Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography

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Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography
Studio albums11
EPs7
Live albums1
Compilation albums16
Singles32
Video albums21
Music videos73

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 two singles and seventy three music videos.

Contents

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
JPN
Billboard

[2]
Kimi Tsunagi Five M 5
  • JPN: 350,000+
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 [3]
Fanclub
  • Released: March 15, 2006
  • Label: Kioon Music / Gan-Shin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3
  • JPN: 260,000+
  • RIAJ: Platinum [3]
World World World
  • Released: March 5, 2008
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
11
  • JPN: 165,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Surf Bungaku Kamakura
  • Released: November 5, 2008
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
22
  • JPN: 100,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Magic Disk
  • Released: June 23, 2010
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
22
  • JPN: 135,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Landmark
  • Released: September 12, 2012
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
44
  • JPN: 120,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Wonder Future
  • Released: May 27, 2015
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
44
Sol-fa 2016
  • Released: November 30, 2016
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
43
Hometown
  • Released: December 5, 2018
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
78
Planet Folks
  • Released: March 30, 2022
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1211
  • JPN: 9,169 [4]
Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete
  • Released: July 5, 2023
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
53
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Compilation/live albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
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 3
  • JPN: 140,000+
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
  • Released: July 9, 2008
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
1815
  • JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
  • Released: July 1, 2009
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
119
  • JPN: 15,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011
  • Released: June 29, 2011
  • Label: Ki/oon, Tsutaya
  • Format: CD
1716
  • JPN: 10,000
Best Hit AKG
  • Released: January 18, 2012
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • JPN: 150,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
  • Released: June 27, 2012
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2625
  • JPN: 5,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2013
  • Released: June 5, 2013
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3632
  • JPN: 5,000
The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio
  • Released: September 11, 2013
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
98
  • JPN: 15,000
Feedback File 2
  • Released: February 26, 2014
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
64
  • JPN: 30,000
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014
  • Released: June 25, 2014
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2926
AKG Box –20th Anniversary Edition–
  • Released: March 29, 2017
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Format: CD
3527
Best Hit AKG 2 (2012–2018)
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
97
  • JPN: 9,936+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "HONE"
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3430
  • JPN: 3,337+
Best Hit AKG Official Bootleg "IMO"
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Ki/oon
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3531
  • 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
1313
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
JPN
Oricon

[1]
JPN
Billboard

[6]
Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation
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 45
  • JPN: 250,000+
Mada Minu Ashita ni
  • Released: June 11, 2008
  • Label: Ki/oon Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
24
  • JPN: 100,000+
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
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

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
JPN
Oricon

[8]
JPN
Hot
100

[9]
"Mirai no Kakera"200334 Kimi Tsunagi Five M
"Kimi to Iu Hana"14
"Siren"20042 Sol-fa
"Loop & Loop"891 [N 1]
  • RIAJ: Gold (dl.) [10]
"Rewrite"449 [N 2]
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
  • RIAJ: Platinum (dl.) [10]
  • RIAJ: Gold (st.) [12]
"Kimi no Machi Made"3
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
"Blue Train"20055
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
Fanclub
"World Apart"20061
  • RIAJ: Gold [3]
"Aru Machi no Gunjō"4
  • RIAJ: Gold (dl.) [10]
World World World
"After Dark"20075
  • RIAJ: Gold (fr.) [10]
"Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu"20086
"Fujisawa Loser"65 Surf Bungaku Kamakura
"Shinseiki no Love Song"200948 Magic Disk
"Solanin"201032
  • RIAJ: Platinum (dl.) [10]
  • RIAJ: Gold (fr.) [10]
"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"611
"Marching Band"2011910 Best Hit AKG
"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"201288 Landmark
"Sore dewa, Mata Ashita"1112
"Ima wo Ikite"2013109 Feedback File 2
"Easter"201588Wonder Future
Right Now2016822 Best Hit AKG 2
Re:Re:97 Sol-fa 2016
Blood Circulator1315Best Hit AKG 2
Kouya wo Aruke20171514 Hometown
Boys & Girls20181838
Dororo/Kaihōku20191747 [N 3] Planet Folks
"Dialogue/Furetai Tashikametai"20209
"Empathy"20211760
"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe"20229N/A
"Shukuen"202314N/A
"Life is Beautiful"202516
"MAKUAKE/Little Lennon"20
"—" denotes items which did not chart.
Notes
  1. "Loop & Loop" charted in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in November 2016. [11]
  2. "Rewrite" charted in the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in November 2016. [11]
  3. Only position of "Dororo" in Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart.

Promotional and digital singles

TitleYearNotesAlbum
Solanin (From THE FIRST TAKE)2021
Empathy (From THE FIRST TAKE)2021Featuring Hiroko Sebu
You to You2022Featuring ROTH BART BARON Planet Folks
Demachiyanagi Parallel UniverseDigital single pre-release (A-side only) ahead of physical release; OP theme for Tatami Time Machine Blues which premiered on September 14
Shukuen2023Digital single pre-release (A-side only) ahead of physical release; 12th OP theme for Boruto anime which premiered on January 8
Haruka Kanata (2024 version)2024Digital single pre-release ahead of Single CollectionSingle Collection
Haruka Kanata (From THE FIRST TAKE)2024
Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu (From THE FIRST TAKE)2024
Life is Beautiful2025Digital single pre-release (A-side only) ahead of physical release; OP theme for Farmagia anime which premiered on January 10
MAKUAKEDigital single pre-release (one track only) ahead of physical release; theme song for Nano-Mugen Festival 2025
List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
JPN
Oricon

[13]
JPN
Hot
100

[14]
"Wake Up!"
(Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra featuring Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
2014914Ska Me Forever
"Beautiful Stars"
(Non and Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
2023PURSUE
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
JPN
Hot
100

[15]
"Mustang"200815 Mada Minu Ashita ni
"Natsusemi"36 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008
"Yoru no Call"200960 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009
"Magic Disk"201020 Magic Disk
"All Right Part2"
(featuring Eriko Hashimoto)
201176 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 / Landmark
"Yoru o Koete"201266 Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
"Bicycle Race"81 Landmark
"Rolling Stone"201481 Feedback File 2
"Standard"90Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014 / Wonder Future
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other contributions

YearSongAlbum
200201. "Twelve"Whatch You Gonna Do? [16]
200401. "Haruka Kanata" Naruto OST II
03. "Haruka Kanata" Naruto Best Hit Collection
07. "Rewrite" Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best
200503. "Haruka Kanata"Ki/oon Records Overseas
01. "Rewrite" Fullmetal Alchemist OST III
200614. "Aru Machi no Gunjō" Tekkon Kinkreet OST
200708. "Kake Botan no Hama" Husking Bee Tribute Album
200807. "After Dark" Bleach Best Tunes
201001. "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" Solanin Songbook
201402. banging the drumYes, We Love butchers ~Tribute to bloodthirsty butchers~ The Last Match
10. "Wake Up!"Ska Me Forever - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
201510. "Grasshopper"JUST LIKE HONEY -『ハチミツ』20th Anniversary Tribute- (Spitz Tribute Album)
201401. "Blood Circulator"Naruto Final Best
07. "Haruka Kanata"
201601. "Loop & Loop FOR THE NEXT EDITION"Campaign song for FOR THE NEXT 2016  [ ja ] (features Maguro Taniguchi  [ ja ] from KANA-BOON and Shunichi Tanabe  [ ja ] from BLUE ENCOUNT  [ ja ])
201710. "SENSELESS STORY TELLER SONY"PAUSE ~STRAIGHTENER Tribute Album~
202530. "Wake Up!" [2025 Remaster]NO BORDER HITS 2025→2001 〜The Best of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
01. "FADE TO BLACK" ART-SCHOOL  [ ja ] 25th Anniversary Tribute Album: Dreams Never End

Videography

Music videos

YearTitleDirector(s) [17]
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
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!" (with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)
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" (with Non)Atsuri Toshi
"Nishikata Coast Story"Naito Iba
"Enoshima Escar"
"Enoshima Escar (Band Edition)"
2024"Haruka Kanata (2024 ver.) Live Edition"
2025"Life is Beautiful"Masaki Ōkita
"MAKUAKE"
"Little Lennon (Born in 1976 version)"Takuto Okamoto

Yuta Sawada

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
Blu-ray

[18]
JPN
DVD

[19]
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1
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
1213
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 9
  • Released: March 12, 2014
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
6112
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 10
  • Released: March 12, 2014
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, 2DVD
11214
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
2222
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 12
  • Released: March 16, 2016
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
1222
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 13
  • Released: November 29, 2017
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD
2034
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 14
  • Released: October 31, 2018
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, Blu-ray+CD, 2DVD
1530
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 15
  • Released: December 4, 2019
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
3538
Nana-Iro Electric Tour 2019

(with Ellegarden and Straightener)

  • Released: August 5, 2020
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
33
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 16
  • Released: June 23, 2021
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
3545
Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 17
  • Released: August 4, 2021
  • Label: Kioon Music
  • Formats: Blu-ray, DVD
1829
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.

References

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  2. "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
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