Kana-Boon

**Kana-Boon** (stylised in all-caps) is a Japanese rock band. Their first album was made in 2013.

## Band members

**Current members**
- Maguro Taniguchi — lead vocals, rhythm guitar <small>(2008–present)</small>
- Masami Endō — bass guitar <small>(2022–present)</small>

**Support members**
- Takayuki Yokoi — lead guitar <small>(2024–present)</small>
- Yuriko Seki — drums <small>(2024–present)</small>
- Takahisa Yamashita  — bass guitar, backing vocals <small>(2019)</small>
- Ryōtatsu Kamiyama — bass guitar <small>(2019)</small>
- KOZO — drums <small>(2024)</small>

**Former members**
- Hayato Koga — lead guitar, backing vocals <small>(2008–2023)</small>
- Takahiro Koizumi — drums <small>(2008–2023)</small>
- Hiroaki Hirose — bass guitar <small>(2008–2011)</small>
- Yuuma Meshida — bass guitar <small>(2011–2019)</small>

## Biography

Kana-Boon was formed by them in 2006 when they were high school students.

After they graduated from high school, they began to work in earnest as a band in 2010.

Hiroaki Hirose, the bass guitarist, left and Yuma Meshida joined in 2011.

They were chosen for the Grand Prix out of 4000 bands in the audition in April 2012.

They made their major debut from Ki/oon Music (music label) in 2013.

Yuma Meshida left Kana-Boon in 2018.

## Discography

They have released many discographies for about 7 years since they made their debut. And they had already released self-produced records before the debut. These are some representative works.

→Boku ga CD wo dashitara (2013, mini album)

DOPPEL (2014, album)

TIME (2015, album)

Origin (2016, album)

NAMiDA (2017, album)

Star Marker (2020, mini CD)

Torch of Liberty (2020, mini CD)

## Collaboration

They also have collaborated with some Japanese Animation, and these are some representative works.

→Silhouette (The opening theme of Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles)

Fighter (The opening theme of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS)

Baton Road (The opening theme of Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)

Star Marker (The opening theme of My Hero Academia)

Torch of Liberty (The opening theme of Fire Force)

Recently, they have collaborated with Japanese animation every time they released a new single. And sometimes their songs are collaborated with some TV commercials, games, and movies.

## Concert

They have held a lot of concerts since they made a major debut.

They held a one-man concert at nine places in Japan from May 17th to June 21st in 2014.

They also held an open-air one-man concert in Izumiotsu city, Osaka prefecture in 2014.

In 2015, 2016, and 2017, along with releasing albums in each year, TIME, Origin, and NAMiDA, they held three one-man concerts in many prefectures in Japan. That was especially the first time for them to hold a concert in a foreign country in 2016.

In 2018, they held a one-man concert and went all over the prefectures in Japan and Taiwan.

In 2019, they couldn’t hold a concert actively because of leaving a member of them.

But even with this COVID-19 situation in 2020, they held online one-man concerts and joined in other online lives.

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work/Nominee|Result||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|2011|Eo Music Try|Special Prize|Kana-Boon||||
|rowspan="4" align="center"|2014|rowspan="2"|6th CD Shop Awards|rowspan="2"|Best Newcomer|_Boku ga CD o dashitara_ <small>(僕がCDを出したら)</small>||
|_Doppel_||||||||
|18th Space Shower Music Video Awards|Best Video|"Naimononedari"||||||
|MTV Video Music Awards Japan|Best New Artist Video|_Jousha Hissui No Kotowari, Okotowari_ <small>(盛者必衰の理、お断り)</small>||||||
|align="center"|2015|19th Space Shower Music Video Awards|Best Video|"To Live"||||
|align="center"|2016|20th Space Shower Music Awards|Best Rock Artist|Kana-Boon||||
|align="center"|2018|22nd Space Shower Music Awards|Best Rock Artist|Kana-Boon||||
|align="center"|2024|8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards|Best Opening Sequence|"Song of the Dead"||||

## Other websites

- Official website (Ki/oon Music)
- Official website (Hip Land Music Corporation)

- Kana-Boon discography on iTunes