Rootless (band)

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Rootless
Origin Tokyo
Genres Alternative rock
Years active2009 - 2015
Labels
Past membersShin Nohata (vocals)
Yūsuke Ōtsubo (drums)
Takuya Ihara (bass)
Duran (guitar)

Rootless, stylized as rootless, was a Japanese alternative rock band active from 2009 to 2015. They were affiliated with LDH and Being Inc.

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History

The band was formed in 2009 as The ROOTLESS performing in live houses and on the streets in the Tokyo area. Their reached widespread was on October 20, 2010 when their single "One Day" was used as the opening theme for the anime One Piece. Earlier that year on August 8, "One Day" became avaible through music distributer RecoChoku, where it debuted at number three. [1] The song also debuted at number three on Oricon's weekly ranking for the week of November 1. [2]

On January 1, 2013, the band announced they were separating from their agent at LDH as well as their record label Rhythm Zone. They also announced at the same time that their bassist, Takuya Ihara, had left the band. [3] [4] On December 3, 2013, it was announced that their guitarist, Duran, had also left the band. [5]

On January 10, 2014, they changed their name to Rootless. [6] In the same year, they became affiliated with Being Inc. On December 28, 2015, the band announced their dissolution. [7] [8]

Discography

Singles

NumberRelease dateTitlesRanking
Indie
1stDecember 1, 2009Rabu e (ラヴへ)
Major Label
1stOctober 20, 2010One day3
2ndAugust 24, 2011Kawaritai to, Tsuyoku Nozome. Sore Igai ha, Iranai (変わりたいと、強く望め。それ以外は、いらない)83
Indies
March 10, 2013Black
White

Mini albums

NumberRelease dateTitleRanking
Indie
1st1 September 2009Essence

Album

NumberRelease dateTitleRanking
Major Label
1st - EPSeptember 28, 2011The Rootless52

In media

TitleMediaAlbum
Kumo no Ue no Sekai ~ Byakuya ~ (雲の上の世界～白夜～)Theme song for the movie Byakuya (白夜)Essence
Ending theme for Nippon TV's EXILE GENERATION
Rabu e (ラヴへ)Theme song for BeeTV's drama Genryō Bokusā (減量ボクサー)Single "Rabu e" (ラヴへ)
Kage (影)Soundtrack for BeeTV's drama Genryō Bokusā (減量ボクサー)
One DayOpening theme for Fuji Television's One Piece Single "One day"
Kawaritai to, Tsuyoku Nozome. Sore Igai ha, Iranai (変わりたいと、強く望め。それ以外は、いらない)Commercial song for the academic organization HAL (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)Single "Kawaritai to, Tsuyoku Nozome. Sore Igai ha, Iranai"
Yumemi-ka-Oka (夢見ヶ丘)Commercial song for Meiji's Meiji Essel Super Cup ice cream
RoadTheme song for BeeTV's Megami no Itazura: Kimi ni Natta Boku (女神のイタズラ ～キミになったボク～)The ROOTLESS
Erefanto (エレファント)Theme song for BeeTV drama Sanmaime no Bodīgādo: Boku wa Kimi dake o Mamorinuku (3枚目のボディーガード ～ボクはキミだけを守りぬく～)
STAND UPCommercial song for Achilles's Shunsoku (瞬足) shoe line

References

  1. ↑ barks (2010-08-09). "アニメ『ONE PIECE』新OP曲、いきなりレコチョクデイリー3位" [New Opening Song for ONE PIECE Anime Jumps to Third in RecoChoko Directory]. BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  2. ↑ "オリコンシングルランキングTOP10をアニメ主題歌が席巻！ | OKMusic". okmusic.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  3. ↑ "皆様へお知らせ" [An Announcement to All]. The ROOTLESS Official Blog. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  4. ↑ "The ROOTLESS を応援してくれている皆さんへ" [To all the fans who support the ROOTLESS]. The ROOTLESS Official Blog. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  5. ↑ "The ROOTLESSファンの皆様へ" [To all the ROOTLESS fans]. The ROOTLESS Official Blog. 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  6. ↑ "The ROOTLESS → Rootless". Rootless Official Blog. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  7. ↑ "【お知らせ】" [Announcement]. Rootless Official Website. 2015-12-28. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  8. ↑ "「ＯＮＥ ＰＩＥＣＥ」主題歌歌った「Ｒｏｏｔｌｅｓｓ」が解散" [One Piece theme song band Rootless dissolved]. スポーツ報知. 2015-12-28. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
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