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Rurouni Kenshin Ost Album 14
Taka is now the vocalist of Toru's band, which is named "ONE OK ROCK". In 2007, the band started to record for their single with the help of Koichi Korenaga, Satoru Hiraide and INA. They released three singles that same year. Those singles are Naihi Shinsho, Yume Yume and Et Cetera. After those singles, Taka and the band released their debut album Zeutakubyou and had their first tour the Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya Quattro Tour. In 2008, they released their next album Beam of Light, but in an interview with Rockin'On Magazine in June 2012, Taka and the band said that they don't consider this one as an album, but rather as a part of growing up as a band.[2] After releasing the album they performed a gig at Shibuya AX.[3]
After the Alex incident, they finally moved on and released their new single Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer on February 03, 2010. After four months, Taka and the band released their next album Niche Syndrome on June 9, 2010. The band had their tour This is my own judgement! in five Zepp music halls across the nation in 6 days, starting Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and ending in a 2-day concert in Tokyo. The second part the tour took place at sixteen different venues until 11 December 2010. They held a final performance in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo on 28 November, followed by the release of a concert DVD "This is My Budokan?!" on 16 February 2011.[4] On August 6, 7 and 8, ONE OK ROCK headlined Rock in Japan Festival and Summer Sonic Festival, followed by Rising Sun Rock Festival, Monster Bash, Treasure05X, Mad Ollie, Countdown Japan 2010/2011, and Radio Crazy.[5]
The band's next single "Answer is Near" was released and held the Answer is Alive 2011 tour took place in six Zepp music halls and three other venues from April to June 2011. Taka and the band released their first double A-side single Re:make / NO SCARED and released their fifth album, Zankyo Reference. ONE OK ROCK announced fourteen dates between November and December 2011 for the Zankyo Reference Tour. The band also announced their final tour for this album as a two-day concert in Yokohama Arena on 21 and 22 January 2012. This was their first time playing in Yokohama Arena, the biggest venue in Kantō region.
On January 12, 2014 their album producer John Feldmann tweeted that ONE OK ROCK had already started recording their new album.[14] Their first single from the forthcoming album, "Mighty Long Fall", is the theme song for the movie sequel of Rurouni Kenshin. ONE OK ROCK released new single "Mighty Long Fall/Decision" in July 30, 2014.[15] The song "Decision" is the theme song for their documentary film "FOOL COOL ROCK". A music video for "Decision" released in August 20, 2014 contains a compilation footage from their last tour in Europe and Asia. They also revealed the theme song for another movie sequel of Rurouni Kenshin entitled "Heartache".[16]
The single 35xxxv was released on February 11, 2015. The music style has changed and the album was described as "too Americanized" by some fans, yet it managed to get the first place on the Oricon Album weekly ranking being the first time the band achieved the first place. After 2 months, Taka collaborated in the song "Dreaming Alone" by Against the Current and in April 17, 2015, its music video was released on their Official YouTube Channel.
In May 25, 2015, the band announced that they will add two more shows on the tour that will held on September 12-13, 2015 in Chiba Marine Stadium, Makuhari Messe.[24] In May 27, 2015, It was announced that ONE OK ROCK will perform, along with the other bands, in the fourth annual Monster Energy Aftershock Festival on October 25, 2015.[25] July 24, Taka had his first Fuji Rock Festival concert at Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata.[26] In July 2015, Taka confirmed that they signed with Warner Bros. Records and planned to re-release 35xxxv as a deluxe edition containing all English tracks on September 25, 2015.[27] Taka along with the band is set to have a North American tour in fall 2015 with a few selected cities as headlining artists, but will spend the majority of their time as the opening act for All Time Low and Sleeping with Sirens.[28] ONE OK ROCK will also have world tour in Europe and Asia to promote their album.[29]
ONE OK ROCK started their "35xxxv" Asia Tour on January 14, 2016 at Asia-World Expo and ended on January 22, 2016 at Fort Canning Park. They returned to Japan after the tour to perform on ONE THOUSAND MILES TOUR 2016. On February 2016, they announced that they will have another tour in North America and Europe. ONE OK ROCK went to United States and started working with with Colin Brittain, Kane Churko, Dark Waves and Bruno Agra to make new songs. Taka posted on his Instagram account about their new album tracks.
ONE OK ROCK started they're tour in The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, California. A day after that, the band performed in Self Help Fest 2016 at San Bernardo, California. That same day, Taka was interviewed by Robert Herrera from Punk Video Rock. Taka revealed in the interview that they were working for a new album with a English and Japanese version. Just like what they did to 35xxxv and 35xxxv deluxe.[34] After that day, Monster Energy Outbreak Tour continued and ended at House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois on April 18, 2016. ONE OK ROCK went back to their studio in Los Angeles California to continue working on their new album. In May 2016, they went back to Japan and performed in METROPOLITAN ROCK FESTIVAL 2016. In May 31 to June 08, 2016, they toured in Europe and participated in Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.[35][36]
Marking the 10th anniversary of My Chemical Romance's album The Black Parade, Rock Sound announces that there will be a special cover of the said album inviting some of the world's biggest bands, including ONE OK ROCK. The band covers the opening song on the album "The End".[40]
On September 10 and 11, the band held a special live concert at Nagisaen, Shizuoka, Japan where 110,000 spectators experienced a thrilling concert. ONE OK ROCK also announces that they're going to release a digital single called "Taking Off" on September 16, 2016 under Fueled by Ramen. The song was used as a theme song for the Japanese movie "Museum" starring Shun Oguri. The movie will be aired on November 12, 2016. Later at the special live concert, Taka announces that their 8th studio album will be released early next year following an album tour.[41][42][43][44]
On October 8, Sum 41 will have a Japanese edition of their album, 13 Voices, that will include the song "War" featuring Taka. Deryck Whibley from Sum 41 mentioned to Alternative Press Japan that "It was great to collaborate with Taka on our new song called War. I am a huge fan of his voice and of One Ok Rock and I think that our voices work very well together".[45]
After signing with Fueled by Ramen[46] on September 11, 2016, they released the lead single "Taking Off" from their eighth album, Ambitions, to be released on January 11, 2017. On November 18, 2016 they released "Bedroom Warfare" the second single from the album. The third single "I was King" was released on December 15, 2016. Ambitions will have collaborations from Avril Lavigne, Alex Gaskarth and the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer.[47][48]
On November 19, ONE OK ROCK went to South Korea to held their ONE OK ROCK 2016 Live in Korea at KBS Arena. On November 22, the band then went to Shanghai, China to held their ONE OK ROCK 2016 Live in Shanghai at Mercedes Benz Arena. On December 22, ONE OK ROCK went to Fukuoka, Japan where Taka and Toru promoted their upcoming album "Ambition".[49] After that day, the band participated at AIRJAM 2016 that was also held in Fukuoka. 2ff7e9595c
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