Sekai no Owari
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SEKAI NO OWARI at Space Shower Music Awards in 2016.
From left to right: Fukase, Saori, Nakajin, DJ Love. |
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| Background information | |
| Native name | SEKAI NO OWARI |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Labels | Lastrum (2009–2010) Toy's Factory (2011–present) |
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| Website | sekainoowari |
| Members | Nakajin (Leader, Sound Producer, Gt) Fukase (Conceptor, Vocal) Saori (Piano, Stage Producer) DJ LOVE (DJ, Sound Selection) |
Sekai no Owari (literally, "End of the World"; stylized as SEKAI NO OWARI) is a Japanese band, originating from Tokyo. The band was formed in 2005 and has four members: Nakajin, Fukase, Saori, and DJ Love.
Since their debut they have released 3 albums and various singles as well as featuring in their own documentary film 'TOKYO FANTASY'. The band has performed at the renowned Nissan Stadium, Japan's largest concert venue and are currently considered to be one of the biggest music acts from Japan. Their live performances and concerts are also subject to praise being considered one of the most highest quality produced musical events worldwide often being compared with music festivals such as tomorrowland and ultra music festival. The band's members have also produced and wrote other content for several Japanese singers and groups and lead vocalist Fukase has inspired a synthesized Vocaloid character of himself.
In 2016 the band announced their plans to debut internationally with an English language album currently in production and expected to be released in 2017. The band has previously collaborated with other world-known artists such as Owl City and Nicky Romero.
Fukase and Saori knew each other since kindergarten and met Nakajin in primary school. Together the three began a copy band at an early age while still in high school inspired by senior professional bands such as Bump of Chicken. Later on they met DJ Love who was added to original line-up as a DJ replacing Fukase who was meant to take on the concept of a clown, this role was relayed to DJ Love and Fukase became the lead vocalist while Nakajin and Saori became the guitarist and pianist of the band respectively. Starting out as an indie band they performed their first live concert at their own-made live house 'Club Earth' with 15 people attending. The band self-produced their first demo, Sekai no Owari, with a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Fukase, vocalist, named the band Sekai no Owari because "Once you've experienced the bottom (the negative side of your life), you have to find a way to go up (the positive side). So I named my band End of the World to create the strength [I needed] through the music."
Sekai no Owari released their very first album EARTH under the independent label Lastrum. The album reached number 15 in the Oricon Weekly Album charts and the band started to become popular in the Japanese indie scene in 2010.
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