Porno Graffitti

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Porno Graffitti
Origin Flag of Japan Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Genre(s) J-Rock, J-pop
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) SME Records (1999–present)
Website Official Website
Members
Akihito Okano, Haruichi Shindō
Former members
Masami "Tama" Shiratama
This article is about the Japanese rock band. For the album by the band Extreme see Pornograffitti.

Porno Graffitti (ポルノグラフィティ Poruno Gurafiti?), also known as Porno (ポルノ Poruno?) is a Japanese male rock band from Innoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The band got their name from the album Pornograffitti by the band Extreme. They currently record under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan Records (SME Records) label.

Haruichi Shindō originally formed the band with his cousin during high school and named it "No Score." After the band started, Haruichi asked Akihito Okano and Masami "Tama" Shiratama to join. The band was so named because none of them could actually read a score when they first started. When they first started the band, Haruichi was the vocalist, but found out that Akihito could sing better, so he gave the vocalist position to Akihito and took over as guitarist instead. This was the foundation of Porno Graffitti.

They debuted with the song Apollo in 1999. Their two subsequent CD singles, Saudade and Agehachō, both sold over a million copies in Japan. They are also well known for the song Melissa, which was used as the opening theme of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist in 2003. They also created the song Hitori no Yoru, used as the opening theme of the anime series GTO in 2000, and Winding Road, used as the ending theme of the anime series Ayakashi Ayashi in 2006. A cover of their 2000 single Music Hour was featured in a stage of the Nintendo DS rhythm game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2.

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[edit] Pornstars

[edit] Current members

  • Akihito Okano (岡野 昭仁 Okano Akihito, born October 15, 1974)—Vocals and guitars
  • Haruichi Shindō (新藤 晴一 Shindō Haruichi, born September 20, 1974)—Guitars and background vocals

[edit] Past member

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  1. Apollo (アポロ)
  2. Romantist Egoist (ロマンチスト・エゴイスト)
  3. Apollo (アポロ) (backing track)
  1. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜 A Lonely Night)
  2. Dilemma (ジレンマ)
  3. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜 A Lonely Night) (backing track)
  • Music Hour (ミュージック・アワー) (July 12, 2000)
  1. Music Hour (ミュージック・アワー)
  2. Prime
  3. Century Lovers (LIVE!)
  4. Music Hour (ミュージック・アワー) (backing track)
  1. Saudade (サウダージ Nostalgia)
  2. Mitsumete iru (見つめている Gazing at You)
  3. Tsumetai Te ~San Nen Hachi ka Getsu~ (冷たい手 ~3年8ヵ月~ Cold Hand ~Three Years and Eight Months~)
  4. Search the Best Way
  1. Saboten (サボテン Cactus)
  2. Diary 00/08/26 (ダイアリー 00/08/26)
  3. Itsuka Aetara (いつか会えたら If I Meet You Someday)
  4. Saboten Sonority (サボテン Cactus Sonority)
  1. Agehachō (アゲハ蝶 Swallowtail)
  2. Wakare-banashi o Shiyō (別れ話をしよう Let’s Talk about Divorce)
  3. Ōkami (狼 Wolf)
  1. Voice (ヴォイス)
  2. Swing
  3. Lion (LIVE!) (ライオン (LIVE!))
  • Shiawase ni tsuite Honki Dashite Kangaete Mita (幸せについて本気出して考えてみた I Tried to Think Seriously about Happiness) (March 6, 2002)
  1. Shiawase ni tsuite Honki Dashite Kangaete Mita (幸せについて本気出して考えてみた I Tried to Think Seriously about Happiness)
  2. TV Star (TVスター)
  3. Kimi eno Drive (キミへのドライブ Drive toward You)
  1. Mugen (Infinity)
  2. Go Steady Go!
  3. Bitter Sweet (LIVE!) (ビタースイート (LIVE!))
  4. Mugen (Orchestra Version) (Infinity (Orchestra Version))
  1. Uzu (渦 Whirlpool)
  2. World Saturday Graffiti (ワールド☆サタデーグラフティ)
  3. Kōmori (蝙蝠 Bat)
  • Oto no Nai Mori (音のない森 Soundless Forest) (August 6, 2003)
  1. awe
  2. Oto no Nai Mori (音のない森 Soundless Forest)
  3. sonic
  1. Melissa (メリッサ)
  2. Mienai Sekai (見えない世界 Invisible World)
  3. Tsukigai (月飼い Lunar Eclipse)
  • Ai ga Yobu Hō e (愛が呼ぶほうへ To The Place where Love is Calling) (November 6, 2003)
  1. Ai ga Yobu Hō e (愛が呼ぶほうへ To The Place where Love is Calling)
  2. Yūhi to Hoshizora to Boku (夕陽と星空と僕 Evening Sun and Starry Sky and I)
  3. Hard Days, Holy Night
  1. Lack (ラック)
  2. Theme of "74ers"
  3. Anotherday for "74ers"
  1. Sister (シスター)
  2. Human Being
  3. Tenki Shokunin (天気職人 Weather Artisan)
  • Tasogare Romance'' (黄昏ロマンス Twilight Romance) (November 10, 2004)
  1. Tasogare Romance (黄昏ロマンス Twilight Romance)
  2. Sheep ~song of teenage love soldier~
  3. Shōsetsu no Yō ni (小説のように Like a Novel)
  • Neomelodramatic/ROLL (ネオメロドラマティック / ROLL) (March 2, 2005)
  1. Neomelodramatic (ネオメロドラマティック)
  2. Roll
  3. Push Play (LIVE!) (プッシュプレイ (LIVE!))
  • Na Na Na Summer Girl (NaNaNa サマーガール) (August 3, 2005)
  1. Na Na Na Summer Girl (NaNaNa サマーガール)
  2. Prison Mansion
  3. Inazuma Thunder 99 (稲妻サンダー99 Lightning Thunder 99)
  • Jo Bailo/Don't Call Me Crazy (ジョバイロ / DON’T CALL ME CRAZY) (November 16, 2005)
  1. Jo Bailo (ジョバイロ I Dance)
  2. Don't Call Me Crazy
  3. Free and Freedom
  • Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜 A Lonely Night) (re-release) (March 29, 2006)
  1. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜 A Lonely Night)
  2. Dilemma (ジレンマ)
  3. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜 A Lonely Night) (backing track)
  • Haneuma Rider (ハネウマライダー Mad Horse Rider) (June 28, 2006)
  1. Haneuma Rider (ハネウマライダー Mad Horse Rider)
  2. June Brider (ジューンブライダー)
  3. Taneuma Rider (タネウマライダー Stallion Rider)
  1. Winding Road
  2. Devil in Angel
  3. Wendy no Usui Moji (ウェンディの薄い文字 Pale Script of Wendy)
  1. link (リンク)
  2. Stand for one’s wish
  3. It’s on my mind
  • Anata ga Koko ni Itara (あなたがここにいたら If You Were Here) (February 14, 2008)
  1. Anata ga Koko ni Itara(あなたがここにいたら)
  2. Hall(ホール)
  3. Onion Soup(オニオンスープ)
  • Itai Tachiichi (痛い立ち位置One Too Many Corpse) (June 25, 2008)
  1. Itai Tachiichi(痛い立ち位置)
  2. Summer Page(サマーページ)
  3. Night Train(ナイトトレイン)
  1. Gift(ギフト)

[edit] Albums

[edit] Original albums

Romantist Egoist
(ロマンチスト・エゴイスト)
March 8, 2000
  1. Jazz up
  2. Century Lovers
  3. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜, A Lonely Night)
  4. Lion (ライオン)
  5. Yūshoku ~Love is you~ (憂色 ~Love is you~, Worried Face ~Love is you~)
  6. Heart Beat
  7. Machine Gun Talk (マシンガントーク)
  8. Dessin #1 (デッサン#1, Sketch #1)
  9. Apollo (New Apollo Project Version) (アポロ (New Apollo Project Version))
  10. Love You, Love You (ラビュー・ラビュー)
  11. Dilemma (How To Play "didgeridoo" Version) (ジレンマ (How To Play "didgeridoo" Version))
  12. Libido (リビドー)
  13. Romantist Egoist (ロマンチスト・エゴイスト)
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February 28, 2001
  1. INNERVISIONS
  2. Guava Juice (グァバジュース)
  3. Saudade "D" tour style (サウダージ, Nostalgia "D" tour style)
  4. Ai naki... (愛なき..., No Love)
  5. Ore, Tenshi (オレ、天使, I'm an Angel)
  6. Saboten (サボテン, Cactus)
  7. Name is man ~Kimi no Mikata~ (Name is man ~君の味方~, Name is man ~I'm on Your Side~)
  8. Dessin #2 Shunkō (デッサン#2 春光, Sketch #2 Spring Light)
  9. Music Hour Ver. 164 (ミュージック・アワー Ver. 164)
  10. Kūsō Kagaku Shōnen (空想科学少年, Science Fiction Boy)
  11. Report 21
  12. Yoake Mae niwa (夜明けまえには, Before Dawn)
Kumo omo Tsukamu Tami
(雲をも掴む民, People Grasping even a Cloud)
March 27, 2002
  1. Teki wa Dokoda? (敵はどこだ?, Where is the Enemy?)
  2. Last of Hero (ラスト オブ ヒーロー)
  3. Agehachō (Red Mix) (アゲハ蝶, Swallowtail (Red Mix))
  4. Heart (ハート)
  5. Aokage[2]
  6. Christina (クリスチーナ)
  7. n.t.
  8. Voice (ヴォイス)
  9. Palette (パレット)
  10. Shiawase ni tsuite Honki Dashite Kangaete mita (Album Version) (幸せについて本気出して考えてみた (アルバムバージョン), I've Tried to Think Seriously about Happiness (Album Version))
  11. Nise Kanojo (ニセ彼女, Fake Girlfriend)
  12. Bitter Sweet (ビタースイート)
  13. Yoru wa Oshizuka ni (夜はお静かに, Please be Quiet at Night)
WORLDILLIA
February 26, 2003
  1. CLUB UNDERWORLD
  2. Wakusei Kimi (惑星キミ, Planet You)
  3. Element L (元素(エレメント)L)
  4. Mugen (無限, Infinity)
  5. Dessin #3 (デッサン#3, Sketch #3)
  6. Vintage (ヴィンテージ)
  7. World Saturday Graffiti (***) (ワールド☆サタデーグラフティ (★★★))
  8. Subarashiki Jinsei kana? (素晴らしき人生かな?, What a Wonderful World, isn't it?)
  9. Akai Orange (朱いオレンジ, Vermilion Orange)
  10. Go Steady Go!
  11. Karma no Saka (カルマの坂, Slope of Karma)
  12. didgedilli[3]
  13. Uzu (Helix Track) (渦, Whirlpool (Helix Track))
  14. Kuchibiru ni Uta (くちびるにうた, Singing on Lip)
THUMPx
April 20, 2005
  1. Ouch!!
  2. Neomelodramatic (ネオメロドラマティック)
  3. Tokyo Landscape (東京ランドスケープ)
  4. We Love Us
  5. Tasogare Romance (黄昏ロマンス, Twilight Romance)
  6. Twilight, Twilight (Twilight,トワイライト)
  7. ROLL
  8. Sister (シスター)
  9. Dreamer (ドリーマー)
  10. Shine on the beach (社員 on the beach) [4]
  11. Push Play (プッシュプレイ)
  12. Utakata (うたかた, Bubble)
  13. Nando mo (何度も, Over and Over)
  14. Let's go to the answer
m-CABI
November 22, 2006
  1. m-NAVI 1 "Ride on!! Blue vehicle!"
  2. Haneuma Rider (ハネウマライダー, Mad Horse Rider)
  3. BLUE SKY
  4. BLUE SNOW
  5. m-NAVI 2 "Keep on having fun with the MUSIC CABINET"
  6. Winding Road
  7. Kyūjitsu (休日, Holiday)
  8. Na Na Na Summer Girl (NaNaNa サマーガール)
  9. DON'T CALL ME CRAZY
  10. Yo Bailo (ジョバイロ, I Dance)
  11. m-NAVI 3 "Ready? Silvia, Geronimo, and Lily?"
  12. Tsuki-akari no Silvia (月明りのシルビア, Moonlight Silvia)
  13. Mr. Geronimo (Mr. ジェロニモ)
  14. Yokohama Lily (横浜リリー)
  15. m-NAVI 4 "Let's enjoy till the end"
  16. Line (ライン)
  17. Gravity (グラヴィティ)
Extra-track CD (included with first press only)
  1. Na Na Na Winter Girl (NaNaNa ウィンターガール)
The 7th Album PORNO GRAFFITTI
August 29, 2007
  1. Link (リンク)
  2. Utsusemi (空蝉)
  3. Walker (ウォーカー)
  4. Bears (ベアーズ)
  5. Noufu to Akai Scarf (農夫と赤いスカーフ, A Farmer and A Red Scarf)
  6. Tettsui (鉄槌, Hammer)
  7. Light and Shadow
  8. My 80's
  9. Rock Band ga Yatte Kita (ロックバンドがやってきた, The Rock Band Has Come)
  10. Please say yes, yes, yes
  11. Sora Iro (そらいろ, Sky Blue)

[edit] Best albums

PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST RED’S
July 28, 2004
  1. Music Hour (ミュージック・アワー)
  2. Century Lovers
  3. Ai ga Yobu Hō e (愛が呼ぶほうへ, To The Place where Love is Calling)
  4. Saudade (サウダージ, Nostalgia)
  5. Voice (ヴォイス)
  6. Lack (ラック)
  7. Shiawase ni tsuite Honki Dashite Kangaete mita (幸せについて本気出して考えてみた, I’ve Tried to Think Seriously about Happiness)
  8. Go Steady Go!
  9. Ōkami (狼, Wolf)
  10. Vintage (ヴィンテージ)
  11. Dilemma (ジレンマ)
  12. Mugen (Infinity)
  13. Films (フィルムズ)
PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST BLUE’S
July 28, 2004
  1. Apollo (アポロ)
  2. Saboten (サボテン, Cactus)
  3. Ore, Tenshi (オレ、天使, I’m an Angel)
  4. Agehachō (アゲハ蝶, Swallowtail)
  5. Love You, Love You (ラビュー・ラビュー)
  6. Oto no Nai Mori (音のない森, Soundless Forest)
  7. Uzu (渦, Whirlpool)
  8. Hitori no Yoru (ヒトリノ夜, A Lonely Night)
  9. Heart (ハート)
  10. Palette (パレット)
  11. Karma no Saka (カルマの坂, Slope of Karma)
  12. Melissa (メリッサ)
  13. Mahoroba Maruyama (まほろば○△(円山), Wonderful City Maruyama)

[edit] DVDs

  • Tour 08452 ~Welcome to my heart~ (September 6, 2000)
  • Porno Graffiti Visual Works OPENING LAP (March 14, 2001)
  • "BITTER SWEET MUSIC BIZ" LIVE IN BUDOKAN 2002 (March 26, 2003)
  • "74ers" LIVE IN OSAKA-JO HALL 2003 (March 24, 2004)
  • 5th Anniversary Special Live "PURPLE’S" IN TOKYO TAIIKUKAN 2004 (March 24, 2005)
  • 7th LIVE CIRCUIT "SWITCH" 2005 (March 29, 2006)
  • YOKOHAMA Romance Porno'06 ~catch the haneuma ~ IN YOKOHAMA STADIUM (February 28,2007)
  • “OPEN MUSIC CABINET” LIVE IN SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2007（October 31,2007）
  • "Porno Graffitti Has Come" LIVE IN ZEPP TOKYO 2008 (May 21, 2008)

[edit] Books

  • The History of Porno Graffiti from Innoshima (ワイラノ クロニクル, March 23, 2001)
  • Real Days (April 19, 2004)
  • At My House (自宅にて, January 1, 2006)
  • Porno Graffiti Document Photo Book 7th LIVE CIRCUIT "SWITCH" (March 29, 2006)

[edit] Endorsements


[edit] Movie

Shindō appeared in the movie Road 88: Deai-michi Shikoku e (ロード88 出会い路、四国へ) in 2003 (road show in 2004). He played a gangster by the name of Bessho (別所). This is the first and only movie in which he has appeared.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The title Mugen has two different meanings: "infinity" (無限 mugen) and "fantasy" (夢幻 mugen). These two words are homonyms.
  2. ^ Aokage (青影) is a place-name in Innoshima.
  3. ^ Didgedilli is a word representing the sounds of guitars.
  4. ^ This title is a kind of pun. It has two meanings; "Shine on the beach" and "社員 (shain, office worker) on the beach". An English word shine and a Japanese word shain are same pronunciation.

[edit] External links

Official Web Sites

Private Web Sites