The Official KOBUKURO Thread
 

These guys totally need a thread of their own. I love them.

oh i never heard their music before, but my dad loves them i think..what was their latest single/album? i want to get something to for my dad *beings to question if my dad's taste in music is better than mine..*

latest album - 5296

latest single - Aoku Yasashiku which was released last year on 7th Nov .

I only sit & take notice of this band after they collborate with ayaka on WINDING ROAD & also with Tsubomi .

They have some great songs & their music's very uplifting & soaring .

I recommend Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa , Sakura , their breakthough hit Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana & of course Tsubomi .

Tsubomi's amazing , deserves to be their 1st no.1 single & also it didn't win the Grand Prix award at the 49th Japan Record Awards for nothing

wow... your dad is a jpop lover too? you mentioned he loves misia too =.="

and yeah i never heard of their song... but i do know them

a tall guy and a short guy band

LOL Yeah. Their voices are incredible, especially the tall guy, Kuroda. My KOBU-favorites are too many to list. Definitely anata e to tsuzuku michi, Takarajima, blue blue, miss you, Yuki ga Furanai Machi, Aoku Yasashiku, Kazamidori, Tsubomi, Million Films, Towa ni Tomo ni, Kimi to iu na no tsubasa, Koko ni shika sakanai hana...

:roflmao

http://wiki.theppn.org/images/thumb/..._late_2007.jpg

the tall guy on the left's Kuroda Shunsuke (黒田俊介) - Vocal

while the short guy on the right's Kobuchi Kentaro (小渕健太郎) - Vocal, guitar, blues harp, sanshin, finger whistle

Kuroda's damn tall man . He stands at 1.93m :O

I'm really taken by Kuroda's voice, but I like Kobuchi's personality more haha

haha

you can definitely tell whose voice's who real easily !

Kuroda's voice is more deep & huskier than Kobuchi's

Yeah. Kuroda seems really daunting at first glance, though he's really personable on TV. I think Kobuchi is really funny, though XD

i never heard about their songs.maybe someone could recomment me some songs?

oo thanks for the recommendations~my dad listens randomly to the taiwanese radios, so he knows things, kokukuro's name in chinese is so awesome! aren't they the band that beat GUILTY for #1? if they are, they must be good~

Kubopower thread...YAY! :bchuck *has heard a song from them...well, except WINDING ROAD and didn't like it*

Thankies Karen for the recommendations. I will try the songs out. :yes

@pommy: Yea, they are the ones that beat GUILTY. They've been really popular for the past few years and selling amazingly well. Female artists going against them is like suicide especially for the ones who have precious records to hold on to.

oh oh i see~so what kind of style are they? rock/r&b/etc.?

Folk music and pop! :bgiggle

:thud folk music~interesting!

WHO LOVES TSUBOMI?
Jesus that song is awsome!!!

yup they're the ones who beat GUILTY to the no.1 spot

folk music that's why I suspect most of their fans are housewives . You don't see fangirls liking folk music acts is it ?

oh yeah it's fantastic , it deserves to their 1st no.1 single & not to mention it was the 3rd best selling single for last year .

Their popularity exploded to an all time high when they put out their 11th single Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana & also ALL SINGLES BEST

TSUBOMI....whahaha.. never heard...
i want try it..
which album?

Tsubomi's taken from the 5296 album , riozz

Try TSUBOMI full single.
The other tracks are really good too!! The track 3 'Kazamidori' is an amazing song too!

OMG. i'v trid it and Hollly GOD.. AWESOME..
pretty song

told you Tsubomi's ace :D

^ hahhaa yah.. recommeent me more,please :D

11th Single's Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana which's their breakthough hit - www.mediafire.com/?53dwkwxoyzj

12th Single's Sakura - http://www.4shared.com/file/34976513...akura.html?s=1

13th Single's Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa - www.mediafire.com/?c4udm9xwmms

15th Single's Aoku Yasashiku - http://www.4shared.com/file/32834331...ukuro.html?s=1

enjoy

^ ahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaa..
thank you karen...:luv

:D

their 13th - 15th singles are found in 5296

I particularly like Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa which's such a soaring uplifiting no

what..?
they just have 15 singles?

Aoku Yasashiku, Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa, Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana are really good! Karen already uploaded <3*
I also like:
Kazamidori (Tsubomi single)
DOOR (DOOR single)
Hikari no Chikai ga Kikoeta Hi (Music Man Ship album)
Koko Kara (Music Man Ship album)
Kono Yubi Tomare! (Music Man Ship album)
Mai Asa Boku no Yoko ni Ite 'Sweet Drip Mix' (Music Man Ship album)
Onaji Mado Kara Miteta Sora (Nameless World album)
Starting Line (Nameless World album)
Towa ni Tomo ni (Music Man Ship album)

I really recommend MUSIC MAN SHIP and NAMELESS WORLD albums!

yeah surprising isn't it considering that they made their major label debut 7 years ago but in fact they have been formed since way back 10 years ago

Just download their ALL SINGLES BEST album. It's totally worth it.

any links for album downloads?~

Here you can find their discography.

oo thanks~

thank you foxxy.. i want try their song but almost all song is ballad.uerr

yeah karen. quite surprising. i thought they have at least 30 singles

I know

they haven't put out anything new since last Nov

I want a new single from them !

hmm.. i want try to hear some upbeat song.
i'm quite bored with their ballad song but Holly BALLAD song they've made

covers for their 16th single Toki no Ashioto :

CD only :

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7...hiotocdfw7.jpg

CD + DVD :

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7...tocddvdmz3.jpg

Tracklist:
01. 時の足音 (Toki no Ashioto)
02. 赤い糸 (Akai Ito)
03. ベテルギウス (Betelgeuse)
04. 時の足音(Instrumental)
05. 赤い糸 (Instrumental)
06. ベテルギウス (Instrumental)

Toki no Ashioto will be released on 29th this month

covers are not really exciting for that matter LOL :laugh

Although simple, i like both covers! Thanks alot Foxxy_Fuyumi for their discography X]

Oh yea, i have a high tendancy to misspell their name >.>

really Joel ? for me I had a problem telling who's who in the group initally

now I don't have that problem anymore

Because I LOVED their collaboration with Ayaka, I decided to give them a try and their latest album 5296 is just brilliance, they're awesome, so I'd love to get into more of their stuff, and one of the guys is cute, the other one is meh for me...lol

LOL

who's the guy that you said it's cute ? the shorter or the taller guy ?

shorter who has a guitar on his hand - Kobuchi

taller guy who's 1.93m :O - Kuroda

& they will be performing at MS next Fri - http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...017/#more-4793

It's definitely the shorter one, I was watching a performance of Winding Road and it's funny cause he's like the same height as Ayaka.

:roflmao

poor Kuroda , I pity him for being so tall

then again it's a good reason to look up to him iterally :laugh

Kuroda-san is married, anyhow. LOL

wow he's ? I didn't know that

I wonder how about Kobuchi ?

Toki no Ashioto PV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soX3lBtaeQg

i saw the PV yesterday. i think i actually like the song, lol. i might hear more because of ayaka :P

LOL :laugh

I waited for quite a long time for new material from the guys like TOO long . I love their stuff they rock iterally

Download Toki no Ashioto PV & PV Rip via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81305

NINKI SINGLES for 10/29 Releases

#1 194.30 関ジャニ∞（エイト） 無責任ヒーロー 10/29
#2 122.90 コブクロ 時の足音 10/29
#3 73.60 矢島美容室 ニホンノミカタ　－ネバダカラキマシター 10/29
#4 49.70 坂本真綾 雨が降る 10/29
#5 46.50 ＭｉｌｋｙＷａｙ タンタンターン！ 10/29
#6 35.60 ＷａＴ ３６℃ 10/29
#7 33.90 シド モノクロのキス 10/29
#8 26.00 清春 ｌｏｖｅｄ 10/29
#9 24.10 ｍｉｓｏｎｏ 家族の日／アブラゼミ♀（大阪バージョン）－ピアノ・バージョン－ 10/29
#10 19.00 アンティック－珈琲店－ 小悪魔ＵＳＡＧＩの恋文とマシンガンｅ．ｐ． 10/29

pretty good since their up again KJ8 :P

I know since I think it's quite obvious that KJ8 will get it & that Kobukuro wouldn't stand a chance to get no.1 :(

luckily I support both acts so it's ok

WPCL-10668
Kobukuro/Niji[Regular Edition] CDA
1143 yen US$12/94.17 Release Date:2009/04/15
Description:Seventeenth single release from Kobukuro featuring tie-up song with JAL "Niji." Seventeenth single release from Kobukuro featuring tie-up song with JAL "Niji." Limited edition includes bonus DVD with their treasured footage taken in 2009 (subject to change.)
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPCL-10668
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WPZL-30118
Kobukuro/Niji[w/ DVD, Limited Edition] CDA
1429 yen US$15/94.17 Release Date:2009/04/15
Description:Seventeenth single release from Kobukuro featuring tie-up song with JAL "Niji." Limited edition includes bonus DVD with their treasured footage taken in 2009 (subject to change.) *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPZL-30118

YAY :D

I've actually only heard the song they did with ayaka some time ago, but I can't even remember what that song sounds like anymore, or the name of it.

Aside from that, I have never heard any of their other songs, but I'm always willing to give artists/groups a try to see if I like their music.

Which one Tracy ? They did 2 together in the form of WINDING ROAD & Anata to

Umm... I think it was the older song/the first collab song. Is that one, WINDING ROAD?

:yes WINDING ROAD

it's though ayaka that I decided to get in touch with Kobukuro's music in which I'm glad I did so

Oh ok, I see, yes, that is the song.

I'm going to also check out their other song they did with ayaka, and then of course, their own songs without ayaka, hehe.

start from their breakthough single Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana & work your way backwards or onwards from that song

& also of course Tsubomi which's epic

Ok, sure, I will. I'm heading to imeem / youtube now, and searching for their songs/PV's. :yes

Niji (LQ Radio preview)


Credits to pizca @ JPM.

Thanks a lot Tracy :)

promo pic of the duo :

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/...WPCL-10668.jpg

& it sounds like a very nice upbeat no. for once :D , just like Kimi to Iu Nano Tsubasa

cover for their upcoming single Niji (it's the same one for CD only & CD + DVD) :

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/...WPCL-10668.jpg

kinda a pity that they have boring album/singles covers

other than that , I love their music which's all that matters really

From JPM:

thanks Tracy , maybe this will be the 1st time for me to give their B-side no. a shot now that it's said to be used to promote Cross Game

i never really pictured kobukuro singing for an anime OP, lol. hopefully it's an upbeat song.

LMAO me too Lisa :laugh , I just hope it will be a good one

Looks like the Niji PV has aired, but keep on being deleted off streaming sites.

Hopefully, it will show up again soon. If anyone finds it somewhere, post the link. ;)

Niji PV:



Really liked this song :D

Thanks TABOO for posting the PV. :) Can't wait to see it now.

thanks for uploading Niji's PV

I will check it out later after I get back home from school

I have uploaded the Niji PV via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88172

320kpbs PV rip of the song coming soon :)

320kpbs PV Rip of Niji - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...65#post1880965

Niji Single is ranked #2 on Oricon's NINKI chart.

HQ Cover of Niji:

The single's up for download via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88811

The duo will be performing at next Fri's MUSIC STATION :

http://pic.ipicture.ru/uploads/090416/if1hiXm3N8.jpg

1st week sales of Niji - #2 with 67,771

it's the 1st time for me to listen to the full single of the duo & I gotta say their B-sides are quite solid

Summer rain's very upbeat & peppy while Rururu's a really good folk driven tune :cool

In Oricon's latest poll titled Songs that makes you cry , Tsubomi came in at #4

http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...avngivet-2.jpg

very well deserved & what a great/sad song :(

yay I got my Niji single earlier on at the local HMV :

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9062/img1227l.jpg

you can download scans of it via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1905045

They have a new single scheduled on 2009/ 7/ 1. Still Untitled.

cool! i didn't hear the niji single yet, but i saw their performance of it at MS last week, and the song's pretty nice.

awesome I look forward to it :D

@ Lisa - they're really good live . I have seen their live performances before & they're just like ayaka & Ken Hirai in the extent that they tend to both the same live if not better as compared to what you hear on a CD

& you can download CD only scans of Niji via my JPop Scans thread

NEW KOBUKURO SINGLE YO

WPCL-10717
Kobukuro/Stay[Regular Edition] CDA
1143 yen US$12/97.48 Release Date:2009/07/15
Description:
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPCL-10717
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WPZL-30140
Kobukuro/Stay[w/ DVD, Limited Edition] CDA
1429 yen US$15/97.48 Release Date:2009/07/15
Description:
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPZL-30140

The tracklist's already up :

1. STAY
2. FREEDOM TRAIN
3. 君といたいのに
4. STAY (Instrumental)
5. FREEDOM TRAIN (Instrumental

can someone give me the Romanji & Eng translations for 君といたいのに ?

Thanks & can't wait to get/hear STAY in due time :heart

no 1 can help me with regards to in giving me the Romanji & Eng translations for 君といたいのに ? :eyes

omg it has been pushed all the way to page 7 :O

Covers for STAY :

CD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ers/STAYCD.jpg

CD + DVD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../STAYCDDVD.jpg

at 1st I thought that they're the same but if you look closer , it's actually a boy & a girl for each different cover which I think it's cool

===

& NEW ALBUM YO

WPCL-10731
Kobukuro/Calling[Regular Edition] CDA
3000 yen US$31/97.51 Release Date:2009/08/05
Description:Seventh album release from Kobukuro including the songs "Niji," "Stay," "Akai Ito," "Betelgeuse," "Summer rain" and more for 13 songs.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPCL-10731
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WPZL-30146
Kobukuro/Calling[w/ DVD, Limited Edition] CDA
3333 yen US$34/97.51 Release Date:2009/08/05
Description:Seventh album release from Kobukuro including the songs "Niji," "Stay," "Akai Ito," "Betelgeuse," "Summer rain" and more for 13 songs. Limited edition includes bonus DVD featuring music videos for "Niji" and "Stay," long interview, behind-the-scene footage. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=WPZL-30146

I might listen & hopefully get Calling in due time

it will be the 1st Kobukuro album that I will listen to & I'm excited for it

covers for their 7th album Calling

CD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...WPCL-10731.jpg

CD + DVD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...WPZL-30146.jpg

it looks the same on 1st look for both images but take a look closer & there're some subtle differences

the PV for STAY can be downloaded via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91701 & the 320kpbs PV rip of the tune can be downloaded via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91702

COOL COVERS!!!

the Stay cover is very poignant.

CALLING's cover makes it seem like the voice is geting softer

From Zemus in the MUSIC STATION thread in the Japan Forum section :

great :heart

x-megumi-x has uploaded the duo's STAY single which you can download it here - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2021438

Now what's going on? No new releases since then? It seems like that they've taken care of the 2009 year-end performances, but no new releases!!? Could we really continue discussing Kobukuro again?

But the only problem is this: They're too busy with their JAL partnership! But I've heard that JAL is headed towards bankruptcy, so if this really affects the JALxKobukuro collaboration partnership, we'll just have to see...

But it seems now that we've been getting bored having Kobukuro having new releases - and we did not even discuss further in August at the time when their album "CALLING" was released, and got #1 for two weeks until Arashi took over what it would be 2009's #1 album...

well guess they're not as popular/hot in AHS as compared to other artistes that I know/support ?

somemore getting news updates about them is hard & I only know when they will release new material & etc when CDJapan sent me email updates & all

Literally this thread is quite dead.

But this is quite SHOCKING - Kobukuro is going ON HIATUS:
That's quite sad. First Ayaka goes to hiatus all because of her Graves' disease, now her former mates Kobukuro goes to hiatus all because the guitarist (Kobuchi) has dystonia.

We wish Kentaro Kobuchi well from his illness, and hopefully they come back strong again next year. Especially when they still don't have #1 singles...

So, let's see: Ayaka, Utada Hikaru, Ai Otsuka, Maki Goto, Morning Musume's Ai Takahashi, and now...Kobukuro? Man, that's quite sad to hear...