Kana-Boon

Kana-Boon (stylised as KANA-BOON when romanized) are a Japanese rock band formed in 2008. They made their major debut with Ki/oon Music in 2013. Ever since, they've had four albums reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with "Doppel" being their best-charting album, reaching the third place on the chart. They have also had five singles reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with being their best-charting single, reaching the sixth place on the chart. Three of their singles have been used in the "Naruto" franchise, with "Silhouette" being used as the 16th "Naruto Shippuden" opening theme, and "Diver" as the theme song for ' and Baton Road as the first season opening for '. The B-side for "Diver", "Spiral", was the theme song for ' video game. This group also made a single for the anime "The Perfect Insider" titled "Talking". Their single "Fighter" was chosen to be the fourth opening of '. Shortly after that, their new single titled "Baton Road" was chosen to be the first opening of the "Naruto" sequel, "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations". Recently, their song "Starmarker" was used as the second opening of the fourth season of "My Hero Academia", while their song "Torch of Liberty" was used as the second opening of the second season of "Fire Force".
On October 22, 2020, it was announced that vocalist Maguro Taniguchi will go on a hiatus due to poor physical health. Concerts that were scheduled for October 31 and November 8, 2020 have been canceled as a result.
History.
2006–2013: Origins and early history.
The group was initially formed in 2006 as part of Osaka Prefectural Izumisougou Senior High School's light music club in Sakai, Osaka, and officially formed as a band in 2008. Maguro Taniguchi initially invited Takahiro Koizumi to join the club, and later invited Hayato Koga and Yuuma Meshida. The band's name derives from popular internet slang. The band began performing live at the Mikunigaoka Fuzz live house in Osaka from 2010.
In April 2012, Kana-Boon won the "Ki/oon 20 Years Audition" out of 4000 contestants, and served as the opening act for Asian Kung-Fu Generation. On April 13, 2013, the band released their first music video, "Naimononedari", directed by Shinta Yamagishi, and announced their first nationally distributed work, , for release on April 24, 2013 through their management Hip Land Music. The album performed successfully, placing 14th on the Oricon Charts.
2013–present: Major label debut.
On August 5, 2013, the band announced it had signed with onto the major label Ki/oon Music, and announced their first major label single, , and their first major label album, "Doppel". The first song for the album, "1.2. step to you", was used in commercials for Docomo's dHits service in April 2014.
Band members.
Current members
Former members