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Gesu no Kiwami Otome is a Japanese band that formed in 2012 by indigo la End front-man Enon Kawatani. Describing themselves as "hip-hop/progressive", the band debuted in 2013 with independent label Space Shower Records, later signed by Warner sub-label Unborde. In 2 ...

, released on October 28, 2014.

Background and development

In May 2012,

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vocalist Enon Kawatani formed a band of musicians who he respected for a separate project from Indigo la End. The group, Gesu no Kiwami Otome, debuted under independent record label Space Shower Records with the extended plays '' Dress no Nugikata'' and '' Odorenai nara, Gesu ni Natte Shimae yo''. In April 2014, the band made their major label debut with the extended play ''

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''. In August, the band released their first single, " Ryōkiteki na Kiss o Watashi ni Shite" / " Asobi". "Ryōkiteki na Kiss o Watashi ni Shite" was a song commissioned for ''Arasā-chan Mushūsei'', a drama adaptation of a comic strip written by Nayuka Mine. The second track "Asobi" was not originally a billed A-side for the single, however was promoted due to the song being chosen for cellphone company au's brand of Isai FL smartphones. On September 3, Japanese boyband

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released their 21st album ''Mr. S'', featuring two songs written by band vocalist Enon Kawatani: "Amanojaku" and "Suki yo". On September 20, Kawatani's other band

released their first major label single, "Hitomi ni Utsuranai". As with the band's previous works, artist Nobumi Fukui created the cover artwork for ''Miryoku ga Sugoi yo''.

Promotion and release

Gesu no Kiwami Otome's song "Digital Mogura" was chosen to be used for the mystery drama ''

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'', starring

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and

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, which started airing on October 21. The song acted as the leading track from the album, and had a preceding release on iTunes on October 13, 2014. A limited edition of the album was released, featuring a reproduction of the

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that the band took their name from, which had been created by an art school student friend of keyboardist Chan Mari's. A day before the album's street date, Gesu no Kiwami Otome performed a free live concert in Tokyo on October 28. In November and December 2014, the band performed a national tour, Gesu na Miryoku? featuring 18 concerts at 14 locations in Japan. The tour final, held in

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, also featured a performance by Indigo la End. In March 2015, Gesu no Kiwami Gotome was awarded the best artist award at the 7th

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, due to their extended play ''

'' and ''Miryoku ga Sugoi yo''.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

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