Man with a Mission

"MWAM" redirects here. For the VH1 television show, see Megan Wants a Millionaire. For the song by Bad Religion, see Recipe for Hate.

Man with a Mission
Man with a Mission at Tuska Festival 2016 in Helsinki, Finland
Background information
Also known as	MWAM
Origin	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Alternative metal [1] [2] nu metal [3] [4] rap metal [3] melodic hardcore [1] hard rock [5] alternative rock [6] [7]
Years active	2010–present
Labels	From Youth to Death Records (2010–present) Crown Stones (2011–2013) Sony Music Records (2013–present) JPU Records (EU)
Members	Tokyo Tanaka Jean-Ken Johnny Kamikaze Boy DJ Santa Monica Spear Rib
Website	mwamjapan.info

Man with a Mission, stylized in all caps and sometimes shortened as MWAM, is a Japanese rock band which was formed in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, in 2010. ^[8] The band currently consists of five band members, with stage names of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals, leader), Jean-Ken Johnny (guitar, vocals, rapping), Kamikaze Boy (bass guitar, backing vocals), DJ Santa Monica (DJ, sampling) and Spear Rib (drums). ^[9] Their distinguishing feature is that all of the members wear differently designed wolf masks during both their concerts and their music videos. ^[10] Many of their singles have been used as theme songs for a variety of anime, live-action movies, and video games.

Background

Before becoming popular, the band invented a back-story for why they wear wolf masks, which involves them being created as the "Ultimate Life Form" by Jimi Hendrix, who is described by the band as being the doctor of the guitar and master wolf biologist. ^[11] They were then frozen in Antarctica for years. While they were frozen, they had been listening to all kinds of music from all around the world, ^[12] before later escaping and emerging onto the Japanese music scene. ^[13]

History

Beginnings and first album

The earliest debut of the band was in a number of live gigs at venues in the Shibuya area. ^[8] The band organized an American tour in late 2010, which was called their "Whisky a Go Go" tour and involved multiple gigs at night clubs in Los Angeles. The tour itself ended in November 2010. ^{[14] [15] [16]} The end of their tour coincided with the release of their first mini album, Welcome to the New World, in November as well, which went on to sell out in a number of stores across Japan. ^[17] The mini album also spent six weeks on the Oricon Top 100 for number of sales. ^[18] On April 29, 2011, they released a new single titled "Never Fxxkin' Mind the Rules". After the single release, the band started another music tour on March 7, 2011, called "Man with a Mission Japan Marking Tour 2011", which included 13 different performances across Japan. ^[10] Their first full debut album, Man with a Mission, released on June 8, 2011. ^{[19] [20]} Soon after the release of their album, they performed at Summer Sonic 2011 in mid-August, and also a number of other festivals, such as Countdown Japan 11/12. ^[21] Labeled by Eggman Magazine as the "Most Promising Newcomer", tickets to their show at the concert festival sold out within ten minutes. During the stream of concerts, their songs were also run on 27 of the major FM and AM radio broadcasting stations nationwide across Japan. ^[22] On October 5, 2011, the band released an EP titled Trick or Treat, which included a number of original songs and also cover songs, such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. ^{[23] [24]} The members of Man with a Mission were also featured in a poster campaign by Tower Records titled "No Music, No Life?", which began on September 13, 2011. ^{[25] [26]}

Mash Up the World

Man with a Mission at Japan Expo 2012 in Paris, France

On May 27, 2012, MWAM held a show tour at Shibuya-AX with an attendance of 1,800 fans. It was an early performance for the band's Don't Feel The Distance tour set in November, which was meant to highlight one of the singles, "Distance", from their upcoming album. The single's earlier release on April 4 to the Oricon rankings saw it rise to #6 in the sales chart. ^[27] The expected stops on the tour included Zepp Nagoya, Zepp Namba, and Zepp Tokyo. Pre-order tickets for all venues of the tour were sold out "instantly" across Japan. ^{[28] [29]} The band's second full album, Mash Up The World, was released on July 18, 2012. The band uploaded the music video for one of the album's singles, "From Youth To Death", onto YouTube on June 21, 2012. The official app for the album also included snippets of the single, along with two other original songs, "Mash UP The DJ!" and "Neutral Corner". ^[30] "Distance"'s April release also saw it being chosen as the opening theme music for TV Asahi's Music Ru TV channel for the month. ^[31] The band was also invited as guests to Japan Expo 2012, playing as the rock showcase on July 5, 2012. ^[32]

Tales of Purefly

Their next single, "Emotions", which was used as a theme for the live action movie adaptation of the Hentai Kamen manga, was released on February 20, 2013. The follow-up single "Database" was used as the opening theme for the anime Log Horizon ^[33] Another song from the album, titled "Wake Myself Again", was used as the theme song for the live-action film of the manga Judge. ^[34] Character models of the MWAM band were added to the Japanese release of the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 , along with the Tales of Purefly song "Higher", which was previously used in the Japanese version of World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2014 - Aoki Samurai no Chousen . ^{[35] [36]} The song "whatever you had said was everything" was featured in a commercial TV spot for the live action film Crows Explode , which is based on the manga Crows . ^[37]

The World's On Fire

Man With a Mission performed the theme song for the anime The Seven Deadly Sins , titled "Seven Deadly Sins". ^[38] The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 9 weeks. ^[39] Their single titled "Raise Your Flag" was featured as the opening song for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans . ^[40] The song also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 17 weeks. ^[39] The fourth studio album titled The World's On Fire was released on February 10, 2016, preceded by the album's third single "Memories". ^[41] The first song on the album, titled "Survivor", was chosen by Capcom to be the image song for the video game Street Fighter V . ^{[42] [43]}

Chasing the Horizon

MWAM released the single "Dead End in Tokyo" on January 25, 2017; co-written, co-composed and co-produced by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, the song was used as the theme song for the movie Shinjuku Swan II . On June 27 of the same year, the band would release a second single entitled "Dog Days"; the song would be utilized in a TV commercial for Asahi Dry Zero beer in Japan. ^[44] In 2017 they would also create the song "My Hero" to serve as the opening to the anime Inuyashiki as well as the song "Find You" to be used as the ending to the live action film adaptation of Anonymous Noise . The band collaborated with their fellow Japanese music group Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra in 2018 to create the song "Freak It!", which was released on February 2 and selected as the official song of Japan's Sunwolves Super Rugby team. On April 18, MWAM released the "Take Me Under/Winding Road" single. The band announced their fifth studio album, Chasing the Horizon, six days later; this album differs from their prior four in that this will be the first MWAM album to get an international release, while the album is set to release in Japan on June 6, it will be available digitally worldwide 2 days later and then an international version of the album will be physically released on August 10, 2018, featuring bonus materials. ^[45] The single "Break the Contradictions" off the album was selected as the theme of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 2018 G1 Climax, the company's premier tournament. ^[46]

Ten-year anniversary

2020 marked the 10 year anniversary of the band's debut and they set out to do a number of things to celebrate the event. On February 17 they announced an outdoor festival called THE MISSION to celebrate this milestone; ^{[47] [48]} unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic they were forced to cancel the festival. In addition to this festival, MWAM set out to release a trio of compilation albums; April 1 saw the release of Man with a "B-Sides & Covers" Mission while the following month saw the release of Man with a "Remix" Mission on May 17 with Man with a "Best" Mission slated to be released on July 15. On August 29 the band live streamed a concert from Zepp Tokyo online entitled MAN WITH A “REBOOT & LIVE STREAMING” MISSION, and during this show announced they would be releasing a trilogy of singles in the fall; the first single releases in October with two more to follow in November and December. ^[49] On October 29 the band released the first of the singles, "Telescope", as well as broadcasting a live show from KT Zepp Yokohama online entitled MAN WITH A "Telescope" MISSION. ^[50] The band released the second of their singles trilogy on November 29 entitled "All You Need" and celebrated the release with another live streamed show from Zepp Nagoya entitled MAN WITH A "All You Need" MISSION. ^[51] Finally, on December 29 they released the final single, "evergeen", with a live streamed show from Zepp Fukuoka called MAN WITH A "evergreen" MISSION. ^[52]

A new story begins

In their 2020 end of the year video posted to YouTube, the band announced that on February 9, 2021, a new story will begin. ^[53] On January 21, 2021, they announced a new EP entitled One Wish e.p. to be released February 10. ^[54] On April 28, the band released the single "Perfect Clarity". ^[55] The band created the theme song for the Japanese release of Godzilla vs. Kong entitled "INTO THE DEEP", ^[56] the single of the song is set to be released on June 9. ^[57] The band culminated this by live-streaming the final show from their ONE WISH TOUR from Zepp Sapporo on May 14, featuring the debut of the "INTO THE DEEP" music video. ^[58]

Break and Cross the Walls I and II

On October 2, 2021, the band announced they were set to release their sixth studio album Break and Cross the Walls I on November 24 of the same year. ^[59] On March 14, 2022, the follow-up album Break and Cross the Walls II was announced with a release date of May 25. ^[60] On April 23, the band performed a concert as part of the inaugural X Games Chiba event in Chiba, Japan. ^[61] On May 8 MAN WITH A MISSION was featured on YouTube's fifth Music Weekend special event, showcasing a variety of recorded live performances by the band. ^[62]

Band members

Current members

• Tokyo Tanaka – lead vocals (2010–present)
• Jean-Ken Johnny – guitars, co-lead vocals, rapping (2010–present)
• Kamikaze Boy – bass, backing vocals (2010–present)
• DJ Santa Monica – turntables, keyboards, sampling (2010–present)
• Spear Rib – drums (2010–present)

Support members

• E.D. Vedder – guitars (2010–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions		Certifications
		JPN
		Weekly [63]	Year-End
Man with a Mission	Released: June 8, 2011 Label: Crown Stones Formats: CD, LP, digital download	28	—	RIAJ: Gold [64]
Mash Up the World	Released: July 18, 2012 Label: Crown Stones Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4	—	RIAJ: Gold [65]
Tales of Purefly	Released: March 12, 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	37	RIAJ: Gold [66]
The World's On Fire	Released: February 10, 2016 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download	3	24	RIAJ: Gold [67]
Chasing the Horizon	Released: June 6, 2018 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	38 [68]	RIAJ: Gold [69]
Break and Cross the Walls I	Released: November 24, 2021 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	94 [70]
Break and Cross the Walls II	Released: May 25, 2022 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4	75

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions	Certifications
		JPN
		Weekly [63]
Beef Chicken Pork	Released: February 12, 2014 Label: Crown Stones Formats: CD, digital download	2
5 Years 5 Wolves 5 Souls	Released: January 1, 2015 Label: Crown Stones Formats: CD, digital download	3	RIAJ: Gold [71]
Man with a "B-Sides & Covers" Mission	Released: April 1, 2020 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	1
Man with a "Remix" Mission	Released: May 13, 2020 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	1
Man with a "Best" Mission	Released: July 15, 2020 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	2	RIAJ: Gold [72]

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak positions
		JPN [63]
Welcome to the New World	Released: November 3, 2010 Label: From Youth to Death Records Format: Digital download	168
Trick or Treat	Released: October 5, 2011 Label: Crown Stones Formats: CD, digital download	15
Welcome to the New World -Standard Edition-	Released: March 14, 2012 Label: From Youth to Death Records Formats: CD, digital download	39
Don't Feel the Distance	Released: March 4, 2014 Label: Sony Music Records Format: CD	—
When My Devil Rises	Released: June 10, 2014 Label: Sony Music Records Format: CD	—
Dead End in Tokyo -European Edition-	Released: June 21, 2017 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
Dead End in Tokyo -World Edition-	Released: September 22, 2017 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
Remember Me	Released: June 14, 2019 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
Dark Crow	Released: October 23, 2019 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
One Wish	Released: February 1, 2021 Label: Sony Music Records Formats: CD, digital download	4

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Notes	Album
		JPN Oricon [73]	JPN Billboard [74] [75]	WW [76]
"Man with a Mission"	2010	—	—	x		Self-produced.	Non-album single
"Rain of July"	2011	—	—	x			Man with a Mission
"Never Fxxkin' Mind the Rules"		88	—	x		Indie.
"Distance"	2012	6	8	x		OP for Music Ru TV, the music channel of TV Asahi.	Mash Up The World
"Emotions"	2013	3	3	x		Theme song for the Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen movie.	Tales of Purefly
"Wake Myself Again"		—	25	x		Limited single Commercial theme song for the PS3 version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition .
"Database" (featuring Takuma of 10-Feet)		4	2	x	RIAJ: Gold [77]	Theme song for the anime Log Horizon . First single under Sony.
"Seven Deadly Sins"	2015	2	2	x	RIAJ: Gold [77]	2nd OP for the anime The Seven Deadly Sins .	The World's On Fire
"Out of Control" (featuring Zebrahead)		2	45	x		ED theme song for the Japanese release of Mad Max: Fury Road .
"Raise Your Flag"		3	2	x	RIAJ: Platinum [77]	OP for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans .
"Memories"	2016	17	21 [78]	x		Commercial song for ski resort JR SKISKI.
"Dead End in Tokyo"	2017	5	5 [79]	x		Theme song for the movie Shinjuku Swan II . Co-written, co-composed and co-produced by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. [80] [81]	Chasing the Horizon
"Dog Days"		—	57 [82]	x
"My Hero / Find You"		2	6	x		"My Hero" as OP for the anime Inuyashiki . [83] "Find You" as ED for the live action film adaptation of Anonymous Noise . [84]
"Freak It!" (featuring Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)	2018	9	24 [85]	x		Official song of Japan’s Sunwolves Super Rugby team.
"Take Me Under / Winding Road"		4	9	x		"Take Me Under" as OP for the movie Inuyashiki . "Winding Road" as OP for the anime Golden Kamuy .
"2045"		—	—	x		Universal Studios Japan’s summer seasonal event tie-in song.
"Hey Now"		—	—	x
"Left Alive"	2019	9	40 [86]	x			Non-album singles
"Remember Me"		6	5 [87]	x	RIAJ: Gold [77]	Ending theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga Radiation House.
"Dark Crow"		3	9	x		2nd OP for the anime Vinland Saga . [88]
"Change the World"	2020	4	38	—
"Into the Deep"	2021	2	25	—		ED theme song for the Japanese release of Godzilla vs. Kong . [89]	Break and Cross the Walls I
"Merry-Go-Round"		2	38	—		2nd OP for the anime My Hero Academia Season 5. [90]
"Kizuna no Kiseki" (with Milet)	2023	4	2	140	RIAJ: Platinum (dig.) [91] Platinum (st.) [92]	OP theme song for the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3. [93]	Non-album singles
"Koi Kogare" (with Milet)			25	—	RIAJ: Gold (dig.) [94]	ED theme song for the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3. [95]	4am
"The Road of Victory" with Man with a Mission and Go Shiina)	2024	—	—	—		ED theme song for the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4. [96]	Non-album single

DVDs

Title	DVD details	Peak positions
		JPN [97]
Wolf Complete Works I	Released: October 3, 2012 Label: Nippon Crown Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	2
Wolf Complete Works II	Released: August 7, 2013 Label: Nippon Crown Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	2
Wolf Complete Works III	Released: October 15, 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1
Wolf Complete Works IV	Released: June 29, 2016 Label: Sony Music Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1
Wolf Complete Works V	Released: June 14, 2017 Label: Sony Music Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1
Wolf Complete Works VI	Released: April 24, 2019 Label: Sony Music Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	2
Man with a Mission The Movie –Trace the History–	Released: August 19, 2020 Label: Sony Music Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	3

Covers

Year	Song	Original artist	Performed by	Released on	Notes
2011	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Nirvana	MAN WITH A MISSION	Trick or Treat EP
2012	"Lithium"	Nirvana	MAN WITH A MISSION	Nevermind Tribute album	A tribute album by Japanese music artists (released on April 4, 2012) to celebrates 20th anniversary of Nirvana's masterpiece album Nevermind .

Awards and nominations

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	"Distance"	Best Rock Video	Nominated
2014	"Database" (featuring Takuma of 10-FEET)	Best Collaboration	Nominated
2015	"Out of Control" (featuring Zebrahead)	Best Collaboration	Nominated

CD Shop Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	Mash Up The World(album)	Grand Prix	Won
2015	Tales of Purefly(album)	Grand Prix	Nominated

Space Shower Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Man with a Mission	Best Punk / Loud Rock Artist [98]	Nominated

Tours and concerts

Japan

• Summer Sonic Festival with Various Artists (2011) ^[99]
• Rock in Japan Festival with Various Artists (2012)
• Summer Sonic Festival with Various Artists (2012) ^[100]
• Enter Shikari "A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour" with Man With A Mission (2012) ^[101]
• Punkspring with Various Artists (2013) ^{[102] [103]}
• Ozzfest Japan with Various Artists (2013)
• Summer Sonic Festival with Various Artists (2013)
• Punkspring with Various Artists (2014) ^[104]
• Fuji Rock Festival with Various Artists (2014) ^[105]
• Knotfest Japan with Various Artists (2014)
• Hoobastank Japan Tour with guest Man With A Mission (2014) ^[106]
• Incubus Japan Tour with guest Man With A Mission (2015) ^{[107] [108]}
• Punkspring with Various Artists (2015) ^[109]
• Rising Sun Rock Festival with Various Artists (2015) ^[110]
• Summer Sonic Festival with Various Artists (2015)
• Fuji Rock Festival with Various Artists (2016)
• Knotfest Japan with Various Artists (2016)
• Guns N' Roses "Not in This Lifetime... Tour" with guest Man With A Mission (2017) ^[111]
• Punkspring Extra Show with Various Artists (2017) ^[112]
• X Games Chiba (2022) ^[61]

Overseas

• Cash Cash Tour in the United States with guests Man With A Mission and Mitchy C (2012) ^[113]
• Pentaport Rock Festival in South Korea with Various Artists (2013)
• Formoz Festival in Taiwan with Various Artists (2013) ^[114]
• Twinkle Rock Festival in Taiwan with Various Artists (2013) ^[115]
• Knotfest in the United States with Various Artists (2014)
• Rise Against Tour in Russia with guest Man With A Mission (2015) ^{[116] [117]}
• Download Festival in the United Kingdom with Various Artists (2015)
• MXPX Tour in Germany with guest Man With A Mission (2015) ^[118]
• Zebrahead European Tour in Germany with guests Man With A Mission and MXPX (2015) ^{[119] [120]}
• Zebrahead European Tour in the United Kingdom with guests Man With A Mission and Patent Pending (2015) ^{[121] [122]}
• Tuska Heatseeker in Finland with Various Artists (2016) ^[123]
• Knotfest in the United States with Various Artists (2016)
• Tuska Heatseeker in Finland with Various Artists (2017) ^{[124] [125]}
• Dobrofest in Russia with Various Artists (2017) ^[126]
• Jimmy Eat World Tour in the United States with guest Man With A Mission (2017) ^{[127] [128]}
• Stone Sour Fall 2017 U.S. Tour in the United States with guests Man With A Mission and Steel Panther (2017) ^[129]
• WOLVES ON PARADE Tour in North America and Europe (2023) ^[130]

Stadium anthem

Their song, "Fly Again" is a stadium anthem for the Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League. ^{[131] [132] [133]}

See also

• Japanese rock

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Further reading

• "Man with a Mission". Fool's Mate (Vol. 356) (in Japanese). June 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
• "Man with a Mission". Rockin'On Japan . September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
• Dan Grunebaum (June 16, 2011). "Man with a Mission". Metropolis . Retrieved October 5, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• MAN WITH A MISSION's international label page
• Man with a Mission at AllMusic
• Man with a Mission discography at Discogs