Charcoal Filter | |
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Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | Rock, pop |
Years active | 1996 - 2007 |
Labels | Powerpop Records.com (1999 - 2000) Columbia Music Entertainment (2001 - 2003) Warner Music Japan (2003 - 2004) Nippon Crown (2006 - 2007) Fake Tan (2014 - Present) |
Past members | Takahiro Konagawa Yuzo Otsuka Yuki Yasui Shintaro Takano Anastasia |
Website | Official Website |
Charcoal Filter (チャコールフィルター), also known as Charcofil or Chakofiru (チャコフィル) to their fans, is a Japanese male rock band. Its members are Takahiro Konagawa, Yuzo Otsuka, Yuki Yasui, and Shintaro Takano. They met each other and formed Charcoal Filter in their high school days. After graduation from high school, they came out with the song "I start again" in 1999. They are known for creating the song "Tightrope", used as the ending theme of the anime series Gensōmaden Saiyūki, back in 2000. From 2002 to 2004 they were produced by Seiji Kameda. They disbanded in 2007.
In 1995 Konagawa, Yasui and Takano formed a band. The next year they incorporated Otsuka as a vocalist, and named the band Charcoal Filter. At first they played Green Day’s songs, which they like, and then they began to play their own songs composed by themselves.
In early 1999 they recorded several songs in New York City for debut. In September of the same year the indie album Gimme a light was released. Two months later they came out with the debut single I start again. The next year they created the song Tightrope, used as the ending theme of the anime series Gensōmaden Saiyūki.
The year 2002 the turning point in their career came. The eighth single Brand-New Myself ~Boku ni Dekiru Koto was a hit. Following this single, the album MADE IN Hi-High took the sixth place in weekly Oricon chart, as obtained them a reputation.
Gimme a light |
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September 17, 1999 |
Indie album (Limited to 1,000 copies only) |
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Spiky |
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June 21, 2000 |
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PANIC POP |
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November 1, 2001 |
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MADE IN Hi-High |
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September 4, 2002 |
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C☆BEST + Flying Hi-High |
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July 9, 2003 |
Best album |
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HAPPY SET |
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September 25, 2003 |
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CHARCOAL FILTER |
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September 23, 2004 |
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Gimme a light 2 |
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May 11, 2005 |
Indie album (Limited to 5,000 copies only) |
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Kokoro no Kita Michi (心の来た道, The Way My Soul has Come by) |
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February 8, 2006 |
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Everything you know is wrong |
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January 10, 2007 |
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Charcoal Filter often give a live concert. They have played all Japanese prefectures. Their performance is appreciated by their own generation. Also, Konagawa and Otsuka appeared at well-known Japanese musical event Dream Power John Lennon Super Live back in 2003.