Kana-Boon

Kana-Boon
OriginSakai, Osaka,[1] Japan
Genres
Years active2008 (2008)–present
LabelsHip Land Music Corp. (management), Ki/oon Music (recording)
MembersMaguro Taniguchi
Masami Endō
Past membersHayato Koga
Takahiro Koizumi
Hirose Kaede
Yuuma Meshida
Websitesp.kanaboon.jp

Kana-Boon (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2008.[4] They made their major debut with Ki/oon Music in 2013. Ever since, they've had four albums reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with Doppel being their best-charting album, reaching the third place on the chart.[5] They have also had five singles reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with "Full Drive" (フルドライブ) being their best-charting single, reaching the sixth place on the chart.[6] Three of their singles have been used in the Naruto franchise, with "Silhouette" being used as the 16th Naruto: Shippuden opening theme, and "Diver" as the theme song for Boruto: Naruto the Movie and "Baton Road" as the first season opening for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.[7][8] The B-side for "Diver", "Spiral", was the theme song for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 video game.[8]

This group also made a single for the anime The Perfect Insider titled "Talking".[9] Their single "Fighter" was chosen to be the fourth opening of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.[10] Recently, their song "Starmarker" was used as the second opening of the fourth season of My Hero Academia, "Torch of Liberty" as the second opening of the second season of Fire Force, and "Song of the Dead" as the first season opening of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.

  1. ^ KANA-BOON official website. Biography | KANA-BOON
  2. ^ a b "KANA-BOONの基本情報" [KANA-BOON basic information]. Cube-music (in Japanese). Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Christine (January 22, 2016). "New Album from KANA-BOON". JaME USA. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "KANA-BOON". Real Sound (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "DOPPEL". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "フルドライブ". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (June 15, 2015). "Rock band Kana-Boon performs Boruto -Naruto the Movie- theme song". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "『NARUTO』から『BORUTO』、「シルエット」から「バトンロード」へーーKANA-BOONが描く鮮やかな"継承"" [From Naruto to Boruto, "Silhouette" to "Baton Road" — Kana-Boon's brilliant "inheritance"]. Real Sound (in Japanese). July 15, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  9. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 1, 2015). "The Perfect Insider anime's opening, ending theme song videos streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  10. ^ Green, Scott (December 4, 2016). "Kana-Boon and Uru to perform new Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans themes". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

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