FLOW
Origin	Japan
Genres	Mixture rock, J-Rock, Indie rock, Alternative rock, Pop-Punk
Labels	Ki/oon records (Sony Music Japan)
Members	Vocal: Keigo Hayashi Vocal: Kōshi Asakawa Guitar: Takeshi Asakawa Drum: Hiroshi Iwasaki bass: Yasutarō Gotō
Website(s)	Band's Official Site Sony Music's Official Site

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History

FLOW is a five-piece Japanese Rock band made up of two MCs, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. The group's base was created in 1993 when brothers KOHSHI (elder: vocals) and TAKE (younger: guitar) began playing together. They formed FLOW in 1998, and were eventually joined by KEIGO (vocals), GOT’S (bass) and IWASAKI (drums; joined in 2000). In 2001, the band released its first Maxi single, "FLOW #0". The group then released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...

“Okuru Kotoba”, FLOW's first cover single, was released in January 2003. It remained on the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive #6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album “SPLASH!!!” debuted at #2.

In July 2003, FLOW released the single "BURASUTA" on a major label, Ki/oon Records. In April 2004, they released "GO!!!", which stayed on the Oricon Top 10 Chart for three weeks. In May 2004, FLOW released their first major album, entitled "GAME".

A string of singles followed and in July 2005 the band released its third album, "Golden Coast." Since the release of "Golden Coast," FLOW has released two singles with new A-sides, but one of these ("Around the World/Kandata") was a double A-side release. "Colors" is the band's fourth single. The songs "GO!!!" and "Re:member" both served as opening themes to the anime series Naruto. "Days" was the first opening for BONES's Eureka Seven, and "Realize" was the opening for the PlayStation 2 video games based on the same series. FLOW performed COLORS in 2006, the first opening for Sunrise's original series, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion. Their latest song ANSWER is the first Opening for the Live Action J-Drama "Tantei Gakuen Q" Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Shonen Jump BANZAI! Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run November 1999 – Ongoing No. ... Original run 17 April 2005 – 2 April 2006 No. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... Sunrise logo Founded in 1972, Sunrise Inc. ... Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion ) is a Japanese anime television series, created by Sunrise. ... Detective School Q ) is a manga series, authored by Seimaru Amagi and Fumiya Satou, which was adapted into an anime series, produced by Pierrot. ...

Discography

Singles

• 'FLOW #0'
• 'SUNSHINE 60'
• 'Like a Rolling Snow' (27 November 2002)
• 'Okuru Kotoba' (15 January 2003)
• 'Merosu' (30 April 2003) - A limited 55,000 prints
• 'Blaster' (2 July 2003)
• 'Dream Express' (18 September 2003)(Dream Express)
• 'Ryuusei / Syarirara' (18 February 2004)
• 'GO!!!' (28 April 2004) - Naruto 4th Opening Single
• 'Life is Beautiful' (3 November 2004)
• 'Rookie / STAY GOLD' (27 April 2005) - The theme song for the Korean movie "Make It Big" (일단 뛰어!)
• 'DAYS' (1 June 2005) - Eureka Seven 1st Opening Single
• 'Garden ~Summer Edit~' (3 August 2005)
• 'Re:member' (31 May 2006) - Naruto 8th Opening Single
• 'Around the World / KANDATA' (13 September 2006) - CM for Suzuki Swift
• 'COLORS' (8 November 2006) - Code Geass 1st Opening
• 'ANSWER' (1 August 2007) - Tantei Gakuen 1st Opening Live Action Version

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Albums

• SPLASH!!! - Harukanaru Jishuseisaku BEST- (21 May 2003)
• GAME (26 May 2004)
• Golden Coast (20 July 2005)
• FLOW THE BEST ~Single Collection~ (20 December 2006)

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DVD

• The Play Off ~Game 1~ (1 December 2004)
• FLOW Countdown Live 2006-2007 "Kizuna Factory ~Differ Toshiake~" (21 March 2007)

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Recent Activity

• Flow performed live in America for the first time in Dallas, Texas on (2 September 2006) at Anime Fest which was held at the Hyatt Hotel and Convention center in downtown Dallas.

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External links

• Orange Asiku (french site)
• FLOW Official Site
• Official Website by Sony Music