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group from
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,
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. The band members are Motoo Fujiwara (
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,
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), Hiroaki Masukawa (
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), Yoshifumi Naoi ( bass) and Hideo Masu (
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). Since their conception in 1994, they have released 27 singles and 10 albums. They are a popular group in Japan; every release since their third single, "
Tentai Kansoku is the third single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album ''Jupiter''. "Tentai Kansoku" was used as the second ending theme for '' Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie'' (2022), covered by the main character's voice actor, Takaha ...
", has charted in the top ten on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Their music has been used in various video games and as theme songs for movies, television shows and
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in
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.


History

The members first met in kindergarten and were classmates throughout their primary and secondary education. Bump of Chicken's first performance was in 1994, during their ninth grade cultural festival, playing a cover of
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' version of "
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". In 1996, their song "Danny" won an award on 96TFM. In 1999, Bump of Chicken released their first album, ''
Flame Vein ''Flame Vein'' is the first studio album by Bump of Chicken, released on March 18, 1999. One track, " Arue", was later released as a limited print single. Another, "Little Braver", was later released on the "Lamp" single as a B-side. It was re-rel ...
'', on High Line Records. Later that year, they released their first single, "
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". In 2000, they released ''The Living Dead'', their final release on High Line. They also held their first live tour, "", during March and April. Later in 2000, the group switched to
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, releasing their first single on the label, "
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", in September. Bump of Chicken's first big success occurred when their single, "
Tentai Kansoku is the third single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album ''Jupiter''. "Tentai Kansoku" was used as the second ending theme for '' Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie'' (2022), covered by the main character's voice actor, Takaha ...
", appeared on the Oricon Weekly Charts in 2001. They held two live tours, " 2001" beginning in March and "Surf Porkin'" beginning in July. In October, they released " Harujion". They released their first album on Toy's Factory, ''
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'', in February 2002 and it was their first number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. In the summer of 2002, their music was featured on the Japanese TV drama ''Tentai Kansoku'', giving them more exposure. At the end of 2002, the group released the single " Snow Smile". 2003 saw the release of their first double A-side single " Lost Man/Sailing day". " Sailing Day" was used as the ending theme to the animated movie '' One Piece: Dead End Adventure''. The beginning of 2004 saw a slew of re-releases. " Arue", from their album ''Flame Vein'', was released as a single in March. They re-released their first two albums in April. ''Flame Vein'' received an extra song and was re-released as ''
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''. ''The Living Dead'' received no modifications. In July, the group released " Only Lonely Glory", which became their first single to chart at number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. A month later, they released their fourth album, ''
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'', which was their second album to reach number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Shortly after, they released " Sharin no Uta", from ''Yggdrasil'', as a single. In 2005, Bump of Chicken released two singles, "
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" and second double A-side single "
Supernova/Karma is the eleventh single by Bump of Chicken, released on November 23, 2005. The title tracks are from the album ''Orbital Period''. "Karma" was used as the opening theme for the video game and animated series ''Tales of the Abyss''. Track listing ...
". Karma was used as the theme song for Namco's "
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". The band's next single, "
Namida no Furusato is the twelfth single by Bump of Chicken, released on November 22, 2006. The title track is from the album ''Orbital Period''. Track listing # (Hometown of Tears) (Fujiwara Motoo) # (Did You See the Red Sky?) (Fujiwara) # (House Sitter) (Hidden ...
" was used in a commercial for Lotte Airs. It became the group's second number one single. In 2007, they released the singles "
Hana no Na is the thirteenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on October 24, 2007. The title track is from the album ''Orbital Period''. The single peaked at #1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts in front of , which was released on the same day. Track listin ...
" and "
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" on the same day. The two singles reached number one and two respectively on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Bump of Chicken released their fifth studio album, ''
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'', on December 19, 2007. They released their first compilation album '' present from you'' on June 18, 2008. This album contains b-sides from singles and other non-album tracks. On November 25, 2009, Bump of Chicken released its third double A-side single " R.I.P./Merry Christmas", their first single in two years. On April 14, 2010, they released " Happy" and then in the following week, another single, " Mahō no Ryōri (Kimi kara Kimi e)". These two singles also reached number one consecutively for two weeks on the Oricon Weekly Charts, the first time a band achieved this since
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's "Love Parade" and "Onegai! Señorita" in 2005. They released a fourth double A-side single " Uchūhikōshi e no Tegami/Motorcycle" on October 13, 2010, and they released a music video for the song on Toy's Factory's YouTube channel on September 14, 2010, which surpassed 200,000 views in two days. On December 15, 2010, they released their sixth studio album, ''
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'', but it did not feature the song " Merry Christmas". In 2011, Bump of Chicken announced that they wrote the song " Tomodachi no Uta" as the theme song for the animated 3D movie '' Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: ~Angel Wings~'', and "Tomodachi no Uta" was released as the single on February 23, 2011. They also released two singles, "
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" on May 11, 2011, and "
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" on October 19, 2011. "Zero" was used as the theme song for video game by
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, ''
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''. Also in 2012, they released two more singles "
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" and "
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", in January and September 2012, respectively. "Good Luck" was featured as the end theme to the Japanese film
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. On March 6, 2013, Bump of Chicken released their first live video and album '' Bump of Chicken Gold Glider Tour 2012'', recorded live at the
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,
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, on July 3, 2012. On September 29, 2020, Bump of Chicken released the single "Acacia", which was featured in a music video named "GOTCHA!" uploaded on the
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YouTube channel to celebrate the release of the Crown Tundra DLC in
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for the
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.


Band members


Motoo Fujiwara

is the
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,
lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...
,
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ist, and main vocalist of the group. He has written most of the music, and has also drawn the artwork for their albums ''The Living Dead'' and ''Yggdrasil''. In March 2006, he released a solo album entitled ''Song for Tales of the Abyss'', which included "Karma" and instrumental versions of songs from the game ''
Tales of the Abyss is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio as the eighth main title in their '' Tales'' series in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. Originally released for the PlayStation 2, the game was published by Namco in Japan ...
''. He uses a Gibson 1960 Les Paul Special Single Cutaway, Sonic fender, Gibson J-45. In August 2020, Fujiwara got married. * Birth date: * Birthplace: Sakura,
Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
* Position: composer/lyricist/vocalist/rhythm guitarist


Hiroaki Masukawa

is the
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of the group, and also writes most of the hidden joke tracks for albums. His nicknames within the band are "Hiro", "Hose", (meaning "very thin"), and "Nikke". He uses a Gibson Les Paul Standard, Fender Stratocaster. * Birth date: * Birthplace: Sakura, Chiba Prefecture * Position: lead guitarist


Yoshifumi Naoi

is the
bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
of the group, and is referred to as the "crowd pleaser". He has released an artbook containing his works, and helped with some album artwork. His nickname within the band is "Chama", a play on the Japanese phrase "Obotchama" referring to a rich family's son. He uses a Sonic Bass, Fender Jazz Bass 65. On September 18, 2020, an article was published detailing an affair he had in 2016 and 2017 while hiding the fact that he was married and a father. Later the same day, he published an apology for his behavior, and announced that he would be taking a break from music. On June 6, 2021, he published yet another, longer apology for the same incident, at the same time announcing his return to the band. * Birth date: * Birthplace: Sakura, Chiba Prefecture * Position: bassist


Hideo Masu

is the
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for the band. He uses a Canopus Maple Shell. * Birth date: * Birthplace: Sakura, Chiba Prefecture * Position: drummer


Songs in popular culture

Their single "Arue" is a song dedicated to the fictional character
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, from the
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series ''
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''. The song is listed as R.A., the initials of the aforementioned character. Their song "Sailing Day" is used at the end credits of the animated film '' One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken''. The same song is also featured in the ''
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'' and ''
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'' series of arcade games. The songs "Tentai Kansoku", "K", "Sailing Day", "Karma" and "Mayday" were later used in the musical arcade game by
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in
GuitarFreaks is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. ...
,
DrumMania is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. ...
,
Jubeat , stylized as ''jubeat'', is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games. The series uses an arrangement of 16 buttons in a 4x4 grid for gameplay ...
, Reflec Beat Limelight and
Pop'n Music , commonly abbreviated as ''Pop'n'', ''PM'' or ''PNM'' and stylized as ''pop'n music'', is a music video game series in the Bemani series made by Konami. The games are known for their bright colors, upbeat songs, and cute cartoon character graphic ...
. "Tentai Kansoku" was also featured in '' Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken''. "Tentai Kansoku" and "Karma" were also featured as covers by the band Afterglow in the mobile game for ''
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''. The song "Karma" from their "Supernova / Karma" single is the main theme for Namco's ''
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'' video game. It also is used on the anime adaptation of the game as the opening theme. The movie '' Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels'' released on March 5, 2011, uses BUMP OF CHICKEN's song "Tomodachi no Uta" as its ending song. All 4 members have loved Doraemon for its unique and loving characters and story and have said that it is an honor to be chosen to sing for the new Doraemon movie. The song "Hello, World!" from their "Hello World! / Colony" single is used as the opening song of the TV anime adaptation of the manga ''
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''. Their song "Zero" was also featured as the opening song for ''
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''. Their songs are used as the opening and closing themes for episodes 1-11 of the
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, '' March Comes in like a Lion'' (3月のライオン). The opening is "Answer", while the closing is "Fighter". Around 2014, before the manga was adapted into an anime, they and the manga's author, Chika Umino, collaborated to make a CGI music video set to their single, "Fighter". The video was made into a stand-alone story promoting the original
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, called ''March Comes in like a Lion meets BUMP OF CHICKEN''. In early April 2017 they posted a long form music video for ''Answer'' to YouTube. Their song "GO" was featured as the opening song for the 2017 anime adaptation of the Japanese mobile game, ''
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''. Their songs "Sirius" and "Spica" are the opening and closing theme songs respectively for Satelight's (Shoji Kawamori) anime '' Juushinki Pandora'', released in 2018. Their song "Gekkou" was used as the opening song for the 2018 TV anime adaptation of the manga ''
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''. Their song "Acacia" was used in a music video collaboration with the
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franchise. Their song "Chronostasis" was used for Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (Meitantei Conan: Halloween no Hanayome), the 25th anime film in the Detective Conan franchise.
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performed a cover of the group's song "Tentai Kansoku" as the second ending
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for '' Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie'' (2022) during its second week of release. Their song "SOUVENIR" was featured as the opening song for the 2022 anime adaptation of the manga
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. Specifically, it was the opening song for the 2nd
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of the series' first season.


Discography


Studio albums


Compilation albums


Other albums


Singles

Digital download only


Videos


Awards and nominations

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, - , 2004 , '' Lost Man'' , Best Your Choice , , - , 2005 , '' Sharin no Uta'' , Best Your Choice , , - , rowspan="2", 2008 , rowspan="2", ''
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'' , Best Your Choice , , - , Best Video of the Year , , - ,
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, ''
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Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 is a 2012 Japanese drama film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga ''Sunset on Third Street'' by Ryōhei Saigan. It is a sequel to '' Always: Sunset on Third Street 2'' (2007). The film was released on 21 January 2012. ...
film)
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, ''Butterflies'' , Best Album of the Year , , - ,
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
, ''Aurora'' , Best Rock Video ,


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Bump of Chicken Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bump Of Chicken Japanese alternative rock groups Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups from Chiba Prefecture Toy's Factory artists Vocaloid musicians