![]() AKFG HARUKA KANATA FULLThroughout the year Asian Kung-Fu Generation released some of their best known singles: Loop & Loop, Rewrite (used as the fourth opening theme for Full Metal Alchemist), Siren and Kimi no Machi Made. This success continued into 2004 as the band was named Best New Artist at the Space Shower Music Video Awards they also won Best Music Video for Kimi to Iu Hana. As a further boost, Haruka Kanata became the opening theme for the super-popular anime Naruto, enabling Ajikan to reach an even wider audience. With their growing fame fans began referring to the band by nicknames such as Ajikan and AKFG. ![]() They followed this with appearances at two of Japan’s biggest music festivals, FUJI ROCK in Tokyo and Sonic Summer in Osaka, as well as a slew of Autumn releases including the single Kimi to iu hana and their first full album, Kimi tsunagi Five M. The band was signed by Ki/oon records at the end of 2002 and their first release on the label, Houkai Amplifier, ranked 1st on the High Line Record Sales and 35th on the Oricon Indies Charts. The popularity of Konayuki led to AKFG releasing a second album (their first in Japanese) and increasingly frequent performances in Tokyo.Ģ003 was their breakthrough year Oricon chart success, festival appearances, and ties with a successful anime ensured their rise to fame. It was eventually picked up by a popular DJ and played heavily due to listener demand. In the following year, they began sending their first Japanese song, Konayuki, to radio stations. The band played small venues for four years, building up experience, which led to the release of their first EP, a mini album comprised of covers of English songs, in 2000. ![]() Shortly after the trio got together they found a drummer, Ijichi Kiyoshi from the same music circle who, unlike the others, had prior experience playing in a band. Asian Kung-Fu Generation was formed in 1996 by three members of the Kanto Gakuin University music circle: Masafumi Gotou (vocals and guitar), Takahiro Yamada (bass and vocals) and Kensuke Kita (guitar and vocals). ![]()
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