Sumika
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| General information | |
| origin | Kawasaki , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| founding | 2013 |
| Website | www.sumika-official.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Kenta Kataoka | |
Electric guitar, backing vocals
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Junnosuke Kuroda |
| Tomoyuki Arai | |
Keyboard , backing vocals |
Takayuki Ogawa |
Sumika ( proper spelling sumika ) is a pop rock band founded in 2013 from Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture .
history
Sumika was founded in May 2013 and has consisted of singer Kenta Kataoka, who also works as guitarist in the band, the second guitarist Junnosuke Kuroda, drummer Tomoyuki Arai and keyboardist Takayuki Ogawa. Keyboardist Ogawa was initially active as a guest musician for sumika for a year and a half. After his other band split up, he was integrated as a permanent member of sumika.
The quartet released the mini album Shinsekai Orichalcum in October of its founding year, before the second mini album I Co Y followed in November and entered the Japanese album charts at number 59 . The third mini album, Vital Apartment , which appeared in June 2015, also made it into the charts. After the release of the fourth mini album Answer Parade and the Sally EP, the group released their debut album Familia in 2017 , which started at number five and stayed in the best list for 41 weeks.
In the same year an EP was released with Fiction , the title track of which was used as the opening credits in the anime series No Cheats for Love . This was followed by the release of the single Fanfare / Shunkashūtō , the two songs of which were used in the anime film I want to eat your pancreas . The musicians also had a speaking role in the film.
At the beginning of 2019, the band announced their second album, which was released on March 13 and is entitled Chime . It contains the pieces Fanfare , Shunkashūtō and Himitsu , which can be heard in Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai . Also in March it was announced that sumika and her piece Equal could be heard in the opening credits of the anime series Mix, which has been broadcast since April 9 of the same year . The song was officially released on June 12, 2019 as a single under the title Equal / Traveling . In mid-December of the same year, the group released a music video for the song Higher Ground , which is the theme song for My Hero Academia - HEROES: RISING , the second movie in the My Hero Academia franchise. On March 4th, 2020 the band will release the Harmonize EP . At the end of the same month, sumika will go on an arena tour through Japan, which will be completed in early June 2020.
Discography
Albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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| 2017 | Familia Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP5 (42 weeks) JP |
First published: July 12, 2017
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| 2019 |
Chime Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP5 (11 weeks) JP |
First published: March 13, 2019
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Video albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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JP
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| 2018 | Starting Caravan Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP4 (11 weeks) JP |
First published: October 24, 2018
No. 9 in the Blu-ray charts (JP) |
EPs
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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JP
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| 2013 | Shinsekai Orichalcum Little Garage |
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First published: October 16, 2013
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| 2014 | I co Y Little Garage |
JP59 (4 weeks) JP |
First published: November 12, 2014
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| 2015 | Vital Apartment NoID |
JP32 (4 weeks) JP |
First published: June 10, 2015
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| 2016 | Answer Parade NoID |
JP12 (9 weeks) JP |
First published: May 25, 2016
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| SALLY NoID |
JP12 (10 weeks) JP |
First published: December 7, 2016
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| 2018 | Fiction Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP3  (21 weeks)JP |
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| 2020 | Harmonize Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP5 (9 weeks) JP |
First published: March 4, 2020
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Singles
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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| 2016 | Lovers / Dengonka NoID |
JP15 (5 weeks) JP |
First published: March 9, 2016
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| 2018 | Fanfare / Shunkashuutou Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP4th (10 weeks)JP |
First published: August 29, 2018
Sales: + 100,000 opening and closing credits for I want to eat your pancreas |
| 2019 | Equal / Traveling Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP7 (... weeks) JP |
First published: June 12, 2019
opening credits to Mix |
| Haiyāguraundo / Negai Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
JP6 (... weeks) JP |
First published: December 11, 2019
Ending title to My Hero Academia - HEROES: RISING |
More singles
- 2014: Dress Farm # 1
- 2014: Dress Farm # 2
- 2017: Dress Farm # 3
additional
The band contributed the theme song Fanfare to the anime film I want to eat your pancreas , released in Japan on September 1, 2018, and received a speaking role in that film.
Awards and nominations
| year | Award | category | For | result | swell |
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| 2019 | Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best opening credits | Fiction ( No Cheats For Love ) |
Nominated | |
| Anime Trending Awards | 6th place |
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- sumika at Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tetsuo Hiraga: sumika 『Chime』 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー. Billboard , accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Chart tracking Singles: JP
- ↑ a b c d e Chart tracking albums: JP
- ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Anime Film Casts sumika Band Members. Anime News Network , August 22, 2018, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b sumika to release their second album “Chime” in March. Arama Japan, February 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Jennifer Sherman: sumika, Little Glee Monster Perform Mix Baseball Anime's Theme Songs. Anime News Network, March 7, 2019, accessed April 22, 2019 .
- ↑ sumika 、 あ だ ち 充 原作 ア ニ メ 『MIX』 OP テ ー マ 「イ コ ー ル」 含 む 両 両 A 面 シ ン グ ル 発 売 決定 !! Yahoo! Japan , April 20, 2019, accessed April 22, 2019 (Japanese).
- ^ Nico Lang: "My Hero Academia": Theme song of the second film revealed. Anime2you.de, December 15, 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 .
- ↑ sumika 、 3/4 リ リ ー ス の ニ ュ ー EP 『Harmonize ep』 初 回 盤 に 大阪 城 ホ ー ル の ラ ラ ヴ 映像 映像 収録。 テ ィ ー ザ ー 映像 も 公開. Skream.jp, January 31, 2020, accessed February 4, 2020 (jp).
- ↑ a b Chart tracking albums: JP (DVD) - JP (BD)
- ↑ Ryusenkai: RIAJ Digital Certifications for December 2018. One Hallyu, January 18, 2019, accessed February 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics. Recording Industry Association of Japan , accessed February 1, 2019 (Japanese).
- ^ Egan Loo: My Hero Academia the Movie -Heroes: Rising- Film's New Promo Videos Highlight Class 1-A, Nine. Anime News Network , December 14, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Micha: I Want to Eat Your pancreas - musicians from sumika in the cast. Sumikai, August 23, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ BNK: I want to Eat Your Pancreas: Anime film cast is expanded to include sumika band members. Animenachrichten.de, August 22, 2018, accessed on September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Cayla Coats: Meet the Nominees for the 2018 Anime Awards. Crunchyroll , January 11, 2019, accessed January 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Results Top Theme Songs. Anitrendz.net, accessed March 2, 2019 .