Kobukuro

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Kobukuro
Image:Kobukuro.jpg Kuroda (left) and Kobuchi
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genre(s)	J-Pop Pop-folk
Years active	1998 - current
Label(s)	Minosuke Records (1999-2000) Warner Music Japan (2001-current)
Website	http://www.kobukuro.com
Members
Kentarō Kobuchi (guitars and vocals) Shunsuke Kuroda (vocals)

Kobukuro (コブクロ, Kobukuro^?) is a Japanese band, which formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two members' family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
- 3.1 Singles
- 3.2 Albums
4 External links

[edit] Members

Kentarō Kobuchi (小渕健太郎, Kobuchi Kentarō^?, b. March 13, 1977); guitars and vocals)
Shunsuke Kuroda (黒田俊介, Kuroda Shunsuke^?, b. March 18, 1977); vocals)

The band's visual appearance is unusual; they have only two members, and Kuroda stands over 193cm (6'4") tall.

[edit] History

In 1998, Kobuchi and Kuroda met each other in Sakai and formed Kobukuro. Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums - Saturday 8:PM (July 1999), Root of My Mind (March 2001), and ANSWER (December 2000). Kobukuro signed with Warner Music Japan in 2001, and made their debut with the hit single, Yell which reached #4 on the Oricon Charts. The duo won the coveted "Grand Prix" awards in December 2007 at the 49th Annual Nihon Record Taishou.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Original Japanese Title	Romanized Name	Translation of Title	Release Date
YELL ~エール~ / Bell		Yell / Bell	March 22, 2001
轍	Wadachi	Rut	June 20, 2001
YOU / miss you			November 21, 2001
風	Kaze	The Wind	February 14, 2002
願いの詩 / 太陽	Negai no Uta / Taiyō	Poem of Wish / The Sun	July 10, 2002
雪の降らない街	Yuki no Furanai Machi	The Town Without Snow	November 13, 2002
宝島	Takarajima	Treasure Island	April 9, 2003
Blue Blue			August 27, 2003
DOOR			May 12, 2004
永遠にともに / Million Films / ここから	Towa ni Tomo ni / Million Films / Koko kara	Forever with You / Million Films / From Here	October 14, 2004
ここにしか咲かない花	Koko ni shika Sakanai Hana	A flower that only blooms here	May 11, 2005
桜	Sakura	The Cherry Blossoms	November 2, 2005
君という名の翼	Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa	Wings that are named you	July 26, 2006
(Ayaka x Kobukuro) Winding Road			February 28, 2007
蕾	Tsubomi	Flower Bud	March 21, 2007
蒼く優しく	Aoku Yasashiku	Blue and Kind	November 7, 2007

[edit] Albums

Image:All-singles-best.jpg

All Singles Best album cover.

Saturday 8PM (July 21, 1999)(Indies)
Root of my mind (March 4, 2000)(Indies)
ANSWER (December 19, 2000)(Indies)
Roadmade (August 29, 2001)
grapefruits (August 28, 2002)
STRAIGHT (November 6, 2003)
MUSIC MAN SHIP (November 3, 2004)
NAMELESS WORLD! (December 21, 2005)
All Singles Best (September 27, 2006) 2,577,926 copies sold (November 30 07) (2x Million)
5296 (December 19, 2007)