Hemenway was a Japanese
rock
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band formed in 2011 by
Korean-American
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s Isaac and Charm, along with Toshi and Ogaching who are Japanese natives. The members originally met at
Berklee College of Music
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in
Boston, Massachusetts in 2008 before forming the band. Isaac, the band's vocalist, speaks
English
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,
Korean and
Japanese, and many of their songs feature lyrics in all three languages.
Hemenway provided the 20th ending to the Japanese
anime
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''
Naruto Shippūden'', the first opening theme to the anime ''
Eureka Seven AO'', and the opening theme to the anime ''Duel Masters Victory V3''. Their single for ''Eureka Seven AO'', "Escape", placed on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
sales charts 5 times, peaking at 34th place.
On March 24, 2014, Hemenway announced the band's departure due to musical creative differences between the band members.
See also
*
THE RiCECOOKERS - another Japanese rock band formed of Berklee alumni
*
Naoki Urasawa - Japanese
manga
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artist and musician who collaborated with Hemenway on a live show at
Japan Expo
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2012
External links
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Amuse Management profileKi/oon Music profile
References
Japanese rock music groups
Ki/oon Music artists
Berklee College of Music alumni
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