Uverworld

Template:Infobox musical artist 2 UVERworld (ウーバーワールド, U-BA-WA-RUDO) is a Japanese band known for their mixture of musical genres such as hard rock, rap, electronic, and beat-boxing. UVERchan, the band's mascot, is a fictional bear-bat like character, which appears on several of their covers.

Biography

The five-member band known as "UVERworld" first formed in 2003, and were known as "Sangoku Road." The band originally consisted of seven members, and released a demo CD, which ended up selling 3,000 copies. Unfortunately, two of the band members, a saxophonist and another vocalist, left the group. After their departure, the band renamed itself to "UVERworld."

2005 was the year that the band signed with the label gr8! records, which is under Sony Music Records. The band made their debut with the single "D-tecnoLife," which served as the 2nd opening theme song for the anime "BLEACH". After three months UVERworld's second single, "CHANCE!" was an opening theme for the PSP game "BLEACH~Heat the Soul 2~" and the last single released on 2005.

On January 25 2006 "just Melody", their third single, ended up at #17 on the Oricon charts. Three weeks later "UVERworld's" 1st album "Timeless" was released, breaking the top 10 at #5 and selling 60,000 copies. After a three month break, "UVERworld" released "Colors of the Heart" as the 3rd opening theme for "BLOOD+", an anime series based on the animated movie, "Blood: The Last Vampire". The single debut at #3 and is the highest position a "UVERworld" single has ever reached. Their 5th single, entitled "SHAMROCK", was released on August 2nd.

Members

TAKUYA∞ (Born December 21) - vocals and programming
Katsuya (Born February 22) - guitar
Akira (Born March 08) - guitar
Nobuto (Born February 14) - bass
Shintarou (Born November 05) - drums

Discography

Singles

#	Cover	Information	Sales
1st / Debut Single	File:D-tecnoLife.jpg	D-tecnoLife Released: July 06, 2005 Format: CD5" Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #4	103,104 copies sold
2nd	File:CHANCE!.jpg	CHANCE! Released: October 26, 2005 Format: CD5" Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #5	Unknown
3rd	File:Just Melody.jpg	just Melody Released: January 25, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #17	Unknown
4th	File:Colors of the Heart (Low).jpg	Colors of the Heart Released: May 17, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #3	51,357 copies sold
5th	File:SHAMROCK (Single Cover).jpg	SHAMROCK Released: August 2, 2006 Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #6	43,867 copies sold

Albums

#	Cover	Information	Sales
1st / Debut Album	File:Timeless-UVERworld.jpg	Timeless Format: CD5" Released: February 15, 2006 Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #5	60,000 copies sold

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