour liner notes" was released on Youtube and divided into several videos. At 2022 Space Shower Music Awards, they were awarded "Best Respect Artist".[85]

In August 2022, they performed in Summer Sonic 2022 festival for first time since 2005. New single, "

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations opening "Karma" digitally, along with announcing a full CD single to be released on February 8.[88]

On May 4, the band announced they would release a completed version of Surf Bungaku Kamakura on July 5, including a rerecording of the original album, and 5 new songs to cover the stations of the Enoshima Electric Railway line which did not originally have one.[89][90] Two songs have been released as singles, "Yanagikōji Parallel Universe" and "Nissaka Down Hill", which are B-sides to Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe and Shukuen respectively. A national tour to promote the album later in the year was also announced shortly prior to the album's release.

On May 25, the band provided a song called "Beautiful Stars" for actress Non for her second album, Pursue and the band also featured in the music video.[91]

In August 2023, the band was scheduled as guest in Kana-Boon's concert but cancelled it due to Ijichi tested positive for COVID-19.[92] After he recovered, the band performed in some summer Japan festivals like Rock In Japan, Sweet Love Shower and Rush Ball. The band also performed live in Indonesia for the first time on August 18.[93]

Musical style

Masafumi Gotoh

The musical style of Asian Kung-Fu Generation largely has been influenced by seminal 1990s

string arrangements into their music. Ijichi is also a skilled pianist and can be heard playing an excerpt of "Claire de Lune" from French composer Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque on their third studio album Fanclub
.

Leader singer Masafumi Gotoh typically employs quiet-loud dynamics, as his vocal style often alternates between soft, melodic singing, and harder, harsher, yelling.[16] Gotoh serves as the band's main songwriter and is responsible writing a majority of their lyrics alongside playing the rhythm guitar. However, Gotoh tends to share songwriting duties among his bandmates, particularly with bassist Takahiro Yamada, whom he sometimes harmonizes with on songs.[95] Lead guitarist Kensuke Kita also serves as a backup singer, and has been known to sing lead vocals on occasion.

Band members

Discography

Main article: Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography
Studio albums

Awards and nominations

American Anime Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 "Rewrite"
(from anime Fullmetal Alchemist) 		Best Anime Theme Song[97] Won
CD Shop Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Sol-fa Revisited Award[98] Won
2021 Nana-Iro Electric Tour 2019
(with Ellegarden and Straightener) 		Live Work Award[99] Won
Japan Gold Disc Award
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Asian Kung-Fu Generation New Artist of the Year[100] Won
2005 Sol-fa Rock & Pop Album of the Year[101] Won
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005
 "Kimi no Machi Made" Best Rock Video Nominated
Best Group Video Nominated
2006
 "World Apart" Best Rock Video[102] Nominated
2007
 "Aru Machi no Gunjō" Best Rock Video[103] Nominated
2011 "Solanin"
(from live-action film Solanin) 		Best Video from a Film Nominated
Newtype Anime Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 "Re:Re:"
(from anime Erased) 		Best Theme Song[104] 5th place
Space Shower Music Video Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 "Kimi to Iu Hana" Best New Artist[15] Won
2005 "Kimi no Machi Made" Best Concept Video[105] Won
2006 "Blue Train" Best Group Video[106] Won
2008 "After Dark" Best Rock Video[107] Won
2009 "Fujisawa Loser" Conceptual Video[108] Nominated
2010 "Shinseiki no Love Song" Best Rock Video[109] Nominated
2015 "Rolling Stone" Best Video[110] Nominated
Space Shower Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 Asian Kung-Fu Generation Best Rock Artist[111] Nominated
2017 Asian Kung-Fu Generation Best Rock Artist[112] Nominated
2019 Asian Kung-Fu Generation Best Group Artist[113] Nominated
2022 Asian Kung-Fu Generation Best Respect Artist[114] Won

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション, Hepburn: Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon

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