Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography

Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography
Studio albums11
EPs7
Live albums1
Compilation albums16
Singles31
Video albums21
Music videos70

The discography of Asian Kung-Fu Generation, a Japanese rock band, consists of eleven studio albums, one live albums, fifteen compilation albums, seven extended plays, thirty singles and seventy music videos.

Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
JPN
Billboard

[2]
Kimi Tsunagi Five M 5
  • JPN: 350,000+
Sol-fa
  • Released: October 20, 2004
  • Label: Kioon Music / Tofu
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download
1
  • WW : 800,000
  • JPN: 630,000+
  • RIAJ: 2× Platinum[3]
Fanclub
  • Released: March 15, 2006
  • Label: Kioon Music / Gan-Shin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3
  • JPN: 260,000+
  • RIAJ: Platinum[3]
World World World
  • Released: March 5, 2008
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1 1
  • JPN: 165,000+
Surf Bungaku Kamakura
  • Released: November 5, 2008
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
2 2
  • JPN: 100,000+
Magic Disk
  • Released: June 23, 2010
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
2 2
  • JPN: 135,000+
Landmark
  • Released: September 12, 2012
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 4
  • JPN: 120,000+
Wonder Future
  • Released: May 27, 2015
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 4
Sol-fa 2016
  • Released: November 30, 2016
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 3
Hometown
  • Released: December 5, 2018
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
7 8
Planet Folks
  • Released: March 30, 2022
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
12 11
Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete
  • Released: July 5, 2023
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
5 3
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Compilation/live albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
JPN
Billboard

[5]
Nano-Mugen Compilation
  • Released: June 8, 2005
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
7
  • JPN: 50,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2006
  • Released: July 5, 2006
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
7
  • JPN: 35,000
Feedback File 3
  • JPN: 140,000+
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
  • Released: July 9, 2008
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
18 15
  • JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
  • Released: July 1, 2009
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 9
  • JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011
  • Released: June 29, 2011
  • Label: Ki/oon, Tsutaya
  • Format: CD
17 16
  • JPN: 10,000
Best Hit AKG
  • Released: January 18, 2012
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 1
  • JPN: 150,000+
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
  • Released: June 27, 2012
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
26 25
  • JPN: 5,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2013
  • Released: June 5, 2013
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
36 32
  • JPN: 5,000
The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio
  • Released: September 11, 2013
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9 8
  • JPN: 15,000
Feedback File 2
  • Released: February 26, 2014
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6 4
  • JPN: 30,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014
  • Released: June 25, 2014
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
29 26
AKG Box –20th Anniversary Edition–
  • Released: March 29, 2017
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
35 27
Best Hit AKG 2 (2012–2018)
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9 7
  • JPN: 9,936+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "HONE"
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
34 30
  • JPN: 3,337+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "IMO"
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
35 31
  • JPN: 3,289+
Single Collection
  • Released: July 31, 2024
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD
  • First track "Haruka Kanata (2024 version)" was pre-released digitally on July 3, 2024
13 13
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
JPN
Billboard

[6]
Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation
The Time Past and I Could Not See You Again
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD
I'm Standing Here
  • Released: November 30, 2001
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD
Hōkai Amplifier 45
  • JPN: 250,000+
Mada Minu Ashita ni
  • Released: June 11, 2008
  • Label: Ki/oon Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 4
  • JPN: 100,000+
Can't Sleep EP
  • Released: December 5, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (Half Carton)
  • Released: June 14, 2023
  • Label: Ki/oon Music
  • Formats: digital download
  • Pre-release of Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete with 5 new tracks and an instrumental cover of Caramelman's "Shonan Electro"[7]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
JPN
Oricon

[8]
JPN
Hot
100

[9]
"Mirai no Kakera" 2003 34 Kimi Tsunagi Five M
"Kimi to Iu Hana" 14
"Siren" 2004 2 Sol-fa
"Loop & Loop" 8 91[N 1]
  • RIAJ: Gold (dl.)[10]
"Rewrite" 4 49[N 2]
  • RIAJ: Gold[3]
  • RIAJ: Platinum (dl.)[10]
  • RIAJ: Gold (st.)[12]
"Kimi no Machi Made" 3
"Blue Train" 2005 5 Fanclub
"World Apart" 2006 1
"Aru Machi no Gunjō" 4
  • RIAJ: Gold (dl.)[10]
World World World
"After Dark" 2007 5
  • RIAJ: Gold (fr.)[10]
"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" 2008 6
"Fujisawa Loser" 6 5 Surf Bungaku Kamakura
"Shinseiki no Love Song" 2009 4 8 Magic Disk
"Solanin" 2010 3 2
  • RIAJ: Platinum (dl.)[10]
  • RIAJ: Gold (fr.)[10]
"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat" 6 11
"Marching Band" 2011 9 10 Best Hit AKG
"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase" 2012 8 8 Landmark
"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita" 11 12
"Ima wo Ikite" 2013 10 9 Feedback File 2
"Easter" 2015 8 8 Wonder Future
Right Now 2016 8 22 Best Hit AKG 2
Re:Re: 9 7 Sol-fa 2016
Blood Circulator 13 15 Best Hit AKG 2
Kouya wo Aruke 2017 15 14 Hometown
Boys & Girls 2018 18 38
Dororo/Kaihōku 2019 17 47[N 3] Planet Folks
"Dialogue/Furetai Tashikametai" 2020 9
"Empathy" 2021 17 60
"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe" 2022 9 N/A
"Shukuen" 2023 14 N/A
"Life is Beautiful" 2025 TBC TBC
"—" denotes items which did not chart.
Notes
  1. ^ "Loop & Loop" charted in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in November 2016.[11]
  2. ^ "Rewrite" charted in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in November 2016.[11]
  3. ^ Only position of "Dororo" in Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart.

Promotional and digital singles

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Title Year Notes Album
Solanin (From THE FIRST TAKE) 2021
Empathy (From THE FIRST TAKE) 2021 Featuring Hiroko Sebu
You to You 2022 Featuring ROTH BART BARON Planet Folks
Haruka Kanata (2024 version) 2024 Digital single pre-release ahead of Single Collection Single Collection
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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Oricon

[13]
JPN
Hot
100

[14]
"Wake Up!"
(Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra featuring Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
2014 9 14 Ska Me Forever
"Beautiful Stars"
(Non and Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
2023 PURSUE
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other charted songs

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List of songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Hot
100

[15]
"Mustang" 2008 15 Mada Minu Ashita ni
"Natsusemi" 36 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
"Yoru no Call" 2009 60 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
"Magic Disk" 2010 20 Magic Disk
"All Right Part2"
(featuring Eriko Hashimoto)
2011 76 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 / Landmark
"Yoru o Koete" 2012 66 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
"Bicycle Race" 81 Landmark
"Rolling Stone" 2014 81 Feedback File 2
"Standard" 90 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014 / Wonder Future
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other contributions

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Year Song Album
2002 01. "Twelve" Whatch You Gonna Do?[16]
2004 01. "Haruka Kanata" Naruto OST II
03. "Haruka Kanata" Naruto Best Hit Collection
07. "Rewrite" Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best
2005 03. "Haruka Kanata" Ki/oon Records Overseas
01. "Rewrite" Fullmetal Alchemist OST III
2006 14. "Aru Machi no Gunjō" Tekkon Kinkreet OST
2007 08. "Kake Botan no Hama" Husking Bee Tribute Album
2008 07. "After Dark" Bleach Best Tunes
2010 01. "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" Solanin Songbook
2014 02. banging the drum Yes, We Love butchers ~Tribute to bloodthirsty butchers~ The Last Match
10. "Wake Up!" Ska Me Forever - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
2015 10. "Grasshopper" JUST LIKE HONEY -『ハチミツ』20th Anniversary Tribute- (Spitz Tribute Album)
2014 01. "Blood Circulator" Naruto Final Best
07. "Haruka Kanata"
2016 01. "Loop & Loop FOR THE NEXT EDITION" Campaign song for FOR THE NEXT 2016 [ja] (features Maguro Taniguchi [ja] from KANA-BOON and Shunichi Tanabe [ja] from BLUE ENCOUNT [ja])
2017 10. "SENSELESS STORY TELLER SONY" PAUSE ~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~

Videography

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Music videos

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Year Title Director(s)[17]
2003 "Haruka Kanata" Toshikazu Miyano
"Mirai no Kakera" Suguru Takeuchi
"Kimi to Iu Hana" Toshiaki Toyoda
2004 "Siren"
"Siren#"
"Loop & Loop" Kazuyoshi Oku/Masafumi Gotō
"Rewrite" Kazuyoshi Oku
"Kimi no Machi Made" Daisuke Shibata
2005 "Blackout"
"Blue Train" Kazuyoshi Oku
2006 "World Apart" Nobuyuki Matsukawa
"Jūni Shinhō no Yūkei" Tetsurō Takeuchi
"Kaiga Kyōshitsu" Masakazu Fukatsu/POU
"Aru Machi no Gunjō" Hideaki Sunaga
2007 "After Dark" Tadashi Tsukagoshi
2008 "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" Kazuyoshi Oku
"Atarashii Sekai" Kazuto Nakazawa
"World World World"
"Mustang" Masatsugu Nagasoe
"Natsusemi" Hideaki Sunaga
"Fujisawa Loser" Naoto Nakanishi
2009 "Yoru no Call" Manjot Bedi
"Shinseiki no Love Song" Erī Ōmiya
2010 "Solanin" Takahiro Miki
"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat" Daisuke Shimada
"Magic Disk" Takahiro Miki
2011 "All Right Part 2" Kazuaki Seki
"Marching Band" Sojiro Kamatani
2012 "Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase" Kazuaki Seki
"Yoru wo Koete" Masakazu Fukatsu
"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"
"Bicycle Race" Hanba Jūichi
2013 "Ima wo Ikite" Okita Shūichi
"Loser" Tsuruoka Masahiro
2014 "Rolling Stone" Seita Yamagishi
"Standard" Masaki Ōkita
"Wake Up!"
2015 "Easter" Masaki Ōkita
"Planet of the Apes" Ken Iizuka
"Opera Glasses" Masaki Ōkita
2016
"Right Now" Isao Yukisada
"Re:Re" Kazuyoshi Oku
"Rewrite"
"Blood Circulator" Masaki Ōkita
"Yuugure no Aka"
2017
"Kouya wo Aruke" Nakamura Hiroki
2018
"Seija no March" Masaki Ōkita
"Boys & Girls"
"Hometown"
"Haikyo no Kioku"
"UCLA" Mitsuaki Matsunaga
"Rainbow Flag" Tatsuro Kumaki
"Motor Pool" Norie Enokizono
2019
"Sleep" Jun Ōshima
"Dororo" Hiroteru Matsuda
"Kaihōku" Masaki Ōkita
2020 "Furetai Tashikametai"
"Dialogue" Masaki Ōkita
2021 "Empathy" Naokazu Mitsuishi
"Flowers" Takuya Katsumi
2022 "You To You" Masaki Ōkita
"De Arriba" Daisuke Kitayama
"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe" Yoshiyuki Shimada
"Hoshi no Yoru, Hikari no Machi" Tatsuhiko Nakahara
2023 "Shukuen" Kazuhiko Hiramaki
"Beautiful Stars" Atsuri Toshi
"Nishikata Coast Story" Naito Iba
"Enoshima Escar"
"Enoshima Escar (Band Edition)"
2024 "Haruka Kanata (2024 ver.) Live Edition"

Video albums

[edit]
List of video albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Blu-ray

[18]
JPN
DVD

[19]
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 2
  • Released: April 20, 2005
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: DVD, UMD
12
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 3
  • Released: March 21, 2007
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Format: DVD
8
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 4
  • Released: March 26, 2008
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Format: DVD
11
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5
  • Released: March 25, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Format: DVD
20
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6
  • Released: October 7, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
8
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 7
  • Released: October 7, 2011
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Format: DVD
11
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 8
  • Released: March 13, 2013
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
12 13
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9
  • Released: March 12, 2014
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
61 12
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 10
  • Released: March 12, 2014
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
112 14
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9–10
  • Released: March 12, 2014
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Format: 2Blu-ray
3
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 11
  • Released: January 6, 2016
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
22 22
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 12
  • Released: March 16, 2016
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
12 22
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 13
  • Released: November 29, 2017
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD
20 34
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 14
  • Released: October 31, 2018
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD
15 30
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 15
  • Released: December 4, 2019
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
35 38
Nana-Iro Electric Tour 2019

(with Ellegarden and Straightener)

  • Released: August 5, 2020
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
3 3
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 16
  • Released: June 23, 2021
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
35 45
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 17
  • Released: August 4, 2021
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
18 29
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 18
  • Released: December 28, 2022
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray
15
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 19
  • Released: December 20, 2023
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 20
  • Released: September 25, 2024
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Asian Kung-Fu Generationのアルバム" [Asian Kung-Fu Generation albums] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Asian Kung-Fu Generation CD Certifications" (Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ 週間 アルバムランキング 2022年04月11日付 [Oricon Weekly Album Ranking dated April 11, 2022] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "アジカン「サーフ ブンガク カマクラ」完全版の"半カートン"を先行配信". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generationのシングル" [Asian Kung-Fu Generation singles] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generation | Billboard Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Asian Kung-Fu Generation Download Certifications" (Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "BILLBOARD JAPAN HOT 100 date 2016" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  12. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generation Streaming Certifications" (Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "週間 シングルランキング" [Weekly Single Rankings] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  14. ^ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  15. ^ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  16. ^ Under Flower Label – Release discography Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Under-flower Co., Ltd. Retrieved on 2008-10-09. (in Japanese)
  17. ^ SPACE SHOWER Music Video Search. SPACE SHOWER TV. Retrieved on 2008-11-07. (in Japanese)
  18. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generation's Blu-ray" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  19. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generation's DVD" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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