フレンズ
フレンズ - Yuji Ohno's friends: Tetsuro Kawashima, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tatsuji Yokoyama
Group from Japan
Genres: japanese, j-pop, pop, Hip-Hop, japan
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About フレンズ
フレンズ (Friends) is a Japanese pop/rock and "Shinsen kei" band from Shinsen/Shibuya, Tokyo which was formed on June 8th 2015. Members: Vocals: Emi Okamoto/Emison (ex THEラブ人間) おかもと えみ/えみそん, born November 10, 1990. Okamoto serves as the band's lead vocalist. She is also active as a solo musician. Guitar & Vocals: Taro Miura (ex Holidays of Seventeen) 三浦 太郎, Miura serves as the band's guitarist, replacing an earlier temporary member. Bass & Chorus: Ryohei Nagashima (ex the telephones) 長島 涼平, born May 18, 1984. Nagashima serves as the band's leader and bassist. He also served as bassist of the rock band the telephones and is a member of FINAL FRASH and megsri. He was chosen to be the leader after a game of Uno. Support keyboards: Kenta Yamamoto (ex Otona Mode) 山本 健太, born October 29, 1984 in Obihiro, Hokkaido. Former member of Otona Mode (オトナモード). Currently performing as a keyboardist/arranger with various artists including Friends. Ex members: Keyboard & Vocals (from 2015-2021): Hirose Hirose (nicoten) ひろせ ひろせ, born June 8, 1990. Hirose served as the band's keyboardist, composer, and secondary vocalist, before leaving in April 2021. Drums & Vocals: SEKIGUCHI LOUIE (ex The Mirraz) 関口 塁. Sekiguchi, formerly of the band The Mirraz, served as the band's drummer. Their diverse pop sound, which exquisitely combines lifestyles, friendship and love with their unique humor and originality, and their free and euphoric live performances, which they create while having fun with the audience, are highly popular with people of all ages and genders. They are signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. They began activities in 2015 after members Hirose Hirose and Emi Okamoto made a collaboration; they would later be joined by bassist Ryōhei Nagashima, guitarist Tarō Miura, and drummer Rui Sekiguchi; Hirose would later leave the band in 2021. The band's music has been featured in movies, TV dramas, and anime series such as Hori-san to Miyamura-kun. The band's activities began in 2015 when Hirose Hirose, a member of the band Nicoten, decided to hold a live performance to celebrate his 25th birthday. He wanted to form a band with a female lead vocalist for the occasion, and decided to collaborate with musician Emi Okamoto, who at the time was a member of the band The Love Ningen and someone whom he had collaborated with previously. Needing a bassist, Hirose invited a friend, Ryōhei Nagashima of the band The Telephones, to join the band; Nagashima in turn invited Louie Sakaguchi to serve as the band's drummer. The band debuted on June 8, 2015, as a highlight of Hirose's birthday live. The band's name came after Okamoto saw a bar named Philippine Pub Friends and sent photos of it to the other band members, who decided that the word Friends would make a good band name. In 2016, Tarō Miura, formerly of the band Holidays of Seventeen, joined Friends. Many of the band's early releases were only released at their live performances or by mail order, although their first mini-album Show-Time sold over 3,000 copies. Their first full album Baby Tanjō! (ベビー誕生!) was released on April 5, 2017. Their next release was the mini-album Petit Town (プチタウン) on November 22, 2017. This was followed by the extended play Bedside Music (ベッドサイドミュージック) on March 21, 2018. They released their second album Conparch! (コン・パーチ!) on August 1, 2018. The band released the single "Tanoshimou/I o You" (楽しもう/iをyou) on June 26, 2019; "Tanoshimou" was used as the theme song to the film Bento Harassment, while "I o You" was used as the ending theme to the television drama What Did You Eat Yesterday?. In December 2020, it was announced that Hirose would suspend activities with the band and would not appear in their upcoming performances; he would ultimately leave the band in April 2021 after his contract was canceled over unspecified issues. The band released the single "Yakusoku" (約束) on March 17, 2021; the title song was used as the ending theme to the anime television series Horimiya. They released their third album Solar on August 4, 2021. On March 8, 2024, they announced that SEKIGUCHI LOUIE would graduate on June 7, 2024 after the Shibuya "Friends One-Man Party! -Goodbye Grand Slam Home Run-" event. Following Solar they released the EPs "superb" (2022) and "愛をやめない" (2023). In 2024 they released their recent album ユートピアン. They're currently signed to Lychee Label (since 2022). Prior labels: Pimaraya Records ( 2017-2018), Warner Music Japan (2018), Sony Music Associated Records (2019-2021).
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