UVERworld

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UVERworld
Background information
Also known as	Sangoku Road (Sound Goku Road)(Pre-debut)
Origin	Japan
Genre(s)	J-Rock/J-pop
Years active	2005–Present
Label(s)	gr8 records!
Website	http://www.uverworld.com/
Members
TAKUYA∞ Katsuya Akira Nobuto Shintarou
Former members
Seika (Pre-debut)

UVERworld (ウーバーワールド, U-BA-WA-RUDO^?) is a Japanese band known for their mixture of musical genres such as hard rock, rap, electronic, and beat-boxing. UVERchan, the band's mascot, is a fictional bear-bat like character, which appears on several of their covers.

1 Biography
2 Members
3 Former Members
4 Discography
- 4.1 Singles
- 4.2 Albums
5 External links

[edit] Biography

The five-member band known as "UVERworld" first formed in 2003, and were known as "Sangoku Road." The band originally consisted of seven members, and released a demo CD, which ended up selling 3,000 copies. Unfortunately, one of the band members, a saxophonist, Seika, left the group. After his departure, Ace∞trigger renamed himself as TAKUYA∞ and the band renamed itself to "UVERworld."

According to an interview with the band there was another vocalist who left, however this vocalist hasn't yet been identified. Though it appears that they may have left some time before Seika did, as Seika is the only one of the two credited on the demo CD and pictured with very early live photos of the band pre-UVERworld.

2005 was the year that the band signed with the label gr8! records, which is under Sony Music Records. The band made their debut with the single "D-tecnoLife," which served as the 2nd opening theme song for the anime "BLEACH". After three months UVERworld's second single, "CHANCE!" was an opening theme for the PSP game "BLEACH~Heat the Soul 2~" and the last single released on 2005.

On January 25, 2006 "just Melody", their third single, ended up at #17 on the Oricon charts. Three weeks later "UVERworld's" 1st album "Timeless" was released, breaking the top 10 at #5 and selling 60,000 copies. Seika made a brief return during this album, playing saxaphone for track 5, Yasashisa no Shizuku. After a three month break, "UVERworld" released "Colors of the Heart" as the 3rd opening theme for "BLOOD+", an anime series based on the animated movie, "Blood: The Last Vampire". The single debut at #3 and is the highest position a "UVERworld" single has ever reached. Their 5th single, entitled "SHAMROCK", was released on August 2nd. UVERworld 6th Single will be released on November 15, 2006, entitled "Kimi No Suki na Uta", the song was used as the theme song to the TBS TV show Koi Suru Hanikami! or Honey Coming! from October until December.

[edit] Members

TAKUYA∞ (Born December 21) - vocals and programming
Katsuya (Born February 22) - guitar
Akira (Born March 08) - guitar
Nobuto (Born February 14) - bass
Shintarou (Born November 05) - drums

[edit] Former Members

Seika - Saxophone (Pre-debut)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

#	Information	Sales
1st / Debut Single	D-tecnoLife Released: July 06, 2005 Format: CD5" Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #4	104,703 copies sold
2nd	CHANCE! Released: October 26, 2005 Format: CD5" Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #5	30,839 copies sold
3rd	just Melody Released: January 25, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #17	18,591 copies sold
4th	Colors of the Heart Released: May 17, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #3	77,657 copies sold
5th	SHAMROCK Released: August 2, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #6	97,091 copies sold
6th	Kimi no Suki na Uta 君の好きなうた Released: November 15, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #2	68,263 copies sold

[edit] Albums

#	Cover	Information	Sales
1st / Debut Album		Timeless Released: February 15, 2006 Format: CD5" Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #5	88,227 copies sold
2nd		BUGRIGHT Released: January 17, 2007 Format: CD5", CD+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: TBR	TBR