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signed to Ki/oon Records

Ki/oon Records

is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan.-Artists:Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, FLOW, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Pushim, chatmonchy, Denki Groove, The Babystars, DOES, Guitar Wolf, Miki Furukawa, Nico Touches the Walls, plingmin,...

, a subsidiary of Sony Music.

Biography

Home Made Kazoku is a trio, consisting of members Micro, Kuro, and DJ U-Ichi. The band was originally formed in 1996 under a different name. The band was in a state of flux with regard to membership until 2001, when they settled on becoming a duo with the name Home Made Kazoku. From 2001 to 2003, the band performed in various Nagoya nightclubs. In early 2004, the band was chosen to be part of a country-wide tour known as the Japan Club Tour. During the tour, the trio gained a large portion of their Japanese fanbase, and were also signed on by the recording company, Ki/oon Records

Ki/oon Records

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Vocalists Micro and Kuro are originally from the United States. Micro spent a portion of his childhood in Kentucky, while Kuro stated that he lived in the U.S. until he was twelve in Chicago, Illinois.

Shortly after being signed on by a recording company, the group released an album containing the song "Home Sweet Home (Reborn)," which became become one of the most requested songs on Japanese radio stations for the rest of the year. In July 2004, Home Made Kazoku released their first single, Summer Time Magic. Summer Time Magic" ranked 15th on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

record charts for nearly 10 weeks.

After a series of singles, including Thank You!!, which was used to as the second ending theme for anime Bleach

Bleach (manga)

is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...

, and Shōnen Heart, used as the second opening theme for the anime Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....

, the band's first full length album was released. "Rock the World" entered the Oricon charts. The record was in fifth place on the Oricon chart for its first week, and would stay in top 20 for the next eight weeks. Rock the World sold 191,744 copies and became the 78th best selling album of 2005.

After their first album, the group went on several tours and concomitantly released several singles. They also released their second and third albums, "Musication" and "Familia".

Of special note, tickets to their second tour were sold out within the span of one hour, a record in Japanese music. In January 2007, it was announced that they would perform the first ending theme to the anime Naruto: Shippūden

Naruto

is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

entitled Nagareboshi Shooting Star which entered the Oricon charts at 10th place. One of the member, Micro, was featured on the Abingdon Boys School

Abingdon boys school

Abingdon Boys School, stylized as abingdon boys school and abbreviated as a.b.s, is a Japanese rock band fronted by Takanori Nishikawa....

song "Lost Reason" as it appeared on their self-titled album

Abingdon Boys School (album)

Abingdon Boys School is the self-titled debut album by rock band Abingdon Boys School.-Overview:...

.

Home Made Kazoku has performed for a promotional commercial for a product called "Walky Walky" with their song "Easy Walk". In addition, Home Made Kazoku's single, No Rain No Rainbow, is the movie theme for the second Naruto Shippūden movie.

In 2011, Home Made Kazoku returned to Naruto Shippuden for the third time with the song "FREEDOM", which will be the 17th ending theme.

The band played their first show in the USA at Otakon

Otakon

Otakon is a fan convention in the United States focusing on East Asian popular culture and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku...

2010 in Baltimore, MD.

They played at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Rugby World Cup

2011 Rugby World Cup

The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...

in Auckland

Auckland

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in September of that year.

Style

Home Made Kazoku usually displays a very up-beat mood in their music, sometimes described by fans as "feel-good music". The pace of the songs may vary from moderately slow and calm to moderately fast and energetic. Following a trend within Japanese pop, the group makes use of English phrases within the music. This use is rather extensive, as nearly every song contains some amount of English. Most songs utilize the language in the refrain as well as in isolated instances throughout a song.

The subject matter of the music usually concerns love, family, peace, harmonious communication with others, fun, and summer festivities. Additionally, most of the music videos seem to take place in the spring or summer, hearkening back to their up-beat mood and liveliness.

Indie albums

H.M.K.U.
1. Intro
2. Mawaru Record no Ue Hashiru Artist 2001
3. Dekoboko ~ SKIT desu, kitto....
4. Boin-chan (PENIS no SHOW hito)
5. Tegami
6. Track
7. SCRAP&BUILD-DJ Taki-shit mix
8. Outro
Mainichi ga Eiga no You na Hitokoma ～life is beautiful～ (31 July 2002)
1. Kaien
2. Home Made
3. This is This, That is That
4. Run
5. Deban Desu Yo!!!
6. Have a break. have a kit cut
7. Honne to Tatemae
8. Who's Da Entertainer
9. Hai - Nou -the show remix-
10. Kono BATTLE
11. Hyakunen no Koi mo Moeru
12. I.N.G.
13. Me wo Sorasuna
14. Shuuen
Home Sweet Home (10 March 2004)
1. Home Made Kazoku
2. Stamina
3. B Ressha de Yukou
4. Wednesday Night Fever
5. Kuchi Tsuzumi (Mouth Drum)
6. Home Sweet Home
7. Boomerang
8. Yoru no Chou (Butterfly of the Night)
9. You'll be Alright
10. Teirarira (Younger Brother)

Albums

Rock the World (11 May 2005)
1. It's da Dai Naka Show!!!
2. Home Party
3. On The Run
4. Aikotoba
5. Asunaro no Ki
6. Kū Neru Asobu [Eat, sleep, play]
7. Oooh! Ie!
8. Koi no Decibel
9. Thank You!!
10. Mochiron
11. live on direct pt.3
12. Mr. Tough Guy
13. Summer Time Magic
14. Homerareru to Nobiru Type
15. Home Sweet Home (Reborn)
16. Life Goes On & On
Musication (15 February 2006)
1. Journey in 2 H.M.K.U.
2. Music & Communication
3. Shōnen Heart (Young Boy's Heart)
4. Lean On Me
5. JOYRIDE
6. Take It Easy
7. Salvia no Tsubomi (Bud of the Salvia)
8. Funky 20x8
9. Shall We Ranbu!? (Shall We Dance Wildly!?)
10. Itoshi no Mic Check 1,2
11. Itsumo Itsudemo (Forever Anytime)
12. R.A.I.N.B.O.W.
13. You'll Be Alright With Makihara Noriyuki
14. Happy Days Shiawase na Hibi
Familia (14 March 2007)
1. Familogue
2. We Are Family
3. Everybody Needs Music
4. Get Fun-Key -space in your space-
5. fantastic 3 feat.SEAMO
8. Brand New Day
10. What's Going On !?
12. Brotherhood
13. Never Enough feat. K-Moon from Incredible Beatbox Band
14. Flava Flava with from
16. (Invisible Power)
Home (8 October 2008)
2. Rise & Shine
3. Change
4. Come Back Home
5. Easy Walk
6. (Truth Is,)
7. No Rain No Rainbow
8. Home
9. (I Remember)
11. Runners High
12. ZokuZokool
14. I Wish
15. Yeah!!
Circle (3 March 2010)
1. Circleduction
2. L.O.V.E.
3. Family Circuit
4. Oooh Wa！
5. Tomorrow featuring 九州男 [Kusuo]
6. Crazy feat. Emi Hinouchi
  Emi Hinouchi
  is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo....
7. ムカイカゼ（Album Ver.）Mukaikaze (Album Ver.)
8. Fun House feat. KAME(from KAME & LNK), TUT1026, HOZE(from SMELLS GOOD)
9. ハナビラ [Villa Hana] feat. Yukko from のあのわ [noanowa]
10. スーパーマン [Superman]
11. ムチャぶりキング [Mucha First Time] feat. SEAMO
12. Looking For You
13. You ～あなたがそばにいる幸せ～ You ~ Anata ga Soba ni Iru Shiawase
14. CIRCLE
Seven Emotions (2 February 2011)
1. Theme of Seven Emotions
2. もっと君を...
3. エール
4. BIG CITY
5. 心の花
6. Good Bye と同じくらい Thank You
7. 流れ星～Shooting Star～（Fickle Remix）
Akatsuki (28 September 2011)
1. 暁 (Introduction)
2. FREEDOM
3. スターとライン
4. So So Hot!!!
5. No.1
6. STAY GOLD
7. 情熱のスイッチ
8. BODY PARTY
9. 僕はここにいる
10. ぬくもり
11. ギフト
12. Rolling Stone

Compilation albums

Heartful Best Songs (6 February 2008)
13. Life goes on & on(Extended Ver.)
14. Home Sweet Home(Reform)

Featuring albums

Family Tree ~Side Works Collection Vol.1~
1. Wait For Me feat. Arikawa Kotomi / HOME MADE Family
2. I Say Yeah! / PUSHIM, RHYMESTER, HOME MADE 家族, マボロシ, May J. I Say Yeah! / PUSHIM, RHYMESTER, HOME MADE Family, Maboroshi, May J.
3. LOST REASON feat.MICRO from HOME MADE 家族 / abingdon boys school LOST REASON feat.MICRO from HOME MADE Family / abingdon boys school
4. NIGHT PARADE by FLOW & HOME MADE 家族 / FLOW NIGHT PARADE by FLOW & HOME MADE Family / FLOW
5. Let's go faraway feat.MICRO from HOME MADE 家族（Mine-Chang Remix） / Sowelu Let's go faraway feat.MICRO from HOME MADE Family (Mine-Chang Remix) / Sowelu
6. Minus to Plus with KURO from HOME MADE 家族 / SOFFet Minus to Plus with KURO from HOME MADE Family / SOFFet
7. 春の白昼夢 feat.HOME MADE 家族 / HB Family feat.HOME MADE Daydream Spring / HB
8. ほんの少しだけ feat.KURO from HOME MADE 家族 / 槇原敬之 Slightly feat.KURO from HOME MADE Family / Makihara Noriyuki
9. 夢旅 feat.MICRO from HOME MADE 家族 / TUT-1026 Family dream trip feat.MICRO from HOME MADE / TUT-1026
10. Gradation feat.MICRO, SMALLEST, SHOGO / LITTLE Gradation feat.MICRO, SMALLEST, SHOGO / LITTLE
11. FUN HOUSE feat.KAME(from KAME & LNK), TUT-1026, HOZE(from SMELLS GOOD) （Fickle Remix） / HOME MADE 家族 FUN HOUSE feat.KAME (from KAME & LNK), TUT-1026, HOZE (from SMELLS GOOD) (Fickle Remix) / HOME MADE Family
12. funky technician feat.HOME MADE 家族 / シーモネーター & DJ TAKI-SHIT Family funky technician feat.HOME MADE / Shimoneta & DJ TAKI-SHIT
13. 詩 GO TO 人 by THREE RIVERS(KAME, MICRO from HOME MADE 家族, TUT-1026) / KAME & LNK GO TO poem person by THREE RIVERS (KAME, MICRO from HOME MADE Family, TUT-1026) / KAME & LNK
14. アイコトバはア・ブラ・カダ・ブラ～HOME MADE 家族 vs 米米CLUB～ / HOME MADE 家族 Cada bra bra Aikotoba family vs Yone Yone Y ~ HOME MADE CLUB ~ / HOME MADE Family

Singles/Mini-Albums

Oooh! Ie! (19 May 2004)
1. Oooh! Ie!
2. Let It Be Arugamama ni
3. Merry Go Round
4. Live On Direct pt.1
5. Kuchiyakusoku Kara Hajimaru Monogatari ~151125~
Summer Time Magic (7 July 2004)
1. Summer Time Magic
2. Mr. Tough Guy
3. Oooh!Yeah!
(17 November 2004)
1. Aikotoba
2. Hero
3. Home Party
(26 January 2005)
1. Thank You!!
2. Home Sweet Home (Reborn)
On the Run (2 March 2005)
1. On the Run
2. Live On Direct pt.2
3. Adrenaline F
(3 August 2005)
1. Shōnen Heart
2. Sora to Umi no Deau Tokoro
3. Shōnen Heart (Instrumental)
Joyride (5 October 2005)
1. Joyride
2. Manabi no Ma do
3. Life Work!
4. Joyride (Instrumental)
(18 January 2006)
1. Salvia no Tsubomi
2. You'll Be Alright with Noriyuki Makihara
3. Nani ga ta desu ka?
4. Salvia no Tsubomi (Instrumental)
5. You'll Be Alright with Noriyuki Makihara (Instrumental)
(12 July 2006)
1. Aikotoba wa Abra Cadabra Home Made Kazoku vs. Komekome Club
2. Manatsu no Dance Call
3. Precious Season
4. Aikotoba wa Abra Cadabra Home Made Kazoku vs. Komekome Club (Instrumental)
5. Manatsu no Dance Call (Instrumental)
I Say Yeah!
I Say Yeah!
"I Say Yeah!" is a single released by all 5 of the signed artists from Neosite Discs, a sub-label of Ki/oon Records dedicated to R&B, hip hop and reggae, to celebrate the label's 10th anniversary. The single received minor popularity, debuting at #8, dropping to #20 in its second week and stayed on...

(4 October 2006)
Everybody Needs Music (22 November 2006)
1. Everybody Needs Music
2. Silver Town
3. Tera Incognita Shirarezarutochi
4. What's Going On
(31 January 2007)
1. Kimi ga Kureta Mono
2. Never Enough
3. Salvia no Tsubomi Liga Oriente Remix
(7 March 2007) 1st Naruto Shippūden Ending Theme
1. Nagareboshi Shooting Star~
2. Yonaka ni Kaita Love Letter
3. Nagareboshi Shooting Star (Instrumental)
(16 January 2008)
1. Oboeteru
2. Rise & Shine
3. Everybody Needs Music (raw phat remix)
Easy Walk (8 April 2008)
1. Easy Walk
No Rain No Rainbow(23 July 2008)
1. No Rain No Rainbow
3. I Wish
Come Back Home (3 September 2008)
1. Come Back Home
3. Easy Walk (DJ Deckstream Remix)
YOU 〜あなたがそばにいる幸せ〜 (YOU ~Anata ga soba ni Iru Shiawase~, You ~Happiness Around You) (11 March 2009)
1. YOU 〜あなたがそばにいる幸せ〜
2. Fun House ft. Kame (from Kame & L.N.K.), Tut-1026, & Hoze (from Smells Good)
3. Clap! Clap!
Tomorrow featuring Kusuo (4 November 2009)
1. Tomorrow featuring Kusuo
2. Mukaikaze (ムカイカゼ, Headwind)
3. Looking for You
4. Silver Town
L.O.V.E. (10 February 2010)
1. L.O.V.E.
2. Step by Step
3. Shōnen Heart (Fickle Remix)
Nukumori (ぬくもり, Warmth) (27 October 2010)
1. Nukumori
2. Mirai Ōrai (未来オーライ)
3. Nukumori (Instrumental)
FREEDOM (1 June 2011)
1. FREEDOM
2. No Rain No Rainbow (Fickle Remix)
3. FREEDOM (Instrumental)
Kohakushoku ni Somaru Kono Machi wa (琥珀色に染まるこの街は, Amber in This City) (January 25, 2012)
1. Kohakushoku ni Somaru Kono Machi wa
2. Across the Universe

Anime

The song Thank You!!! was featured as the 2nd ending theme in the Bleach

Bleach (manga)

Anime Series. The song was used from episodes 14-25.
The song No Rain No Rainbow was featured as the ending song in Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds

Naruto Shippuden 2: Bonds

is the fifth overall Naruto film, and is the second Naruto: Shippūden film. It was released on August 2, 2008. The movie was announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump along with the DVD release date for the first Shippūden movie. Additionally, the teaser trailer for the second movie was aired with Naruto:...

.
The song Shooting Star was featured as the first ending theme for Naruto Shippūden.
As well, the song Shōnen Heart was used for the second opening theme of the anime Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven

.
The song "FREEDOM" is featured as the seventeenth ending theme for Naruto Shippūden.

DVDs

Live 2005 "Rock the World" ～はじめての家族旅行～ in 名古屋
Home Made Films Vol.1
Home Made Films Vol.2
Home Made Films Vol.3
I Say Yeah! NeOSITE 10th Anniversary Party@Shibuya AX 2006/10/27
Tour 2006 "Musication" ～平成十八年度・新学期家族大歓迎会～ in Zepp Tokyo
TOUR 2007 "FAMILIA" ～Heisei 19 Nendo Shiawase Kazokuka Keikaku～ in SHIBUYA AX

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