Eu Phoria
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Eu Phoria was a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 all girl band, formed in 2002. They made their major debut in 2007 on Avex's label Sonic Groove. Their songs were used as the theme songs of various Japanese television dramas and variety shows such as Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi
Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi
is a Japanese television drama, or drama based on the popular manga of the same name by Kimio Yanagisawa. The title literally translates as Mission Section Chief Hitoshi Tadano...

, Itadakimuscle, Junk Sports, and DOWN TOWN DX. The band's final performance was on October 31, 2009.

Members

  • Shoco - Real name: Shōko Suzuki (鈴木翔子) - Vocal
  • Tomo2 - Real name: Tomoko Akiragawa (翠川智子) - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Ayaka - Real name: Ayaka Haraguchi (原口彩香) - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Reona - Real name: Reona Suzuki (鈴木玲緒奈) - Keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     (Leader)
  • Sawa2 - Real name: Sawako Suzuki (鈴木佐和子) - Drums


Reona and Ayaka founded the band with two other original members, who later quit. Shoco and Tomo² joined in 2005, and Sawa² joined a year later.

Singles

(released on February 14, 2007)
  1. Single Bed
  2. Hey!
  3. Valentine Jealousy


(released on August 1, 2007)
  1. Yakusoku
  2. Struggle
  3. Cheeky girl


  • Proud (released on March 12, 2008)
  1. Proud
  2. Ride On
  3. With Bright Eyes


Other songs

Found on the compilation album Spring Harmony: Vision Factory presents (February 13, 2008):
  • Get Your Dreams


Can be bought on Vision Factory
Vision Factory
Vision Factory is a Japanese talent agency. It largely works with musical talent, but has branched out in recent years to include actors and comedians. It was founded by Tetsuo Taira in 1984 under the name Rising Productions. However, the company changed its name to Freegate Promotions and now...

's web site for mobile phones:
  • Smile New Year


The following songs are only played at live shows:
  • Candy Kiss
  • Show Me
  • Truth
  • Little Wing
  • Memories
  • My Boy (STARS~Song of the Stars~)


These covers have been played at lives
  • Living Loving Maid (Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin
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    )
  • My Happy Ending
    My Happy Ending
    "My Happy Ending" is a song written and produced by Avril Lavigne and Butch Walker, and engineered by Russ T. Cobb for Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin . It was released as the album's second internationally released single in 2004 and became Lavigne's fourth most successful single. It peaked...

     (Avril Lavigne
    Avril Lavigne
    Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

    )
  • Highway Star (Deep Purple
    Deep Purple
    Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

    )
  • You Keep Me Hangin' On
    You Keep Me Hangin' On
    Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...

     (The Supremes
    The Supremes
    The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

    )
  • Satisfaction
    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
    " Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...

     (The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

    )
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