is a Japanese

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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

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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. The fans of Yuzu are called "Yuzukko (ゆずっ子)".

Members

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

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

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Mini albums

Live albums

Blu-ray / DVD discs

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. , - , 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
{{Authority control 1996 establishments in Japan Musical groups established in 1996 Japanese folk music groups Japanese musical duos Japanese pop rock music groups Toy's Factory artists Avex Group artists Musical groups from Kanagawa Prefecture