One ok rock

One ok rock
General information
origin	Japan
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , post-hardcore , pop punk , J-rock
founding	2005
Website	www.oneokrock.com
Current occupation
singing	Taka
Lead guitar	Toru
bass	Ryota
Drums	Tomoya
former members
Lead guitar	Alex
Drums	Tomo

One Ok Rock (spelling ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band that is under contract with the Amuse agency . It was founded in 2005. Its members are Taka , Toru, Ryota and Tomoya.

history

2005–2006: early beginnings and formation

During his high school days Tōru Yamashita came up with the idea of ​​forming a band. He asked his friend and also a member of the hip-hop dance group Heads to learn bass guitar. He also asked his schoolmate, Alex Onizawa, if he would like to join the band. Tomo, Toru's classmate, who left the band in 2006 to devote himself to acting, played drums. During this time Takahiro Morita (Taka) was still a member of the band Chivalry of Music, but dissatisfied with this and then switched to One Ok Rock after an offer Tōru. Tomoya Kanki was already in another band, but like Taka he was dissatisfied with his situation. He joined in 2006, but did not become an official member until their 2007 debut.

The band name One Ok Rock was derived from the English one o'clock , which was the time they rehearsed. Since there is no difference in Japanese between the L and the R, they changed o'clock to o'crock and o'krock, which then became One Ok Rock.

2007–2009: debut album and progress

Her debut song Naihi Shinsho landed in 48th place on the Oricon charts and sold 15,000 times. Her second single, Yume Yume , reached 43rd place. In 2007 her debut album Zeitakubyō followed. Then their first tour took place and they played in some cities in Japan. Shortly thereafter, in May 2008, their second album, Beam of Light, was released. In an interview with Rockin'On Magazine in June 2012, One Ok Rock said they didn't count the album as an album, but rather as a learning curve for the band. When they were working on the album, they weren't in the right mood and only created the album because they thought they had to do it. That is also the reason why they did not perform a song by Beam of Light live. They planned to release two albums a year and so in November 2008 Kanjō Effect was released. Shortly after Beam of Light was released, they held a concert in Shibuya AX and released it on DVD.

In April 2009, Alex was arrested on charges of sexually molesting a 21-year-old student on a train. He admitted what he had done and the case was closed. As a result, the release of her song Around the World Shounen - the theme song of the television series God Hand Teru - planned for May 6th - nationwide tour was canceled. In May 2009 it was announced that One Ok Rock would continue even without Alex, who returned to the USA. Toru took over the lead guitar and adapted the arrangements to the only guitar part.

2010: new formation

As a band with now four members, they released the single Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer on February 3, 2010. It reached 9th place in the Oricon charts. Their fourth studio album, Niche Syndrome , was released on June 9, 2010 and their next single, Answer is Near, on February 16, 2011.

One Ok Rock released their first double-A single Re: make / No Scared on July 20, 2011, which was used as the theme song for the video game Black Rock Shooter . Her 5th album, Zankyō Reference, was released on October 5, 2011. Its first single, The Beginning , on August 22, 2012, was the theme song of the real-life adaptation of the anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin used and reached 5th place on the Oricon charts.

The single Deeper Deeper / Nothing Helps was released on January 9, 2013 and reached the 2nd place on the Japanese Oricon charts. The piece Nothing Helps was used for the Japanese version of the video game DmC: Devil May Cry .

2013: Outside Asia

In October 2013 the band had their first concerts outside Asia, namely five in Europe, four of which were sold out within minutes. In February 2014 they held two concerts in the USA, in New York and Los Angeles , and in May in Philadelphia and Toronto . They later performed at Rock on the Range in Columbus - their first festival outside of Japan. In June and July they played on the Vans Warped Tour 2014 , which took place in 18 cities in North America.

From May 16, the documentary film Fool Cool Rock by director Hiroyuki Nakano was shown on her Asia and Europe tour for four weeks in selected cinemas in Japan.

On January 12, 2014, their album producer John Feldmann tweeted that One Ok Rock was about to record a new album. A single was the theme song Mighty Long Fall of the two Rurouni-Kenshin films. The corresponding album 35xxxv was released on February 11, 2015.

2014: European tour

In December 2014 the band was on a European tour. In Germany she was in Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt. She has also been to Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.

2015: European tour

In December 2015 the band was on tour again in Europe. A total of 16 concerts were played in Russia, Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. In Germany there were five concerts in Cologne, Wiesbaden, Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.

Members

• Toru ( 山下 亨 , Yamashita Tōru; born December 7, 1988 in Osaka Prefecture ) is the lead guitarist of the band, as well as a singer for some pieces. Previously, he was part of the hip-hop dance group Heads with Ryota.
• Taka ( 森田 貴 寬 , Morita Takahiro; born April 17, 1988 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is the singer of the band. Before debuting with One Ok Rock, he was a member of the boy band News . He is the son of the singers Shinichi Mori and Masako Mori and the older brother of Hiroki, the singer from the band My First Story .
• Ryota ( 小 浜 良 太 , Kohama Ryōta; born September 4, 1989 in Osaka Prefecture) is the bassist. Like Toru, he was previously part of the hip-hop dance group Heads.
• Tomoya ( 神 吉 智 也 , Kanki Tomoya; born June 27, 1987 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is the group's drummer.

former members

• Alex ( 鬼 澤 ア レ ク サ ン ダ ー 礼 門 , Onizawa Alexander Reimon; born March 19, 1988 in San Francisco ) was the lead guitarist of the band with the rhythm guitarist Toru until he was kicked out of the band for sexual harassment.
• Tomo ( 小柳 友 , Koyanagi Yū; born August 29, 1988 in Tokyo Prefecture) was the band's first drummer, before their professional debut. He left the band in June 2006 to pursue his acting career.

Discography

→ Main article : One Ok Rock / Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		JP	DE	AT	US
2007	Zeitakubyō ( ゼ イ タ ク ビ ョ ウ ) A-Sketch	JP15th gold (22 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: November 21, 2007 Sales: + 100,000
2008	Beam of Light A-Sketch	JP17 (6 weeks) JP	-	-	-	Release: May 28, 2008
	Kanjō Effect ( 感情 エ フ ェ ク ト ) A-Sketch	JP13 gold (15 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: November 12, 2008 Sales: + 100,000
2010	Niche Syndrome ( Niche シ ン ド ロ ー ム ) A-Sketch	JP4th platinum (394 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: June 9, 2010 Sales: + 250,000
2011	Zankyou Reference ( 残 響 リ フ ァ レ ン ス ) A-Sketch	JP2 gold (167 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: October 5, 2011 Sales: + 100,000
2013	Jinsei × Boku = A-Sketch	JP2 platinum (260 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: March 6, 2013 Sales: + 250,000
2015	35xxxv A-Sketch	JP1 platinum (116 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: February 11, 2015 Sales: + 250,000
	35xxxv (Deluxe) A-Sketch	JP3 (71 weeks) JP	-	-	-	Release: September 25, 2015
2017	Ambitions (Japanese version) A-Sketch	JP1 platinum (89 weeks)JP	-	-	-	Release date: January 11, 2017 Sales: + 250,000
	Ambitions (German version) A-Sketch	JP4 (42 weeks) JP	DE99 (1 week) DE	AT72 (1 week) AT	US106 (1 week) US	Publication: January 13, 2017
2019	Eye of the Storm (Japanese version) A-Sketch	JP1 platinum (… Where.)JP	-	-	-	Release: February 13, 2019 Sales: + 250,000
	Eye of the Storm (German version) A-Sketch	JP3 (... weeks) JP	DE73 (1 week) DE	-	-	Release: February 15, 2019

Web links

• Own web presence on oneokrock.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ One Ok Rock on Allmusic (English) by Alexey Eremenko
2. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with One Ok Rock in Tokyo ( en ) In: jame-world.com . Retrieved December 14, 2008.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with One Ok Rock in the music magazine Rockin'On Japan June 2012 issue (English translation) ( en ) In: ryeon.tumblr.com . Retrieved November 22, 2009.
4. ↑ jame-world.com
5. ↑ ^{a b c} One Ok Rock member arrested for groping . TokyoGraph. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} One Ok Rock to return in summer, minus Alex ( en ) In: tokyograph.com . Retrieved November 22, 2009.
7. ↑ One Ok Rock to Release Double-A-Side Single in July ( en ) In: musicjapanplus.jp . Retrieved May 9, 2011.
8. ↑ animenewsnetwork.com
9. ↑ animenewsnetwork.com
10. ↑ fool-cool-rock.com ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ twitter.com
12. ↑ eventim.de
13. ↑ lastfm.de
14. ↑ ONE OK ROCK 2015 "35xxxv" EUROPE TOUR. In: ONE OK ROCK official website. September 7, 2015, accessed on September 11, 2015 .