Motoo Fujiwara ( 藤原基央) is the composer, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and main vocalist of the group. On March 6, 2013, Bump of Chicken released their first live video and album Bump of Chicken Gold Glider Tour 2012, recorded live at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on July 3, 2012. "Good Luck" was featured as the end theme to the Japanese film Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64. Also in 2012, they released two more singles " Good Luck" and " Firefly", in January and September 2012, respectively. "Zero" was used as the theme song for video game by Square Enix, Final Fantasy Type-0. They also released two singles, " Smile" on and " Zero" on October 19, 2011.
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In 2011, Bump of Chicken announced that they wrote the song " Tomodachi no Uta" as the theme song for the animated 3D movie Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: ~Angel Wings~, and "Tomodachi no Uta" was released as the single on February 23, 2011. On December 15, 2010, they released sixth studio album, Cosmonaut, but the song " Merry Christmas" is not included in the album. They released fourth double A-side single " Uchūhikōshi e no Tegami/Motorcycle" on October 13, 2010, and they released music video for the song on Toy's Factory's YouTube channel on September 14, 2010, then it surpassed 200,000 viewers for two days. Two singles also reached number one consecutively for two weeks on the Oricon Weekly Charts, the first time a band achieved this since Orange Range's "Love Parade" and "Onegai! Señorita" in 2005.
On April 14, 2010, they released " Happy" and then in the following week, another single, " Mahō no Ryōri (Kimi kara Kimi e)". On November 25, 2009, Bump of Chicken released its third double A-side single " R.I.P./Merry Christmas", their first single in two years. This album contains b-sides from singles and other non-album tracks. They released their first compilation album present from you on June 18, 2008. Bump of Chicken released their fifth studio album, Orbital Period, on December 19, 2007. The two singles reached number one and two respectively on the Oricon Weekly Charts. In 2007, they released the singles " Hana no Na" and " Mayday" on the same day. It became the group's second number one single. The band's next single, " Namida no Furusato" was used in a commercial for Lotte Airs. Karma was used as the theme song for Namco's " Tales of the Abyss". In 2005, Bump of Chicken released two singles, " Planetarium" and second double A-side single " Supernova/Karma". Shortly after, they released " Sharin no Uta", from Yggdrasil, as a single. A month later, they released their fourth album, Yggdrasil, which was their second album to reach number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. In July, the group released " Only Lonely Glory", which became their first single to chart at number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. The Living Dead received no modifications. Flame Vein received an extra song and was re-released as Flame Vein +1. They re-released their first two albums in April. " Arue", from their album Flame Vein, was released as a single in March. The beginning of 2004 saw a slew of re-releases. " Sailing Day" was used as the ending theme to the animated movie, One Piece: Dead End Adventure. 2003 saw the release of the first double A-side single " Lost Man/sailing day".
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In the summer of 2002, their music was featured on the Japanese TV drama, "Tentai Kansoku", giving them more exposure.Īt the end of 2002, the group released the single " Snow Smile". They released their first album on Toy's Factory, Jupiter, in February 2002 and was their first number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. They held two live tours, "Star Porking Tours ( スターポーキングツアーズ, Sutaa Pookingu Tsuaazu) 2001" beginning in March and "Surf Porkin'" beginning in July. Bump of Chicken's first big success occurred when their single, " Tentai Kansoku", appeared on the Oricon Weekly Charts in 2001. Later in 2000, the group switched to Toy's Factory, releasing their first single on the label, " Diamond", in September. They also held their first live tour, "Tsuaa Pokiiru ( ツアーポキール)", during March and April. In 2000, they released The Living Dead, their final release on High Line. Later that year, they released their first single, " Lamp". In 1999, Bump of Chicken released their first album, Flame Vein, on High Line Records. In 1996, their song ‘Danny’ won an award on 96TFM. Bump of Chicken's first performance was in 1994, during their ninth grade cultural festival, playing a cover of The Beatles' version of " Twist and Shout". The members first met in kindergarten and were classmates throughout their primary and secondary education.