Man with a Mission, stylized as MAN WITH A MISSION or sometimes as MWAM, is a Japanese

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band which was formed in

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, in 2010. The band currently consists of five band members, with stage names of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals, leader), Jean-Ken Johnny (guitar, vocals, rap), Kamikaze Boy (bass guitar, backing vocals), DJ Santa Monica (DJ, sampling) and Spear Rib (drums). Their distinguishing feature is that all of the members wear differently designed wolf masks during both their concerts and their music videos. Many of their singles have been used as theme songs for a variety of

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, live-action movies, and video games.

Background

Before becoming popular, the band invented a

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for why they wear wolf masks, which involves them being created as the "Ultimate Life Form" by

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, who is described by the band as being the doctor of the guitar and master wolf biologist. They were then frozen in

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for years. While they were frozen, they had been listening to all kinds of music from all around the world, before later escaping and emerging onto the Japanese music scene.

History

Beginnings and first album

The earliest debut of the band was in a number of live gigs at

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in the Shibuya area. The band organized an American tour in late 2010, which was called their "

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" tour and involved multiple gigs at

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. The tour itself ended in November 2010. The end of their tour coincided with the release of their first

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, ''Welcome to the New World'', in November as well, which went on to sell out in a number of stores across Japan. The mini album also spent six weeks on the Oricon Top 100 for number of sales. On April 29, 2011, they released a new

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titled "Never Fxxkin' Mind the Rules". After the single release, the band started another music tour on March 7, 2011, called "Man with a Mission Japan Marking Tour 2011", which included 13 different performances across Japan. Their first full debut

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, ''Man with a Mission'', released on June 8, 2011. Soon after the release of their album, they participated in a major Japanese concert event, known as " Summer Sonic 2011" in mid-August, and also a number of other summer festivals, such as "Countdown Japan 11/12". Labeled by ''Eggman Magazine'' as the "Most Promising Newcomer", tickets to their show at the concert festival sold out within ten minutes. During the stream of concerts, their songs were also run on 27 of the major FM and AM radio broadcasting stations nationwide across Japan. On October 5, 2011, the band released an EP titled ''Trick or Treat'', which included a number of original songs and also

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, such as "

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" by

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. The members of Man with a Mission were also featured in a poster campaign by

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titled "''No Music, No Life?''", which began on September 13, 2011.

''Mash Up the World''

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On May 27, 2012, MWAM held a show tour at Shibuya-AX with an attendance of 1,800 fans. It was an early performance for the band's ''Don't Feel The Distance'' tour set in November, which was meant to highlight one of the singles, "Distance", from their upcoming album. The single's earlier release on April 4 to the

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rankings saw it rise to #6 in the sales chart. The expected stops on the tour included

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, Zepp Namba, and Zepp Tokyo. Pre-order tickets for all venues of the tour were sold out "instantly" across Japan. The band's second full album, ''Mash Up The World'', was released on July 18, 2012. The band uploaded the music video for one of the album's singles, "From Youth To Death", onto

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on June 21, 2012. The official app for the album also included snippets of the single, along with two other original songs, "Mash UP The DJ!" and "Neutral Corner". "Distance"'s April release also saw it being chosen as the opening theme music for

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's Music Ru TV channel for the month. The band was also invited as guests to Japan Expo 2012, playing as the rock showcase on July 5, 2012.

''Tales of Purefly''

Their next single, "Emotions", which was used as a theme for the live action movie adaptation of the ''

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'' manga, was released on February 20, 2013. The follow-up single "Database" was used as the opening theme for the anime ''

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'' Another song from the album, titled "Wake Myself Again", was used as the theme song for the live-action film of the manga ''Judge''. Character models of the MWAM band were added to the Japanese release of the video game ''

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'', along with the ''Tales of Purefly'' song "Higher", which was previously used in the Japanese version of '' World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2014 - Aoki Samurai no Chousen''. The song "whatever you had said was everything" was featured in a commercial TV spot for the live action film ''

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'', which is based on the manga ''

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''.

''The World's On Fire''

Man With a Mission performed the theme song for the anime ''

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'', titled "Seven Deadly Sins". The song peaked at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 9 weeks. Their single titled "Raise Your Flag" was featured as the opening song for the anime '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans''. The song also peaked at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 17 weeks. The fourth studio album titled '' The World's On Fire'' was released on February 10, 2016, preceded by the album's third single "Memories". The first song on the album, titled "Survivor", was chosen by

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to be the

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for the video game ''

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''.

''Chasing the Horizon''

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, the song was used as the theme song for the movie ''

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''. On June 27 of the same year, the band would release a second single entitled "Dog Days"; the song would be utilized in a TV commercial for Asahi Dry Zero beer in Japan. In 2017 they would also create the song "My Hero" to serve as the opening to the anime ''

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'' as well as the song "Find You" to be used as the ending to the

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film adaptation of ''

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''. The band collaborated with their fellow Japanese music group

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in 2018 to create the song "Freak It!", which was released on February 2 and selected as the official song of Japan's Sunwolves Super Rugby team. On April 18, MWAM released the "Take Me Under/Winding Road" single. The band announced their fifth studio album, ''Chasing the Horizon'', six days later; this album differs from their prior four in that this will be the first MWAM album to get an international release, while the album is set to release in Japan on June 6, it will be available digitally worldwide 2 days later and then an international version of the album will be physically released on August 10, 2018 featuring bonus materials. The single "Break the Contradictions" off the album was selected as the theme of

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's 2018

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, the company's premier tournament.

Ten-year anniversary

2020 marked the 10 year anniversary of the band's debut and they set out to do a number of things to celebrate the event. On February 17 they announced an outdoor festival called THE MISSION to celebrate this milestone; unfortunately due to the

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they were forced to cancel the festival. In addition to this festival, MWAM set out to release a trio of compilation albums; April 1 saw the release of ''Man with a "B-Sides & Covers" Mission'' while the following month saw the release of ''Man with a "Remix" Mission'' on May 17 with ''Man with a "Best" Mission'' slated to be released on July 15. On August 29 the band live streamed a concert from Zepp Tokyo online entitled MAN WITH A “REBOOT & LIVE STREAMING” MISSION, and during this show announced they would be releasing a trilogy of singles in the fall; the first single releases in October with two more to follow in November and December. On October 29 the band released the first of the singles, "Telescope", as well as broadcasting a live show from KT Zepp Yokohama online entitled MAN WITH A "Telescope" MISSION. The band released the second of their singles trilogy on November 29 entitled "All You Need" and celebrated the release with another live streamed show from Zepp Nagoya entitled MAN WITH A "All You Need" MISSION. Finally, on December 29 they released the final single, "evergeen", with a live streamed show from Zepp Fukuoka called MAN WITH A "evergreen" MISSION.

A new story begins

In their 2020 end of the year video posted to YouTube, the band announced that on February 9, 2021 a new story will begin. On January 21, 2021 they announced a new EP entitled ''One Wish e.p.'' to be released February 10. On April 28th, the band released the single "Perfect Clarity". The band created the theme song for the Japanese release of

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entitled "INTO THE DEEP", the single of the song is set to be released on June 9. The band culminated this by live-streaming the final show from their ONE WISH TOUR from Zepp Sapporo on May 14th, featuring the debut of the "INTO THE DEEP" music video.

''Break and Cross the Walls I and II''

On October 2, 2021, the band announced they were set to release their sixth studio album ''Break and Cross the Walls I'' on November 24 of the same year. On March 14, 2022 the follow-up album ''Break and Cross the Walls II'' was announced with a release date of May 25th. On April 23rd, the band performed a concert as part of the inaugural

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Chiba event in Chiba, Japan. On May 8th MAN WITH A MISSION was featured on

's fifth Music Weekend special event, showcasing a variety of recorded live performances by the band.

Band members

Current members

*Tokyo Tanaka – vocals, leader (2010–present) *Jean-Ken Johnny – guitar, vocals, rap (2010–present) *Kamikaze Boy – bass guitar, backing vocals (2010–present) *DJ Santa Monica – DJ, sampling (2010–present) *Spear Rib – drums (2010–present)

Support members

*E.D. Vedder – guitar (2010–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

DVDs

Covers

Awards and nominations

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Tours and concerts

Japan

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Chiba'' (2022)

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(2017)

Stadium anthem

Their song, "Fly Again" is a

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for the

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References

External links

*
MAN WITH A MISSION's international label page
* * {{Authority control 2010 establishments in Japan English-language musical groups from Japan Japanese alternative metal musical groups Japanese alternative rock groups Japanese hardcore punk groups Masked musicians Musical groups established in 2010 Musical groups from Shibuya Rap rock groups

Background

History

Beginnings and first album

''Mash Up the World''

''Tales of Purefly''

''The World's On Fire''

''Chasing the Horizon''

Ten-year anniversary

A new story begins

''Break and Cross the Walls I and II''

Band members

Current members

Support members

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

DVDs

Covers

Awards and nominations

MTV Video Music Awards Japan The MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ for short) are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, in this event artists are awarded for their songs and videos through online votin ...

CD Shop Awards The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop clerks from all over Japan. It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award". Abst ...

Space Shower Music Awards Space Shower Music Awards (old name: SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards, abbr. to SPACE SHOWER MVA) are an annual set of music awards sponsored by Japanese Space Shower TV is a Japanese music television channel operated by Space Shower Networks, In ...

Tours and concerts

Japan

Overseas

Stadium anthem

See also

References

Further reading

External links