UVERworld
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| UVERworld | ||
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| 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) | Sony Music | |
| Website | http://www.uverworld.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| TAKUYA∞ Katsuya Akira Nobuto Shintarou |
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| 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.
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[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 saxophone 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 debuted at #3 and was the highest position a "UVERworld" single had ever reached at that point in time. Their 5th single, entitled "SHAMROCK", was released on August 2 and was used as the ending theme for the J-Drama Dance☆Drill, a show about a group of girls who aspire to become cheerleaders. UVERworld 6th Single was 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. It was the first ballad released as an UVERworld single, and it reached number 2 on the Oricon charts (the highest place for an UVERworld single thus far) until it fell off of the charts three and a half weeks later. It sold around 70,000 copies according to the Oricon sales charts. February 21, 2007, UVERworld released a new album titled BUGRIGHT. It features UVERworld's latest singles that were released after Timeless, including their song for Death Note~The Last Name soundtrack. The album managed to hit #1 at the oricon daily chart on 23rd Feb (second day released of BUGRIGHT)
[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
| # | Cover | Information | Sales |
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| 1st / Debut Single |
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D-tecnoLife | 108,579 copies sold |
| 2nd |
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CHANCE!
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36,058 copies sold |
| 3rd |
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just Melody
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22,405 copies sold |
| 4th |
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Colors of the Heart | 77,657 copies sold |
| 5th |
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SHAMROCK | 97,091 copies sold |
| 6th |
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Kimi no Suki na Uta 君の好きなうた
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79,659 copies sold |
| 7th |
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endscape | TBR |
[edit] Albums
| # | Cover | Information | Sales |
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| 1st / Debut Album |
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Timeless
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88,935 copies sold |
| 2nd |
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BUGRIGHT
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104,733 copies sold |
