is a

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pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...

duo who debuted in 1997. Its members are and . Both of the band members come from

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, and attended Okamura Junior High School. Their songs , "Reason", and were used as ending themes of the

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

series '' Hunter × Hunter (2011)''. Yuzu started out as street musicians. At first, the band's name was "Light's", but Kitagawa disliked it, so they changed the name to "Yuzu". At that time, Kitagawa was eating a

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sherbet, so he named the band after the fruit (incidentally, Iwasawa was eating vanilla ice cream so the band's name might have been "Vanilla" - sometimes Iwasawa tells this story). The fans of Yuzu are called "Yuzukko (ゆずっ子)".

Members

* Yūjin Kitagawa (''born January 14, 1977'') –

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leader Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets vi ...

* Kōji Iwasawa (''born October 14, 1976'') – vocals, guitar

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Mini albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

* "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. * "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Collaboration singles

Asia Tours

*YUZU ASIA TOUR 2016 Summer 「NATSUIRO」 supported by WAKUWAKU JAPAN (2016) *YUZU ASIA TOUR 2017 (2017) *YUZU ASIA LIVE 2019 (2019)

Awards

;Japan Record Awards The

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is a major music awards show held annually in Japan by the

Japan Composer's Association The Japan Composer's Association, or JACOMPA (日本作曲家協会 in Japanese) is an organization of Japanese composers, established in 1959. Among its members are some of Japan's most renowned composers of contemporary classical music. Preside ...

. , - , 2013 , ''

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'' , Best Album Award , , - , 2017 , Yuzu , Special Award , ; Space Shower Music Video Awards , - , 1998 , ''Natsuiro (夏色)'' , Best Your Choice , , - , 1999 , ''Sentimental (センチメンタル)'' , Best Your Choice , , - , 2000 , ''Tobenai Tori (飛べない鳥)'' , Best Your Choice , , - , 2014 , Yuzu , Best Artist , , - , 2016 , ''Owaranai Uta (終わらない歌)'' , Best Video of the Year , , - , 2018 , Yuzu , Artist of the Year ,

Notes

References

External links

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Toy's Factory official profile

Avex Taiwan profile
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