Cool Joke is a Japanese rock band formed in 2001. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Hiroya Ishikawa (石川 寛也), guitarist Suguru Asabatake (麻畠 卓) and drummer Hiroyuki Saitō (斉藤 広幸). In addition to Ishikawa, Asabatake and Saitō, the band originally featured bassist Keita Hayashi (林 圭太). However, Hayashi left the band in 2006. They performed under the
Sony Music Japan
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Records label, but currently they are under the
high numbers dream indie label. During their time as an indie band, their activity was centered in the
Fukui prefecture
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area. They are now performing on a national level, and one of their songs, "UNDO", was used as the third opening theme song for the popular
anime
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television show, ''
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June ...
''.
Discography
Albums
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005.10.26COOL JOKE
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006.03.31No.1
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008.11.12Reality
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010.07.28KING OF JOKE
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012.07.25Riyuu ga née (Hiroya Ishikawa Solo Album)
Singles
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003.06.01COOL JOKE
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003.08.01Akatsuki no Rock n'Roll
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004.05.12UNDO
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004.08.18Ai no chikara
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005.01.19OK, full throttle
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005.09.21Sekai Wa Kimi No Te No Naka Ni, Hikari Wa Uta No Naka Ni
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007.07.06Kachou fuugetsu (Digital single)
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010.04.07KING OF JOKE (Digital single)
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010.05.06Puka Puka (Digital single)
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012.02.29UNDO -8years later-
References
External links
Official blog
Japanese pop rock music groups
Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists
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