One Ok Rock

One Ok Rock (written as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005. The band is composed of Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. Originally there were five members in the band, but a guitarist Alex left the group in 2009, and it is a four-piece band now.

The band had various singles that entered the Oricon charts and their songs are getting more and more popular.

Members
 Taka – vocalist
 Toru – guitarist
 Ryota – bass guitarist
 Tomoya – drummer

History
2005
In April, Toru, Ryota, Alex, and Tomo started activities of One Ok Rock. In May, Toru invited Taka, and he started singing in the band.

2006
Tomo gave up his membership in One Ok Rock. On July 26th, they released the first album "ONE OK ROCK" and it became an indie rock band.

2007
In March, for the substitution of Tomo, Tomoya became a new member. In March 25th, they released the 1st single "naihishinsho", and that allowed this band to made a major debut.

2009
In April, Alex was accused of sexual assault(groping) on a train. Because of that, One Ok Rock made a statement that it would stop its activity for a while. In the next month, Alex dropped out of the band. However, the rest of the members decided not to quit working and they restarted the activity of One Ok Rock.

2010
In February, One Ok Rock released the fourth single "完全感覚Dreamer". On November twenty eighth, they did a live in Budoukan for the first time of their career.

Discography
 Zeitakubyo (2007)
 Beam of Light (2008)
 Kanjō Effect (2008)
 Niche Syndrome (2010)
 Zankyo Reference (2011)
 Jinsei×Boku= (2013)
 35xxxv (2015)
 Ambitions (2017)
 Eye of the Storm (2019)
 Luxury Disease (2022)

 Other websites 
 One Ok Rock's official website (Japanese) 
 One Ok Rock's official website(English) 

 References 

Category:Japanese rock bands
Category:Punk bands
Category:Emo bands
Category:2000s music groups