TRF (band)

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TRF in 2006 from left to right: Chiharu, Sam, Yu-Ki, Etsu and DJ Koo
TRF in 2006 from left to right: Chiharu, Sam, Yu-Ki, Etsu and DJ Koo

TRF (Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory) is a Japanese popular music group. Its' members are rapper DJ KOO, lead vocalist YU-KI, and dancers CHIHARU, ETSU, and SAM.

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[edit] History

The band debuted as trf in the year 1993. During the period of 1994 to 1995, the band released 5 singles produced by Tetsuya Komuro, each selling over a million copies under the Avex record label. In 1995, their song Overnight Sensation ~Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru~ received a Japan Record Award.

The following year, the band changed their name to an all-capital TRF with their single Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen.

YU-KI has also done voice acting for a children's animation movie Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon, for which she sang the opening theme song as well. She has also performed the opening song to the 2006 Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kabuto as well as several variants to it.

CHIHARU has worked on the choreography for J-Pop singer Shizuka Kudō (工藤静香), and has appeared in a drama as herself.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

[edit] 12 inch Vinyls

  • 'Open Your Mind' (Released in USA only, Radikal Records, 1993) known as TRF Rave Factory

[edit] Albums

[edit] DVD

[edit] Video

[edit] External links

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