Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography explained

The discography of Asian Kung-Fu Generation, a Japanese rock band, consists of eleven studio albums, one live albums, fifteen compilation albums, seven extended plays, thirty singles and seventy music videos.

Studio albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales	Certifications
JPN Oricon [1]	JPN Billboard [2]
Kimi Tsunagi Five M	Released: November 19, 2003 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, digital download	5	—	JPN: 350,000+	RIAJ: Platinum[3]
Sol-fa	Released: October 20, 2004 Label: Kioon Music / Tofu Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download	1	—	WW : 800,000 JPN: 630,000+	RIAJ: 2× Platinum
Fanclub	Released: March 15, 2006 Label: Kioon Music / Gan-Shin Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	—	JPN: 260,000+	RIAJ: Platinum
World World World	Released: March 5, 2008 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	1	JPN: 165,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Surf Bungaku Kamakura	Released: November 5, 2008 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	2	JPN: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Magic Disk	Released: June 23, 2010 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	2	JPN: 135,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Landmark	Released: September 12, 2012 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4	4	JPN: 120,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Wonder Future	Released: May 27, 2015 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4	4
Sol-fa 2016	Released: November 30, 2016 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, digital download	4	3
Hometown	Released: December 5, 2018 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	7	8
Planet Folks	Released: March 30, 2022 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	12	11	JPN: 9,169[4]
Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete	Released: July 5, 2023 Label: Kioon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	5	3
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Compilation/live albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales	Certifications
JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard [5]
Nano-Mugen Compilation	Released: June 8, 2005 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD	7	—	JPN: 50,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2006	Released: July 5, 2006 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD	7	—	JPN: 35,000
Feedback File	Released: October 25, 2006 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	3	—	JPN: 140,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008	Released: July 9, 2008 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD	18	15	JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009	Released: July 1, 2009 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	11	9	JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011	Released: June 29, 2011 Label: Ki/oon, Tsutaya Format: CD	17	16	JPN: 10,000
Best Hit AKG	Released: January 18, 2012 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	1	1	JPN: 150,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012	Released: June 27, 2012 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	26	25	JPN: 5,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2013	Released: June 5, 2013 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	36	32	JPN: 5,000
The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio	Released: September 11, 2013 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	9	8	JPN: 15,000
Feedback File 2	Released: February 26, 2014 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	6	4	JPN: 30,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014	Released: June 25, 2014 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	29	26
AKG Box –20th Anniversary Edition–	Released: March 29, 2017 Label: Ki/oon Format: CD	35	27
Best Hit AKG 2 (2012–2018)	Released: March 28, 2018 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	9	7	JPN: 9,936+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "HONE"	Released: March 28, 2018 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	34	30	JPN: 3,337+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "IMO"	Released: March 28, 2018 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD, digital download	35	31	JPN: 3,289+
Single Collection	Released: July 31, 2024 Label: Ki/oon Formats: CD First track "Haruka Kanata (2024 version)" was pre-released digitally on July 3, 2024	13	13
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays

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EP details	Peak chart positions		Sales	Certifications
JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard [6]
Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation	Released: 2000 Label: Self-released Format: CD	—	—
The Time Past and I Could Not See You Again	Released: 2000 Label: Self-released Format: CD	—	—
I'm Standing Here	Released: November 30, 2001 Label: Self-released Format: CD	—	—
Hōkai Amplifier	Released: November 25, 2002; April 23, 2003 Label: Under Flower / Ki/oon Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	45	—	JPN: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum
Mada Minu Ashita ni	Released: June 11, 2008 Label: Ki/oon Music Formats: CD, digital download	2	4	JPN: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold
Can't Sleep EP	Released: December 5, 2018 Label: Ki/oon Music Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (Half Carton)	Released: June 14, 2023 Label: Ki/oon Music Formats: digital download Pre-release of Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete with 5 new tracks and an instrumental cover of Caramelman's "Shonan Electro"[7]	—	—
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Singles

As lead artist

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Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
JPN Oricon [8]	JPN Hot 100 [9]
"Mirai no Kakera"	2003	34	—		Kimi Tsunagi Five M
"Kimi to Iu Hana"		14	—	RIAJ: Gold [10]
"Siren"	2004	2	—		Sol-fa
"Loop & Loop"		8	91	RIAJ: Gold
"Rewrite"		4	49	RIAJ: Gold RIAJ: Platinum RIAJ: Gold [11]
"Kimi no Machi Made"		3	—	RIAJ: Gold
"Blue Train"	2005	5	—	RIAJ: Gold	Fanclub
"World Apart"	2006	1	—	RIAJ: Gold
"Aru Machi no Gunjō"		4	—	RIAJ: Gold	World World World
"After Dark"	2007	5	—	RIAJ: Gold
"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	2008	6	—
"Fujisawa Loser"		6	5		Surf Bungaku Kamakura
"Shinseiki no Love Song"	2009	4	8		Magic Disk
"Solanin"	2010	3	2	RIAJ: Platinum RIAJ: Gold
"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"		6	11
"Marching Band"	2011	9	10		Best Hit AKG
"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"	2012	8	8		Landmark
"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"		11	12
"Ima wo Ikite"	2013	10	9		Feedback File 2
"Easter"	2015	8	8		Wonder Future
“Right Now”	2016	8	22		Best Hit AKG 2
“”		9	7		Sol-fa 2016
“Blood Circulator”		13	15		Best Hit AKG 2
“Kouya wo Aruke”	2017	15	14		Hometown
“Boys & Girls”	2018	18	38
“Dororo/Kaihōku”	2019	17	47		Planet Folks
"Dialogue/Furetai Tashikametai"	2020	9	—
"Empathy"	2021	17	60
"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe"	2022	9	—		N/A
"Shukuen"	2023	14	—		N/A
"Life is Beautiful"	2025	TBC	TBC
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Notes

Promotional and digital singles

Title	Year	Notes	Album
Solanin (From THE FIRST TAKE)	2021		—
Empathy (From THE FIRST TAKE)	2021	Featuring Hiroko Sebu	—
You to You	2022	Featuring ROTH BART BARON	Planet Folks
Haruka Kanata (2024 version)	2024	Digital single pre-release ahead of Single Collection	Single Collection

As featured artist

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Year	Peak chart positions		Album
JPN Oricon [12]	JPN Hot 100 [13]
"Wake Up!"	2014	9	14	Ska Me Forever
"Beautiful Stars"	2023	—	—	PURSUE
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other charted songs

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Year	Peak chart positions	Album
JPN Hot 100 [14]
"Mustang"	2008	15	Mada Minu Ashita ni
"Natsusemi"		36	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
"Yoru no Call"	2009	60	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
"Magic Disk"	2010	20	Magic Disk
"All Right Part2"	2011	76	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 / Landmark
"Yoru o Koete"	2012	66	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
"Bicycle Race"		81	Landmark
"Rolling Stone"	2014	81	Feedback File 2
"Standard"		90	Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014 / Wonder Future
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other contributions

Year	Song	Album
2002	01. "Twelve"	Whatch You Gonna Do?[15]
2004	01. "Haruka Kanata"	Naruto OST II
	03. "Haruka Kanata"	Naruto Best Hit Collection
	07. "Rewrite"	Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best
2005	03. "Haruka Kanata"	Ki/oon Records Overseas
	01. "Rewrite"	Fullmetal Alchemist OST III
2006	14. "Aru Machi no Gunjō"	Tekkon Kinkreet OST
2007	08. "Kake Botan no Hama"	Husking Bee Tribute Album
2008	07. "After Dark"	Bleach Best Tunes
2010	01. "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	Solanin Songbook
2014	02. banging the drum	Yes, We Love butchers ～Tribute to bloodthirsty butchers～ The Last Match
	10. "Wake Up!"	Ska Me Forever - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
2015	10. "Grasshopper"	JUST LIKE HONEY -『ハチミツ』20th Anniversary Tribute- (Spitz Tribute Album)
2014	01. "Blood Circulator"	Naruto Final Best
	07. "Haruka Kanata"
2016	01. "Loop & Loop FOR THE NEXT EDITION"	Campaign song for (features from KANA-BOON and from)
2017	10. "SENSELESS STORY TELLER SONY"	PAUSE ~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~

Videography

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)[16]
2003	"Haruka Kanata"	Toshikazu Miyano
	"Mirai no Kakera"	Suguru Takeuchi
	"Kimi to Iu Hana"	Toshiaki Toyoda
2004	"Siren"
	"Siren#"
	"Loop & Loop"	Kazuyoshi Oku/Masafumi Gotō
	"Rewrite"	Kazuyoshi Oku
	"Kimi no Machi Made"	Daisuke Shibata
2005	"Blackout"
	"Blue Train"	Kazuyoshi Oku
2006	"World Apart"	Nobuyuki Matsukawa
	"Jūni Shinhō no Yūkei"	Tetsurō Takeuchi
	"Kaiga Kyōshitsu"	Masakazu Fukatsu/POU
	"Aru Machi no Gunjō"	Hideaki Sunaga
rowspan	2007	"After Dark"	Tadashi Tsukagoshi
2008	"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"	Kazuyoshi Oku
	"Atarashii Sekai"	Kazuto Nakazawa
	"World World World"
	"Mustang"	Masatsugu Nagasoe
	"Natsusemi"	Hideaki Sunaga
	"Fujisawa Loser"	Naoto Nakanishi
2009	"Yoru no Call"	Manjot Bedi
	"Shinseiki no Love Song"	Erī Ōmiya
2010	"Solanin"	Takahiro Miki
	"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"	Daisuke Shimada
	"Magic Disk"	Takahiro Miki
2011	"All Right Part 2"	Kazuaki Seki
	"Marching Band"	Sojiro Kamatani
2012	"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"	Kazuaki Seki
	"Yoru wo Koete"	Masakazu Fukatsu
	"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"
	"Bicycle Race"	Hanba Jūichi
2013	"Ima wo Ikite"	Okita Shūichi
	"Loser"	Tsuruoka Masahiro
2014	"Rolling Stone"	Seita Yamagishi
	"Standard"	Masaki Ōkita
	"Wake Up!"
2015	"Easter"	Masaki Ōkita
	"Planet of the Apes"	Ken Iizuka
	"Opera Glasses"	Masaki Ōkita
2016
	"Right Now"	Isao Yukisada
	"Re:Re"	Kazuyoshi Oku
	"Rewrite"
	"Blood Circulator"	Masaki Ōkita
	"Yuugure no Aka"
2017
	"Kouya wo Aruke"	Nakamura Hiroki
2018
	"Seija no March"	Masaki Ōkita
	"Boys & Girls"
	"Hometown"
	"Haikyo no Kioku"
	"UCLA"	Mitsuaki Matsunaga
	"Rainbow Flag"	Tatsuro Kumaki
	"Motor Pool"	Norie Enokizono
2019
	"Sleep"	Jun Ōshima
	"Dororo"	Hiroteru Matsuda
	"Kaihōku"	Masaki Ōkita
2020	"Furetai Tashikametai"
	"Dialogue"	Masaki Ōkita
2021	"Empathy"	Naokazu Mitsuishi
	"Flowers"	Takuya Katsumi
2022	"You To You"	Masaki Ōkita
	"De Arriba"	Daisuke Kitayama
	"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe"	Yoshiyuki Shimada
	"Hoshi no Yoru, Hikari no Machi"	Tatsuhiko Nakahara
2023	"Shukuen"	Kazuhiko Hiramaki
	"Beautiful Stars"	Atsuri Toshi
	"Nishikata Coast Story"	Naito Iba
	"Enoshima Escar"
	"Enoshima Escar (Band Edition)"
2024	"Haruka Kanata (2024 ver.) Live Edition"

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN Blu-ray [17]	JPN DVD [18]
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1	Released: November 26, 2004 Label: Kioon Music Formats: DVD, UMD	—	—
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 2	Released: April 20, 2005 Label: Kioon Music Formats: DVD, UMD	—	12
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 3	Released: March 21, 2007 Label: Kioon Music Format: DVD	—	8
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 4	Released: March 26, 2008 Label: Kioon Music Format: DVD	—	11
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5	Released: March 25, 2009 Label: Kioon Music Format: DVD	—	20
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6	Released: October 7, 2009 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD	—	8
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 7	Released: October 7, 2011 Label: Kioon Music Format: DVD	—	11
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 8	Released: March 13, 2013 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD	12	13
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9	Released: March 12, 2014 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD	61	12
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 10	Released: March 12, 2014 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD	112	14
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9–10	Released: March 12, 2014 Label: Kioon Music Format: 2Blu-ray	3	—
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 11	Released: January 6, 2016 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	22	22
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 12	Released: March 16, 2016 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	12	22
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 13	Released: November 29, 2017 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD	20	34
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 14	Released: October 31, 2018 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD	15	30
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 15	Released: December 4, 2019 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	35	38
Nana-Iro Electric Tour 2019(with Ellegarden and Straightener)	Released: August 5, 2020 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	3	3
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 16	Released: June 23, 2021 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	35	45
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 17	Released: August 4, 2021 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray, DVD	18	29
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 18	Released: December 28, 2022 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray	15	—
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 19	Released: December 20, 2023 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray	—	—
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 20	Released: September 25, 2024 Label: Kioon Music Formats: Blu-ray	—	—
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

External links

• Asian Kung-Fu Generation official website
• Nano-Mugen official website
• Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography at AllMusic

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oricon. ja. Asian Kung-Fu Generationのアルバム. Asian Kung-Fu Generation albums. August 7, 2024.
2. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Albums . May 9, 2020 . . ja.
   • Web site: March 17, 2008 . World World World .
   • Web site: November 17, 2008 . Surf Bungaku Kamakura .
   • Web site: July 5, 2010 . Magic Disc .
   • Web site: September 24, 2012 . Landmark .
   • Web site: June 8, 2015 . Wonder Future .
   • Web site: December 12, 2016 . Sol-fa 2016 .
   • Web site: December 17, 2018 . Hometown .
   • Web site: April 6, 2022 . Planet Folks .
   • Web site: July 7, 2023 . Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete .
3. Web site: Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. Asian Kung-Fu Generation CD Certifications. May 9, 2020. Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索.
4. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-04-11/p/2/. ja:週間 アルバムランキング 2022年04月11日付. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking dated April 11, 2022. Oricon. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20220406025503/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-04-11/p/2/. April 6, 2022. dead. April 6, 2022.
5. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Albums. Billboard Japan. ja. May 9, 2020.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008. July 21, 2008.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009. July 13, 2009.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011. July 11, 2011.
   • Web site: Best Hit AKG. January 30, 2012.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012. July 9, 2012.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2013. June 17, 2013.
   • Web site: The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio. September 23, 2013.
   • Web site: Feedback File 2. March 10, 2014.
   • Web site: Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014. July 7, 2014.
   • Web site: AKG Box –20th Anniversary Edition–. April 10, 2017.
   • Web site: Best Hit AKG 2 (2012–2018). April 9, 2018.
   • Web site: Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "HONE". April 9, 2018.
   • Web site: Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "IMO". April 9, 2018.
   • Web site: Single Collection. August 7, 2024.
6. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Albums. Billboard Japan. ja. May 21, 2020.
   • Web site: Mada Minu Ashita ni. June 23, 2008.
7. Web site: アジカン「サーフ ブンガク カマクラ」完全版の"半カートン"を先行配信 . 2023-06-14 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
8. Web site: Oricon. ja. Asian Kung-Fu Generationのシングル. Asian Kung-Fu Generation singles. May 21, 2020.
9. Asian Kung-Fu Generation Billboard Chart History. Billboard. May 21, 2020.
10. Web site: Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. Asian Kung-Fu Generation Download Certifications. May 9, 2021. Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索.
11. Web site: Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. Asian Kung-Fu Generation Streaming Certifications. September 30, 2023. Enter Asian Kung-Fu Generation into the アーティスト then select 検索.
12. Web site: Oricon. ja. 週間 シングルランキング. Weekly Single Rankings. May 22, 2020.
    • Web site: Wake Up!. July 14, 2014.
13. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. May 22, 2020.
    • Wake Up!. . July 14, 2014.
14. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. May 22, 2020.
15. http://www.under-flower.co.jp/uf/uf%20new%20top%20page/underflowerlabel/Uf%20disco5.html Under Flower Label – Release discography
16. http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/artist.cgi?ac=010577&ch=0 SPACE SHOWER Music Video Search
17. Web site: Asian Kung-Fu Generation's Blu-ray. Oricon. ja. August 30, 2021.
18. Web site: Asian Kung-Fu Generation's DVD. Oricon. ja. August 30, 2021.