Flow (band)

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FLOW
Origin	Image:Flag of Japan.svg 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: Hiroshi Iwasaki 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.

1 History
2 Discography
3 External links

[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 latest song ANSWER is the first Opening for the Live Action J-Drama "Tantei Gakuen Q"

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

'FLOW #0'

Planet Walk
Make Yourself
Go Places
7th Heaven

'SUNSHINE 60'

SUNSHINE 60
BCG
Everything All Right
Parasite
Who Needs Baby

'Like a Rolling Snow' (27 November 2002)

'Okuru Kotoba' (15 January 2003)

'Merosu' (30 April 2003) - A limited 55,000 prints

Merosu

'Blaster' (2 July 2003)

Blaster
Nostalgia
From 9 to 0

'Dream Express' (18 September 2003)(Dream Express)

Dream Express
Saiken
ATTACK 26

'Ryuusei / Sharirara' (18 February 2004)

Ryuusei
Sharirara
3 Byou Mae
Ryuusei (Suisougaku Version)

'GO!!!' (28 April 2004) - NARUTO 4th Opening Single

GO!!!
Rising Dragon
My Life
GO!!! (Vocalless Mix)
GO!!! (Naruto Opening Mix)

'Life is Beautiful' (3 November 2004)

Life is Beautiful
Fiesta
VISION (Extra Track)

'Rookie / STAY GOLD' (27 April 2005) - The theme song for the Korean movie "Make It Big" (일단 뛰어!)

Rookie
STAY GOLD
SHINE

'DAYS' (1 June 2005) - Eureka Seven 1st Opening Single

DAYS
Journey
Fun Time Delivery
DAYS (Vocalless Mix)
DAYS (Eureka Seven Opening Mix)

'Garden ~Summer Edit~' (3 August 2005)

Garden ~Summer Edit~
Since...
Garden (Vocalless Mix)

'Re:member' (31 May 2006) - NARUTO 8th Opening Single

Re:member
Your Song
Kaleidoscope
Re:member (Vocalless Mix)
Re:member (Naruto Opening Mix)

'Around the World / KANDATA' (13 September 2006) - CM for Suzuki Swift

Around The World
KANDATA
Shakys
Around The World (Vocalless Mix)
KANDATA (Vocalless Mix)

'COLORS' (8 November 2006) - Code Geass 1st Opening

COLORS
Astro Slider
Love Dub
COLORS (Vocalless Mix)
COLORS (Code Geass Opening Mix)

'ANSWER' (1 August 2007) - Tantei Gakuen 1st Opening Live Action Version

ANSWER
Electric Circus
Steppers High
ANSWER (Vocalless Mix)

'Rainy sound of winter / NIGHT PARADE' (28 November 2007) - FLOW and Home Made Kazoku

Rainy sound of winter
NIGHT PARADE
Image
Rainy sound of winter (Vocalless Mix)
NIGHT PARADE (Vocalless Mix)

[edit] Albums

SPLASH!!! - Harukanaru Jishuseisaku BEST- (21 May 2003)

SUNSHINE 60
Everything All Right
Merosu
Hibi Doudou
Umi he Yukou
Go Places
Planet Walk
Sunny Side Circuit
Like a Rolling Snow
Boku ni Sasageru Ballade
Who Needs Baby
Okuru Kotoba (Album Version)

GAME (26 May 2004)

GO!!!
Blaster
Ryuusei
Without You
Taiyou
Surprise
Nostalgia
Sharilala
Shuuchuu Chiryoushitsu -I.C.U.-
MC²=E
Sono Sakiniha...
Dream Express
Hands

Golden Coast (20 July 2005)

Dear
Rookie
Monster
DAYS (Album Version)
Garden
Party Crazy
No Limit
Change Up!!!
Yuuhi no Sakamichi
STAY GOLD
Blue Bird
Funk-a-style
Realize
Life is Beautiful

FLOW THE BEST ~Single Collection~ (20 December 2006)

COLORS
Around The World
Remember
Garden
DAYS
Rookie
Life is Beautiful
GO!!!
Ryuusei
Dream Express
Blaster
Merosu
Okuru Kotoba
Melody (Bonus Track)

[edit] PV

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NIGHT PARADE

[edit] DVD

The Play Off ~Game 1~ (1 December 2004)
FLOW Countdown Live 2006-2007 "Kizuna Factory ~Differ Toshiake~" (21 March 2007)

[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.