Kobukuro

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Kobukuro
Kuroda (left) and Kobuchi
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genre(s)	J-Pop Pop-folk
Years active	1998 -
Label(s)	Warner Music Japan
Website	http://www.kobukuro.com

Kobukuro (Japanese: コブクロ, kobukuro) is a Japanese male pop band. The name is a portmanteau of the two members' family names, Kentaro Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda. In 1998, the two met each other in Sakai and formed Kobukuro. Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums - Saturday 8:PM (July 1999), Root of My Mind (March 2001), and ANSWER (December 2000). Kobukuro signed with Warner Music Japan in 2001, and made their debut with the hit single, Yell which reached #4 on the Oricon Charts.

1 Members
2 Discography
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 Albums
3 External links

[edit] Members

Kentaro Kobuchi (小渕健太郎 Kobuchi Kentaro, B. March 13, 1977); Guitars and Vocals
Shunsuke Kuroda (黒田俊介 Kuroda Shunsuke, B. March 18, 1977); Vocals

The band's visual appearance is unusual; they have only two members, and Kuroda stands over 193cm (6'4") tall.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Original Japanese Title	Romanized Name	Translation of Title	Release Date
YELL ~エール~ / Bell		Yell / Bell	March 22, 2001
轍	Wadachi	Rut	June 20, 2001
YOU / miss you			November 21, 2001
風	Kaze	Wind	February 14, 2002
願いの詩 / 太陽	Negai no Uta / Taiyō	Poem of Wish / The Sun	July 10, 2002
雪の降らない街	Yuki no Furanai Machi	The town which snow never falls	November 13, 2002
宝島	Takarajima	Treasure Island	April 9, 2003
Blue Blue			August 27, 2003
DOOR			May 12, 2004
永遠にともに / Million Films / ここから	Towa ni Tomo ni / Million Films / Koko kara	Forever with You / Million Films / From Here	October 14, 2004
ここにしか咲かない花	Koko ni shika Sakanai Hana	A flower that only blooms here	May 11, 2005
桜	Sakura	Cherry Blossoms	November 2, 2005
君という名の翼	Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa	Wings that are named you	July 26, 2006
(Ayaka x Kobukuro) WINDING ROAD			February 28, 2007
蕾	Tsubomi	Flower Bud	March 21, 2007