Moumoon

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moumoon
General information
Genre (s) J-pop
founding 2005
Website http://www.moumoon.com
Current occupation
YUKA
Kosuke Masaki

moumoon ( Japanese ム ー ム ー ン , Mūmūn ) is a Japanese music duo consisting of the members YUKA (vocals) and Kōsuke Masaki (guitar). The duo also works with many other studio musicians for their songs.

The band name moumoon is made up of the French word mou (soft) and the English moon (moon). The Japanese translation of the band name Yawarakai Tsuki ( や わ ら か い 月 ) is mainly used for promotions and concerts. The band's musical style can best be described as pop-rock .

Members

YUKA

YUKA (born December 3, 1985) writes the lyrics for the songs and is the singer of moumoon. YUKA is a stage name . She has not yet revealed her real name. She grew up in Tokyo as the daughter of a music teacher. She learned to play the violin from her father at an early age, which made her a member of her school's orchestra . At 16 she lived in Chicago for a year and attended school there. After returning to Japan, she began studying music.

Kosuke Masaki

Kōsuke Masaki ( 柾 昊 佑 , Masaki Kōsuke , born June 22, 1977) is responsible for the composition and arrangement of the songs by moumoon and also plays the guitar. At the age of 13 he had his first band in which he played the guitar. Kōsuke also lived in the USA for some time and then also studied music. Since then he has been working primarily as a producer.

Band history

The duo met in the summer of 2004 through a mutual friend and have been making music together since 2005. The two had their first public appearances in October 2005 in a club in Omotesando ( Tokyo ). In 2006 moumoon were signed by the independent label GATE RECORDS and released their first single Flowers / pride in July of the same year . Finally, in September, their first mini album Flowers was released , which made the duo more famous.

The following year the band was accepted into the Japanese major label avex trax , under which the second mini album love me? appeared in August 2007. Since then, moumoon have regularly given concerts (including open-air concerts ) under the motto Fullmoon Live on every full moon day at various locations in Tokyo . In December, the first major single, Do you remember? published which made it into the top 100 of the Japanese Oricon charts.

In 2008 the band continued with the second single Tiny Star , which was released on June 4th and already reached 47th place on the Oricon charts. In summer, moumoon had the first opportunity to perform in front of a larger audience on the annual a-nation tour of their label Avex . In total, the duo gave three concerts in front of more than 20,000 spectators each. Moumoon's third single, more than love , was released on October 15 , followed by the band's first full studio album on November 12, entitled moumoon . The album was able to occupy 32nd place on the Oricon charts in the first week of sales.

In February 2009 the duo released their fourth single EVERGREEN . The song was used as the theme song for the film Kafu wo Machiwabite . Later, on 1 and 10 May Moumoon gave during their FULL MOON LIVE 2009 tour their own biggest concerts each in Osaka and Tokyo . The Tokyo concert was broadcast in full a few days later by the Japanese music broadcaster m-on TV . Later also the fifth single On the right and the sixth single Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai , as well as the download single Destiny , which served as the theme song for the two-part television series Koishigure , were released.

In March 2010, the band released another mini album called Refrain . On May 12th, the seventh single Sunshine Girl followed , which was used for a large advertising campaign for the Japanese cosmetics manufacturer Shiseido . As a result, the song received a lot of attention and the single even made it into the top 10 of the Oricon charts in its second week of sales. The success of Sunshine Girl also helped the mini album SPARK , which was released the following July, to a great chart success. Since then, the band has released a number of other singles and studio albums.

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart placements Sales Remarks
Japan Japan
0September 6, 2006 Flowers 63 8,644 Indie mini album
August 22, 2007 love me? 84 4,854 1. mini album
November 12, 2008 moumoon 32 4,832 1st studio album
March 24, 2010 refrain 66 2,692 2nd mini album
0July 7, 2010 SPARK 7th 57,756 3rd mini album
0March 2, 2011 15 doors 8th 29,401 2nd studio album
0February 8, 2012 No Night Land 9 15,846 3rd studio album
January 30, 2013 PAIN KILLER 12 8,557 4th studio album
January 29, 2014 LOVE before we DIE 15th 7,411 5th studio album
June 18, 2014 ICE CANDY 29 4,635 1st compilation
August 12, 2015 It's our time 8th - 6th studio album
22nd March 2017 moumoon BEST -FULLMOON- 26th - 2nd compilation
04th October 2017 moumoon acoustic selection -ACOMOON- 21st - 3. Compilation
March 14, 2018 Flyways 23 3,075 7th studio album
March 13, 2019 NEWMOON 23 - 8th studio album

Singles

publication title Chart placements Sales Remarks
Japan Japan
July 26, 2006 Flowers / pride 106 - Indie single
0December 5, 2007 Do you remember? 83 5,096 1. Single
0June 4, 2008 Tiny Star 47 3,225 2nd single
October 15, 2008 more than love 49 2,254 3. Single
February 25, 2009 EVERGREEN 54 2,506 4. Single
July 22, 2009 On the right 50 1,958 5. Single
September 16, 2009 Destiny - - Download single
November 25, 2009 Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai ( 青 い 月 と ア ン ビ バ レ ン ス な 愛 ) 36 2,810 6. Single
May 12, 2010 Sunshine Girl 10 35,541 7. Single
May 26, 2010 Let's dance in the moonlight 19th 8,555 8. Single
November 10, 2010 moonlight / Sky High / YAY 16 11,439 9. Single
0December 1, 2010 my Secret Santa 29 6,087 10. Single
0August 3, 2011 Chu Chu 11 15,809 11. Single
December 14, 2011 Uta wo Utaou ( う た を う ​​た お う ) 27 4.163 12. Single
March 14, 2012 "Love is Everywhere" 33 3,011 13. Single
0May 2, 2012 Wild Child 24 4.154 14. Single
29th August 2012 Hanabi ( 儚 火 ) 29 4,409 15. Single
December 12, 2012 DREAMER DREAMER / Doko e mo Ikanai yo ( ど こ へ も 行 か な い よ ) 30th 2,757 16. Single
0May 8, 2014 Jewel 20th 3,389 17. Single
August 27, 2014 I'm scarlet 59 - 18. Single
February 25, 2015 Hello, shooting star 42 - 19. Single

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