doa (バンド) (read as "doe-ah") is a Japanese

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

band under the

Giza Studio is a Japanese record label. The Giza Studio started as an indie label in the late 1990s under the name Garage Indies Zapping Association, but soon Being Inc. bought it as their sister label company. Giza Studio is located in Osaka, Japan an ...

label. The band is named after a single letter of each of the members' names: Daiki Yoshimoto, Shinichiro Ohta, and Akihito Tokunaga.

Biography

*Before the band formation, Akihito and Shinichiro were active as a musicians during 90's. Akihito provided arrangements for various Being Inc. artist, guitar support in television live appearances, was leader vocalist of band XL. Shinichiro was guitarist and composer in bands Baad and Rad Hammer. *In June 2004, the band has debut with mini album "Deadstock" under indies label Tent House. In July 2004, they've made major debut with single ''Hi no Tori no you ni'' under music major label

. Akihito is in the production of compositions and arrangements, Shinichiro is in the production of lyrics and Daiki sometimes provide English lyrics in their single's B-side tracks. *In 2008, their single ''Glass no Highway'' debuted on number 7 at Oricon Daily Singles Charts, which makes their best debuted single during their career as of 2019. The single was promoted as an ending theme for Anime television series

Golgo 13 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic'' since October 1968. The series follows the title character, a professional assassin for hire. ''Golgo ...

. *In 2010, they've participated in Christmas cover album "''Christmas Non-Stop Carol''" along with other

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9. ...

and Tent House artists. *In March 2011, they've released final CD single ''Now and Forever'', after then they've releasing only digital singles. On the same month, they did their first hole live tour ''Doa Live “open_door” 2011 Spring'' and during the event released non-paid digital single ''We are one''. *In years 2012–2016, during their live performances they sold charity goods in order to donate for victims of the

Great East Japan Earthquake Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

with total financial support of more than one million yen. *In 2017, after thirteen years of their debut, they've released their first live DVD ''Doa 12th Winter Live“open_door”2016''. *In 2019, for the celebration of 15th debut anniversary they've scheduled to release three compilation albums which consist of track selection based on fan inquiries. As the part of promotion, they'll release three digital singles which will be part of each compilation album included as a new song.

Members

* - vocals, lyricist * - guitar, vocals, composer, lyricist * - bass, vocals, composer, lyricist, arranger

Discography

So far they've released 23 singles, 8 digital singles, 10 albums, 1 best of, 1 indies album and 1 live DVD.

Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Best Album

Indies Album

DVD

References

External links

doa official Web site
Being Inc. artists Japanese hard rock musical groups Japanese rock music groups Japanese pop music groups Japanese folk rock groups {{Japan-band-stub