Unison Square Garden

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Unison Square Garden (stylized as UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, or USG) is a Japanese teen pop band signed to Toy's Factory. [1] The band includes Kosuke Saito (vocals/guitar), Tomoya Tabuchi (bass/backing vocals), and Takao Suzuki (drums).

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Career

In July 2004, the band was formed, and named as "unison" (ユニゾン) and later renamed the band name to "Unison Square Garden". They took part in Teens 'Music Festival Musical Instrument Store Competition, they won the Grand Prix finally. [2] In 2008, they made a major debut at Toy's Factory. [2] In February 2014, they gave their first performance on Music Station. [3] In July, 2015, they released the anniversary album Dugout Accident, and held a concert in Nippon Budokan. [4]

Discography

Singles

Release DateTitlePeak PositionAlbum
JPN
[5]
July 23, 2008Sentimental Period (センチメンタルピリオド)109Unison Square Garden
January 28, 2009Master Volume (マスターボリューム)49
February 10, 2010Cody Beats38Jet Co.
November 24, 2010Scarsdale (スカースデイル)35Populus Populus
May 11, 2011Tracing Orion (オリオンをなぞる)14
July 25, 2012Meteor Squall21Cider Road
September 19, 2012Listening to Linear Blue8
November 6, 2013After Cherry Blossoms (all quartets lead to the?)
(桜のあと (all quartets lead to the?))
10Catcher in the Spy
February 5, 2014Harmonized Finale8
May 20, 2015Sugar Song and Bitter Step5Dr. Izzy
August 9, 201710% Roll, 10% Romance3Mode Mood Mode
November 8, 2017Invisible Sensation5
November 15, 2017Fake Town Baby6
March 7, 2018Spring is Coming to Us (春が来てぼくら)5Patrick Vegee
November 7, 2018Catch Up, Latency3
October 11, 2019Phantom Joke5
April 13, 2022Kaleido Proud Fiesta4Kaleido Proud Fiesta

Studio albums

Release DateTitlePeak Position
JPN
[5]
April 15, 2009Unison Square Garden 20
April 7, 2010Jet Co.24
July 6, 2011Populus Populus18
February 6, 2013Cider Road9
August 27, 2014Catcher in the Spy5
July 6, 2016Dr. Izzy3
January 24, 2018Mode Mood Mode2
September 30, 2020Patrick Vegee2

Mini albums

Release DateTitlePeak Position
JPN
[5]
January 16, 2008

Re-released: July 3, 2019

Shin Sekai Note (新世界ノート)25
January 16, 2008

Re-released: July 3, 2019

Ryusei Zenya (流星前夜)24

Anniversary albums

Release DateTitlePeak Position
JPN
[5]
July 22, 2015Dugout Accident2
July 3, 2019Bee side Sea side ~B-side Collection Album~5

Compilation albums

Release DateTitlePeak Position
JPN
[5]
October 11, 2019UNISON SQUARE GARDEN The 1st Collection for streaming

Video albums

Release DateTitlePeak Position
JPN DVD
[5]
JPN Blu-ray
[5]
February 6, 2013UNISON SQUARE GARDEN ONEMAN TOUR 2012 SPECIAL ~Spring Spring Spring~ at ZEPP TOKYO 2012.04.219
November 6, 2013UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2013 CIDER ROAD TOUR at NHK HALL 2013.04.108
January 27, 2016UNISON SQUARE GARDEN LIVE SPECIAL "fun time 724" at Nippon Budokan 2015.7.244
May 17, 2017UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2016 Dr.Izzy at Yokosuka Arts Theatre 2016.11.2179
December 26, 2018UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2018 “MODE MOOD MODE” at Omiya Sonic City 2018.06.29610
December 25, 2019UNISON SQUARE GARDEN 15th Anniversary Live at Osaka Maishima 2019.07.2796
June 24, 2020UNISON SQUARE GARDEN「Bee-side Sea-side U-side」at Zepp Tokyo 2019.10.1664

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References

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  3. "HKT48・コブクロ・JUJU・UNISON SQUARE GARDEN".
  4. "ユニゾン初武道館ワンマン「大事な皆さんの大事なバンドでありたい」".
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