Flow (band)

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FLOW
Origin Flag of Japan Japan
Genre(s) Mixture rock, J-Rock, Indie rock, Alternative rock, Pop-Punk
Label(s) Ki/oon records (Sony Music Japan)
Website Band's Official Site
Sony Music's Official Site
Members
Vocal: Keigo Hayashi
Vocal: Kōshi Asakawa
Guitar: Takeshi Asakawa
Drum: Iwasaki Hiroshi
Bass: Yasutarō Gotō

FLOW (フロウ Furou?) is a Japanese mixture rock band. They are part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label.

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[edit] History

FLOW is a five-piece Japanese Rock band made up of two MCs, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. The group's base was created in 1993 when brothers KOHSHI (elder: vocals) and TAKE (younger: guitar) began playing together. They formed FLOW in 1998, and were eventually joined by KEIGO (vocals), GOT’S (bass) and IWASAKI (drums; joined in 2000). In 2001, the band released its first Maxi single, "FLOW #0". The group then released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm.

“Okuru Kotoba”, FLOW's first cover single, was released in January 2003. It remained on the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive #6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album “SPLASH!!!” debuted at #2.

In July 2003, FLOW released the single "BURASUTA" on a major label, Ki/oon Records. In April 2004, they released "GO!!!", which stayed on the Oricon Top 10 Chart for three weeks. In May 2004, FLOW released their first major album, entitled "GAME".

A string of singles followed and in July 2005 the band released its third album, "Golden Coast." Since the release of "Golden Coast," FLOW has released two singles with new A-sides, but one of these ("Around the World/Kandata") was a double A-side release. "Colors" is the band's fourth single. The songs "GO!!!" and "Re:member" both served as opening themes to the anime series Naruto. "Days" was the first opening for BONES's Eureka Seven, and "Realize" was the opening for the PlayStation 2 video games based on the same series. FLOW performed COLORS in 2006, the first opening for Sunrise's original series, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion. Their song ANSWER is the first Opening for the Live Action J-Drama "Tantei Gakuen Q" They performed NIGHT PARADE with the hip-hop band Home Made Kazoku. In February 2008 they released a new single entitled "Arigato", followed by Persona -trinity soul- 's new opening, "WORD OF THE VOICE" in June. They have recently announced that they will once again perform Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 's new opening, "WORLD END".

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • 'FLOW #0'
  1. Planet Walk
  2. Make Yourself
  3. Go Places
  4. 7th Heaven
  • 'SUNSHINE 60'
  1. SUNSHINE 60
  2. BCG
  3. Everything All Right
  4. Parasite
  5. Who Needs Baby
  1. Like A Rolling Snow
  2. Samurai Muafuro
  3. Hibi Dōdō
  4. KA-ZA-A-NA
  5. Sunny Side Circuit
  1. Okuru Kotoba
  2. Boku ni Sasageru Ballade
  3. Okuru Kotoba (Instrumental)
  1. Merosu
  1. Blaster
  2. Nostalgia
  3. From 9 to 0
  1. Dream Express
  2. Saiken
  3. ATTACK 26
  1. Ryūsei
  2. Sharirara
  3. 3 Byou Mae
  4. Ryūsei (Suisougaku Version)
  1. GO!!!
  2. Rising Dragon
  3. My Life
  4. GO!!! (Vocalless Mix)
  5. GO!!! (Naruto Opening Mix)
  1. Life is Beautiful
  2. Fiesta
  3. VISION (Extra Track)
  • 'Rookie / STAY GOLD' (27 April 2005) - The theme song for the Korean movie "Make It Big" (일단 뛰어!)
  1. Rookie
  2. STAY GOLD
  3. SHINE
  1. DAYS
  2. Journey
  3. Fun Time Delivery
  4. DAYS (Vocalless Mix)
  5. DAYS (Eureka Seven Opening Mix)
  1. Garden ~Summer Edit~
  2. Since...
  3. Garden (Vocalless Mix)
  • 'Re:member' (31 May 2006) - Naruto 8th Opening Single
  1. Re:member
  2. Your Song
  3. Kaleidoscope
  4. Re:member (Vocalless Mix)
  5. Re:member (Naruto Opening Mix)
  1. Around The World
  2. KANDATA
  3. Shakys
  4. Around The World (Vocalless Mix)
  5. KANDATA (Vocalless Mix)
  1. COLORS
  2. Astro Slider
  3. Love Dub
  4. COLORS (Vocalless Mix)
  5. COLORS (Code Geass Opening Mix)
  • 'ANSWER' (1 August 2007) - Tantei Gakuen 1st Opening Live Action Version
  1. ANSWER
  2. Electric Circus
  3. Steppers High
  4. ANSWER (Vocalless Mix)
  1. Fuyu no Amaoto
  2. NIGHT PARADE
  3. Image
  4. Fuyu no Amaoto (Vocalless Mix)
  5. NIGHT PARADE (Vocalless Mix)
  1. Arigatō
  2. Tabibito
  3. Arigatō (Instrumental)
  1. WORD OF THE VOICE
  2. ESCA
  3. Always
  4. WORD OF THE VOICE (Instrumental)
  5. WORD OF THE VOICE (PERSONA Opening Mix)
  1. WORLD END
  2. LEATHER FACE
  3. I WILL
  4. WORLD END (Instrumental)
  5. WORLD END (CODE GEASS Opening Mix)

[edit] Albums

  • SPLASH!!! - Harukanaru Jishuseisaku BEST- (21 May 2003)
  1. SUNSHINE 60
  2. Everything All Right
  3. Merosu
  4. Hibi Doudou
  5. Umi he Yukou
  6. Go Places
  7. Planet Walk
  8. Sunny Side Circuit
  9. Like a Rolling Snow
  10. Boku ni Sasageru Ballade
  11. Who Needs Baby
  12. Okuru Kotoba (Album Version)
  1. GO!!!
  2. Blaster
  3. Ryuusei
  4. Without You
  5. Taiyou
  6. Surprise
  7. Nostalgia
  8. Sharilala
  9. Shuuchuu Chiryoushitsu -I.C.U.-
  10. MC²=E
  11. Sono Sakiniha...
  12. Dream Express
  13. Hands
  1. Dear
  2. Rookie
  3. Monster
  4. DAYS (Album Version)
  5. Garden
  6. Party Crazy
  7. No Limit
  8. Change Up!!!
  9. Yuuhi no Sakamichi
  10. STAY GOLD
  11. Blue Bird
  12. Funk-a-style
  13. Realize
  14. Life is Beautiful
  1. COLORS
  2. Around The World
  3. Remember
  4. Garden
  5. DAYS
  6. Rookie
  7. Life is Beautiful
  8. GO!!!
  9. Ryuusei
  10. Dream Express
  11. Blaster
  12. Merosu
  13. Okuru Kotoba
  14. Melody (Bonus Track)
  1. Answer
  2. Re:member (Album Mix)
  3. Fuyu no Amaoto
  4. Tsubaki
  5. Welcome to my misery
  6. Carry on
  7. COLORS (Album Mix)
  8. 陽だまり feat.azumi from wyolica
  9. Smells like thirty spirit
  10. SURVIVE ～mission No.149～
  11. NIGHT PARADE
  12. Around the world (Album Mix)
  13. Taiyō no Uta
  14. Arigatō

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[edit] Recent Activity

  • Flow performed live in America for the first time in Dallas, Texas on (2 September 2006) at Anime Fest which was held at the Hyatt Hotel and Convention center in downtown Dallas.

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