Kisida Kyoudan & The Akebosi Rockets

Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets
Origin Japan
Genres Rock, alternative rock, dōjin music, anison
Years active 2004 (2004) – present
Labels Geneon Universal (2010 - 2011)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2013 - present)
Website kisidakyoudan.com/about.html
Members
  • Kishida (bass, guitar)
  • ichigo (vocals)
  • Hayapi (guitar)
  • ~Micchan (drums)
  • T-tsu (guitar, supporting member)

Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets (岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ Kishida Kyōdan & the Akeboshi Rockets) is a Japanese rock band currently signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Beginning in 2004 as a one-man unit covering songs from different series, more members joined in 2007, and in 2010 the band made their major debut with the single "Highschool of the Dead", used as the opening theme of the 2010 anime television series Highschool of the Dead.

Overview

The band began in 2004 as a one-man dōjin music unit consisting of musician Kishida Kyoudan, who covered songs from different series, such as Touhou Project and video games by Key. He released a CD featuring original songs and covers of songs from Type-Moon games and Touhou Project at Winter Comiket in 2005. Vocalist Ichigo joined in 2007.[1]

The band made their major debut in 2010 with the release of the single "Highschool of the Dead" under Geneon Universal (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan); the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2010 anime television series Highschool of the Dead.[2][3] The band released its second single "Strike the Blood" on October 30, 2013 under Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; the title song is used as the first opening theme to the 2013 anime television series Strike the Blood.[4] They released their third single "Gate (Sore wa Akatsuki no You ni)" (GATE〜それは暁のように〜) on July 29, 2015; the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2015 anime television series Gate.[5] They will release their fourth single "Gate II (Sekai o Koete)" (GATE II 〜世界を超えて〜) on January 27, 2016; the title song is used as the opening theme to the second season of Gate.[6][7]

Discography

Singles

Release date Title Catalog number Peak chart position
Limited edition Regular edition Anime edition
1st August 18, 2010 Highschool of the Dead GNCA-0143 10[2]
2nd October 30, 2013 Strike the Blood 1000427828 1000427829[4] 16
3rd July 29, 2015 Gate (Sore wa Akatsuki no You ni) 1000573377 1000573379 1000573378 17[5]
4th January 27, 2016 Gate II (Sekai o Koete) 1000590451 1000590453 1000590452 [6]
5th July 20, 2016 Tenkyou no Alderamin 1000611364 1000611363 28

Albums

Release date Title Catalog number Peak chart position
Limited edition Regular edition
1st June 22, 2011PopsenseGNCA-1303 GNCA-1304 21[8]
2nd December 24, 2014 hack/SLASH 1000536964 36[9]

References

  1. ↑ "About". Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top-Selling CD Singles by New Artists in Japan: 2010". Anime News Network. December 24, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "ストライク・ザ・ブラッド" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "GATE～それは暁のように～" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "GATE II ～世界を超えて～" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "GATE Anime Theme Song Artists Return for 2nd Season". Anime News Network. November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "POPSENSE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "hack/SLASH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

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