Flumpool

Flumpool
Flumpool in May 2013
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Pop rock, rock
Years active	2007 (2007)–present
Labels	Sonic Form (2007) Antwork (2008) A-Sketch (2008–present)
Associated acts	Kenji Tamai Rui Momota
Website	www.flumpool.jp
Members	Ryuta Yamamura (vocals, guitar) Kazuki Sakai (guitar) Genki Amakawa (bass) Seiji Ogura (drums)

Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) is a four-man Japanese pop-rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is derived from the English word "four", since there are four members, they took the first letter "F", along with the word meaning mass, "lump" and the word "pool".

On October 1, 2008, the band released a download single named "Hana ni Nare" (花になれ^?, "Become a Flower"). Their debut mini-album (though its length is over 48 minutes), Unreal was released on November 10, 2008. Unreal served Platinum certification from the RIAJ for its shipment of 250,000 copies.

In 2002, Yamamura along his childhood friends, Sakai and Amakawa, formed an acoustic unit named 309. Later, when a support drummer joined them, they formed a band. From then, they changed their name to cube. Yamamura plays acoustic guitar as well as does most vocals. Sakai also plays acoustic guitar while Amakawa plays bass guitar. Furthermore, they issued four independent CD productions.

In January 2007, Ogura joined the band as the drummer. On January 13, the band's name was changed to flumpool. They held live gigs in Osaka-jō Hall and "live houses" around Osaka. On July 24, the production of an independent single titled "Mirai Kanai" (ミライカナイ^?, "One's Future") was announced.

On June 25, "Mirai Kanai" went up for sale on indiesmusic.com. In July, the promotional video of "labo" was made. The video was ranked number one on Access Rankings. On August 27, both Tower Records and Tsutaya held the 5,000 limited copies of the independent trial single, "labo". On September 1, they became the Campaign Song Artist for the telephone service, au KDDI "LISMO". On September 20, their song, "Hana ni Nare" was used for the campaign.