Back-On

Back-On

Origin	Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Alternative rock, hard rock, synthpop, rap rock
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Cutting Edge Avex Trax
Website	Official website
Members	Kenji03 Teeda Shu Gori
Past members	Macchin Icchan

Back-On (stylized as BACK-ON) is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, Japan. They are recognized for creating anime and game opening themes such as the Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 opening theme, "fly away"; Air Gear opening theme, "Chain"; Murder Princess opening theme "Hikari Sasuhou (fk Metal ver.)" and Eyeshield 21s "Blaze Line". etc., although they have also written ending themes for both anime and TV shows. These include "flower" and "a day dreaming..." for Eyeshield 21, and "Butterfly" for the late-night TV drama Shinjuku Swan, and most recently "Sands of Time" for the mobile robot TV drama Keitai Sousakan 7.
They have just formed a new band called BAReeeeeeeeeeN (バリーン Barīn^?) with the 4-man band GReeeeN, produced by Jin (so 10 people = 10 e's) and their debut single "Ashiato" is due out on October 1, 2008. The song is currently No. 1 in the USEN and chaka-uta digital download charts.
The band's singles "Flyaway" and "Where Is the Future?" were created as the theme music for the PSP game Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, which was released exclusively in Japan on January 28, 2009.
Their single release One Step!/Tomorrow Never Knows was released on January 27, 2010; "Tomorrow never knows" was used as the background theme music for the DyDo coffee commercial featuring Teppei Tajima, the Japanese surfer.

History

Kenji03 and Gori have been friends since childhood, having attended the same school in Tokyo's Adachi Ward. In their sixth year in school, they realized that they wanted to start a band, though in the beginning they did it all separately.^[1] While in high school, Kenji03 met Teeda while Gori met Shu. They each started out in separate bands, but eventually ended up uniting with each other to form their own band.^[1] Shortly after their formulation, Kenji03 met his brother's friend Macchin, who joined the band as its drummer^[1] and rounded out the quintet.
Back-On made their first international appearance at Anime Matsuri on April 28, 2007 in Houston, Texas and were invited back for Anime Matsuri 2010. Since then they've also appeared in Vancouver, Canada for Anime Evolution in August 2007, and Anime USA in Arlington, Virginia in November 2007. They were also the guest judges for Anime Idol 2007 at Anime Evolution.
Back-On performed at Connichi 2009 in Kassel, Germany earlier in 2009, and are due to revisit Taiwan for 2 live performances on December 26 & 27 2009.

Band members

Current

• Kenji03 - Lead vocals, mc, Rhythm guitar (2002–present)
• Teeda - mc, Rap vocals (2002–present)
• Gori - Bass (2002–present)
• Shu - Lead guitar (2002–present)

Former

• Macchin - Drums (2002–2006)
• Icchan - Drums (2006–2011)

Discography

Singles

Single	Title	Tracks	Release date
1st	"Chain"	"Chain" "Believer" "Kodou" (鼓動?, "Pulse")	June 7, 2006
2nd	"Blaze Line/A Day Dreaming..."	"Blaze Line" "A Day Dreaming..." "Eyes" "Blaze Line" (TV size) "A Day Dreaming..." (TV size)	June 6, 2007
3rd	"Butterfly"	"Butterfly" "Spark" "Drive" (Shutokou Remix) (Drive (首都高 Remix)?)	September 19, 2007
4th	"Flower"	"Flower" "Zero" "Colors"	September 19, 2007
5th	"Sands of Time"	"Sands of Time" "Message for Kidz" "Fifty/50"	May 21, 2008
6th	"Flyaway"	"Flyaway" "Where Is the Future?" "Re:Start" "Flyaway" ("Tales of" Remix) (limited edition CD only)	January 28, 2009
7th	"One Step! feat. Mini/Tomorrow Never Knows"	"One Step! feat. Mini" "Tomorrow Never Knows"	January 27, 2010
8th	"Tell Me"	"Tell Me" "Discovery"	January 19, 2011
9th	"With You Feat. Me"	"With You Feat. Me (Misono)" "Nagareboshi" (流れ星?, "Shooting Star") "With You" ("Tales of" Remix) (limited edition CD only)	February 9, 2011
10th	"Connectus and selfish"	Connectus and selfish flyaway We are.... Ashiato( BareeeeeeeeeeN)	August 17, 2011
11th	"Ice cream"	Ice cream Piece	May 9, 2012

Mini-albums

Album	Title	Tracks	Release date
1st	Adachi Tribe	Intro feat. DJ Takaki Over Dreamer Forward Sono Mama De (そのままで?, "As Is") Ultimate Adachi (アルティメット足立 Arutimetto Adachi?)	October 27, 2004
2nd	Hero	Flydom Nuts Tribe Ultimate Adachi (アルティメット足立 Arutimetto Adachi?) Over (Leave It Alone Mix) Soul Shout (Studio Live)	July 13, 2005 (Out of Print)
3rd	Baby Rock	Gaku-Ten Blow Flydom Forward Feel Nuts Tribe Lucky (ラッキー Rakkī?) So Many Tears	October 19, 2005
4th	New World	New World Chain (Album Mix) Rain Hikari Sasuhou (ヒカリサスホウ?) Drive Make Some Noise	November 22, 2006

Full albums

Album	Title	Tracks	Release date
1st	Yes!!!	Hatenaki Michi e (果てなき道へ?, "To the Endless Road") [LA mix] Flower [LA mix] New World Sands of Time Butterfly Blaze Line Drive A Day Dreaming... Sono Mama De (そのままで?, "As it is") [New Ver.] Hikari Sasuhou (ヒカリサスホウ?) [New World Ver.] Chain [LA mix] Flydom BAReeeeeeeeeeN / Color [LA mix] (bonus track) BAReeeeeeeeeeN / Ashiato (足跡?, "Footprint") [LA mix] (bonus track)	November 12, 2008
2nd	Hello World	Beginning Rockstar Anthem With You feat. Me Apologize Twenty Four / 7 Tell Me Flyaway Hero Tomorrow Never Knows -album ver.- We Are... One Step! feat. mini Hare Days	February 16, 2011
3rd	Good Job!!	Ice cream Highway Dancer Connectus Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! come on & Let's go feat.Emyli, kailis from OVER DOSE(Taiwan) HOME Word play WE CAN’T STOP Futari Diary (フタリダイアリー Futari Daiarī?, "Two Diaries") IT’S NOT OVER Selfish Mr Yesterday	May 30, 2012

Songs used in media

• Air Gear Opening Theme: "Chain"
• Murder Princess Opening Theme: "Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.)" (ヒカリサスホウ (FK Metal ver.)^?)
• Eyeshield 21 4th Opening Theme: "Blaze Line"
• Eyeshield 21 5th Closing Theme: "A Day Dreaming..."
• Eyeshield 21 6th Closing Theme: "Flower"
• Tokyo Mayokara 1st Theme: "Kodou" (鼓動^?, "Pulse")
• Tokyo Mayokara 2nd Theme: "Colors"
• Shinjuku Swan Ending Theme: "Butterfly"
• K-tai Investigator 7 Ending Theme: "Sands of Time"
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 Opening Theme: "Flyaway"
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 Ending Theme: "Where Is the Future?"
• IAMS Japan's 2009 animal shelter series Theme: "We Are..."
• DyDo coffee TV CM Theme: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 Opening Theme: "With You feat. Me (Misono Koda)"
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 Ending Theme:"Nagareboshi" (流れ星^?, "Shooting Star")
• " One Piece" 16th Opening Theme: "Hands Up!"
• Gundam Build Fighters Opening Theme: "ニブンノイチ -One Half-"
• Gundam Build Fighters Opening Theme: "wimp ft. Lil' Fang (from FAKY)"

Videography

PV

• Flydom (Hero)
• Nuts Tribe (Hero)
• Gaku-Ten (Baby Rock)
• Kodou (鼓動^?, "Pulse") (Chain)
• Chain (Chain)
• New World (New World)
• A Day Dreaming... (Blaze Line/A Day Dreaming...)
• Blaze Line (Blaze Line/A Day Dreaming...)
• Flower (Flower)
• Butterfly (Butterfly)
• Sands of Time (YES!!!)
• Flyaway (YES!!!)
• One Step! (Hello World)
• Tell Me (Hello World)
• With You (Hello World)
• Ice cream (Good Job!!)