ONE OK ROCK opened for 5 Seconds of Summer on the North American leg of their Sounds Live Feels Live tour last summer, and they’ve only gotten bigger since then. Already a massive Japanese sensation and officially signed to Fueled by Ramen now (think Panic! At The Disco, 3OH!3, Twenty One Pilots, Gym Class Heroes), ONE OK ROCK is sure to become a household name in the U.S. and the U.K. as well. So who are they exactly?
- Genre: Rock, pop, punk
- Origin: Tokyo, Japan
- Current members: Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya
- Former members: You and Alex
- Founded: 2005
- Debut album: Zeitakubyō (2007)
- Second album: Beam of Light (2008)
- Third album: Kanjō Effect (2008)
- Fourth album: Niche Syndrome (2010)
- Fifth album: Zankyo Reference (2011)
- Most popular song to date: ‘The Beginning’ (2012)
- Sixth album: Jinsei×Boku= (2013)
- First European tour: 2013
- First United States tour: 2014
- First stadium performance: Mighty Long Fall Live at Yokohama Stadium (2014)
- Seventh album: 35xxxv (2014) – first U.S. album
- Opened for: Yellowcard, All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, Issues, Crown the Empire (2015), 5 Seconds of Summer (2016)
- Awards: MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Best Rock Video 3x, Best Video from a Film), Space Shower Music Video Awards (Best Your Choice, Best Active Overseas)
- Number of concert films: 7
- Number of singles: 17
- Number of Japanese tours: 11 (opening and headlining)
- Number of world tours: 13 (opening and headlining)
ONE OK ROCK’s English album with Fueled By Ramen is due out early next year. Their first single off the album, ‘Taking Off’, came out on September 16th.
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So proud of our boys. They have come so far.