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Flow is a Japanese rock band, that formed in 1998 and signed on to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist, and a guitarist. As of March 2015, the band has released 29 singles and 9 studio albums. Their songs have been used in the opening sequences of several anime series. ==History== The group's base was created in 1993 when brothers Kōshi (elder: vocals, occasional rhythm guitar) and Take (younger: guitar) began playing together. They formed Flow in 1998, and were eventually joined by Keigo (vocals), Gotō (bass) and Iwasaki (drums; joined in 2000). In 2001, the band released its first maxi single, "Flow #0". The group then released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm. "Okuru Kotoba", Flow's first cover single, was released in January 2003. It remained on the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive No. 6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album ''Splash!!!'' debuted at No. 2. In July 2003, Flow released the single "Blaster" on a major label, Ki/oon Records. In April 2004, they released "GO!!!", which stayed on the Oricon Top 10 Chart for three weeks. In May 2004, Flow released their first major album ''Game''. A string of singles followed and in July 2005 the band released its third album, ''Golden Coast''. Since the release of ''Golden Coast'', Flow has released two singles with new A-sides, but one of these ''Around The World / Kandata'' was a double A-side release. The songs "GO!!!" and "Re:member" both served as opening themes to the anime series ''Naruto'', as well as "Sign" for ''Naruto Shippuden''. "Days" was the first opening for Bones' ''Eureka Seven'' anime, and "Realize" was the opening for the PlayStation 2 video games based on the same series. Flow performed live in America for the first time in Dallas, Texas on September 2, 2006 at Anime Fest which was held at the Hyatt Hotel and Convention Center in downtown Dallas. Flow then released "Colors" in 2006, the first opening for Sunrise's original series, ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion''. Their song "Answer" is the first opening theme for the live action Japanese drama ''Tantei Gakuen Q''. They performed "Night Parade" with the hip-hop band Home Made Kazoku. In February 2008, they released a new single titled "Arigatō", followed by ''Persona -trinity soul-''s new opening, "Word of the Voice" in June 2008. They performed ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2s second opening theme "World End" released in 2008. In 2009, the band performed "Sign", the sixth opening for ''Naruto Shippuden''. The band released a B-side compilation album on November 4, 2009. Their single "Calling" was featured as the ending for the anime ''Heroman''. Flow returned to North America to perform at Anime Central, in Rosemont, Illinois on May 20, 2011, and FanimeCon in San Jose, California on May 28, 2010 and in May 2011. Their song "Hey!!!" was the third opening theme for the anime ''Beelzebub'' and the song "Brave Blue" was used as the second opening theme for the anime ''Eureka Seven AO''. In 2012, they performed in France for the first time at Japan Expo. They provided a cover of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" as the main theme song for the film ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods''; the song, coupled with an insert song from the film, was released as a double A-side single on March 20, 2013,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FLOW announces new single + album + nationwide tour )〕 and subsequently would be featured as the opening theme for ''Dragon Ball'' video games such as ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z'' and ''Dragon Ball XenoVerse''. Flow released their eighth studio album ''Flow The Max!!!'' on March 27, 2013. Flow went to Brazil for the first time to perform at Ressacca Friends in 2013. Their single "Ai Ai Ai ni Utarete Bye Bye Bye" released on February 26, 2014 was used as the second opening to the anime ''Samurai Flamenco''. Flow returned to Brazil in the summer of 2014 to perform at Anime Friends in Sao Paulo and at SuperCon in Recife. They returned to perform at Anime Fest after 8 years in August 2014 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Their single, "7 -seven-", was a collaboration with the band Granrodeo and was featured as the ending theme to the anime ''The Seven Deadly Sins''. Flow released their second anime best album compilation ''Flow Anime Best Kiwami'' on February 25, 2015. Flow's first-ever world tour, ''Flow World Tour 2015 Kiwami'', will see them performing five times in Japan and fourteen times in seven other countries. Their first digital single, , was released on March 21, 2015 and was used as the image song for the ''Naruto'' stage play ''Live Spectacle Naruto''. Their single was used as the 34th ending theme of ''Naruto Shippuden''. Their single "Steppin'out" will be used as the opening theme of ''Durarara!!x2: Ketsu''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flow (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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