Yoo, apa kabar semua? setelah lama gak aktif didunia blog,akhirnya sekarang bisa update lagi, he he he, nah kembali saya akan memberikan ringkasan singkat mengenai band jepang, kali ini saya akan mengangkat tentang sebuah band yang lumayan terkenal karena soundtrack anime nya, yap kali ini saya akan membahas sedikit tentang band Asian Kung-fu Generation

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon^?) adalah grup musik rock asal Jepang yang terdiri dari 4 orang anggota.Para penggemar menyingkat nama grup ini sebagai Ajikan. Mereka berada di bawah perusahaan rekaman Ki/oon Records. Musik yang dimainkan mereka disebut rock genre Shimokita Kei yang berawal dari rumah pertunjukan di kawasan Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Grup ini populer di luar Jepang berkat sejumlah lagunya dijadikan lagu anime Naruto dan Bleach. Album mereka juga dirilis di Taiwan dan Amerika Serikat.

 Anggota :

• Tempat tanggal lahir: Shimada, Shizuoka Prefektur Shizuoka , 2 Desember 1976.
• Nama panggilan: Gotchi
• Status: menikah
• Pendidikan: Lulus Fakultas Ekonomi 

 Gotchi juga merilis lagu solonya antara lain :

• "Lost" (2011) digital download
• "Lost" / "Lost (80kidz Remix)" (2012) 7" vinyl
• "The Long Goodbye" (2013) 7" vinyl as Gotch
• "Wonderland" (2014) 7" vinyl as Gotch
• "Route 6" (2014) 7" vinyl as Gotch

• Tempat tanggal lahir: Yokohama, 24 Januari 1977
• Nama panggilan: Kitaken, Ken-chan, Kensui
• Pendidikan: Lulus Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Kanto Gakuin

• Tempat tanggal lahir: Fujinomiya, Prefektur Shizuoka, 19 Agustus 1977
• Nama panggilan: Yama-chan, Yama-san
• Pendidikan: Lulus Fakultas Sastra Universitas Kanto Gakuin

• Tempat tanggal lahir: Kamakura, Prefektur Kanagawa, 19 Agustus 1977
• Nama panggilan: Kiyoshi, Kiyopon, Ijichi no Oyakata, Pīkan sensei
• Pendidikan: Lulus Fakultas Teknik Universitas Kanto Gakuin

Daftar album :

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Sales
		Oricon Weekly	World Chart	Billboard Japan
2003	Kimi Tsunagi Five M Release date: November 19, 2003 Label: Ki/oon Records Format: CD	5	—	—	RIAJ: Platinum	Japan: 350,000
2004	Sol-fa Release date: October 20, 2004 Label: Ki/oon/Tofu Format: CD, Vinyl	1	3	—	RIAJ: 2x Platinum	Worldwide: 800,000 Japan: 630,000
2006	Fanclub Release date: March 15, 2006 Label: Ki/oon/Gan-Shin Format: CD, Vinyl	3	7	—	RIAJ: Platinum	Japan: 260,000
2008	World World World Release date: March 5, 2008 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD, Vinyl	1	7	1	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 165,000
	Surf Bungaku Kamakura Release date: November 5, 2008 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD, Vinyl	2	18	2	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 100,000
2010	Magic Disk Release date: June 23, 2010 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD	2	11	2	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 135,000
2012	Landmark Release date: September 12, 2012 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD, Vinyl	4	—	4	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 120,000

Compilation/Live albums

Year	Compilation details	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Sales
		Oricon Weekly	Billboard Japan
2005	Nano-Mugen Compilation Release date: June 8, 2005 Label: Ki/oon	7	—	RIAJ:	Japan: 50,000
2006	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2006 Release date: July 5, 2006 Label: Ki/oon	7	—	RIAJ:	Japan: 35,000
2006	Feedback File Release date: October 25, 2006 Label: Ki/oon	2	—	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 140,000
2008	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008 Release date: July 9, 2008 Label: Ki/oon	18	15	RIAJ:	Japan: 15,000
2009	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009 Release date: July 1, 2009 Label: Ki/oon	11	9	RIAJ:	Japan: 15,000
2011	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 Release date: June 29, 2011 Label: Ki/oon/Tsutaya Records	17	16	RIAJ:	Japan: 10,000
2012	Best Hit AKG Release date: January 18, 2012 Label: Ki/oon	1	1	RIAJ: Gold	Japan: 150,000
	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012 Release date: June 27, 2012 Label: Ki/oon	26	25	RIAJ:	Japan: 5,000
2013	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2013 Release date: June 5, 2013 Label: Ki/oon	36	32	RIAJ:	Japan: 5,000
2013	The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio Release date: September 11, 2013 Label: Ki/oon	9	8	RIAJ:	Japan: 15,000
2014	Feedback File 2 Release date: February 26, 2014 Label: Ki/oon	6	4	RIAJ:	Japan: 30,000

Extended plays

Year	EP details
2000	Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation Release date: 2000 Label: Independently released
	The Time Past and I Could Not See You Again Release date: 2000 Label: Independently released
2001	I'm Standing Here Release date: November 30, 2001 Label: Independently released
2003	Hōkai Amplifier Release date: November 25, 2002 Re-release date: April 23, 2003 Label: Under Flower/Ki/oon Records
2008	Mada Minu Ashita ni Release date: June 11, 2008 Label: Ki/oon Records

Singles

Year	Title	Chart peaks		Album
		Oricon	Japan Hot 100
2003	"Mirai no Kakera"	34	—	Kimi Tsunagi Five M
	"Kimi to Iu Hana"	14	—
2004	"Siren"	2	—	Sol-fa
	"Loop & Loop"	8	—
	"Rewrite"	4	91
	"Kimi no Machi Made"	3	—
2005	"Blue Train"	5	—	Fanclub
2006	"World Apart"	1	—
	"Aru Machi no Gunjō"	4	—	World World World
2007	"After Dark"	5	—
2008	"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	6	—
	"Fujisawa Loser"	6	67	Surf Bungaku Kamakura
2009	"Shinseiki no Love Song"	4	23	Magic Disk
2010	"Solanin"	3	2
	"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"	6	11
2011	"Marching Band"	9	10	Best Hit AKG
2012	"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"	8	8	Landmark
	"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"	11	12
2013	"Ima o Ikite"	10	9	Feedback File 2

Other charted songs

Year	Title	Chart peaks	Album
		Japan Hot 100
2008	"Mustang"	15	Mada Minu Ashita ni
	"Natsusemi"	36	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
2009	"Yoru no Call"	60	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
2010	"Magic Disk"	20	Magic Disk
2011	"All Right Part2" (featuring Eriko Hashimoto)	76	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 / Landmark
2012	"Yoru o Koete"	66	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
	"Bicycle Race"	81	Landmark

Other contributions

Year	Song	Album
2002	01. "Twelve"	Whatch You Gonna Do?[2]
2004	01. "Haruka Kanata"	Naruto OST II
	03. "Haruka Kanata"	Naruto Best Hit Collection
	07. "Rewrite"	Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best
2005	03. "Haruka Kanata"	Ki/oon Records Overseas
	01. "Rewrite"	Fullmetal Alchemist OST III
2006	14. "Aru Machi no Gunjō"	Tekkon Kinkreet OST
2007	08. "Kake Botan no Hama"	Husking Bee Tribute Album
2008	07. "After Dark"	Bleach Best Tunes
2010	01. "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	Solanin Songbook

Videography

Promotional videos

Year	Title	Director(s)
2003	"Haruka Kanata"	Toshikazu Miyano
	"Mirai no Kakera"	Suguru Takeuchi
	"Kimi to Iu Hana"	Toshiaki Toyoda
2004	"Siren"
	"Loop & Loop"	Kazuyoshi Oku/Masafumi Gotō
	"Rewrite"	Kazuyoshi Oku
	"Kimi no Machi Made"	Daisuke Shibata
2005	"Blackout"
	"Blue Train"	Kazuyoshi Oku
2006	"World Apart"	Nobuyuki Matsukawa
	"Jūni Shinhō no Yūkei"	Tetsurō Takeuchi
	"Kaiga Kyōshitsu"	Masakazu Fukatsu/POU
	"Aru Machi no Gunjō"	Hideaki Sunaga
2007	"After Dark"	Tadashi Tsukagoshi
2008	"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	Kazuyoshi Oku
	"Atarashii Sekai"	Kazuto Nakazawa
	"Mustang"	Masatsugu Nagasoe
	"Natsusemi"	Hideaki Sunaga
	"Fujisawa Loser"	Naoto Nakanishi
2009	"Yoru no Call"	Manjot Bedi
	"Shinseiki no Love Song"	Erī Ōmiya
2010	"Solanin"	Takahiro Miki
	"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"	Daisuke Shimada
	"Magic Disk"	Takahiro Miki
2011	"All Right Part 2"	Kazuaki Seki
	"Marching Band"	Sojiro Kamatani
2012	"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"	Kazuaki Seki
	"Yoru wo Koete"	Masakazu Fukatsu
	"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"
	"Bicycle Race"	Hanba Jūichi
2013	"Ima o Ikite"	Okita Jūichi
	"Loser"	Tsuruoka Masahiro
2014	"Rolling Stone"	Seita Yamagishi

Videos

Year	Title	Formats
2004	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1	UMD, DVD
2005	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 2	DVD, UMD
2007	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 3	DVD
2008	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 4	DVD
2009	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5	DVD
2009	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6	DVD, BD
2011	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 7	DVD
2013	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 8	DVD, BD
2014	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9	DVD, BD
2014	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 10	DVD, BD

saya rasa sekian dulu penjelasan singkat mengenai band asian kungfu generation mungkin akan saya tambahi lagi, dan nantikan ulasan band band jepang lainya :)

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