moumoon
Moumoon (Japaneseムームーン, Mumun ) is a Japanese musical duo consisting of the members YUKA (vocals) and Kosuke Masaki ( guitar). For his songs the duo also works with many other studio musicians.
The band name moumoon is made up of the French word mou ( soft) and the English word moon ( moon) together. The Japanese translation of the band name Yawarakai Tsuki (やわらかい 月) is primarily used for promotion and concerts. The music style of the band can best be described as pop rock.
- 3.1 albums
- 3.2 Singles
Members
YUKA
YUKA (born 3 December 1985) writes the lyrics of the songs and is the singer of moumoon. YUKA is a stage name. She has not yet given up your real name. She grew up in Tokyo as the daughter of a music teacher. From her father she learned early to play the violin, which she became a member of the orchestra of their school. At 16, she lived for a year in Chicago and went to school there. After returning to Japan, she began to study music.
Kosuke Masaki
Kosuke Masaki (柾 昊 佑, Kosuke Masaki, born 22 June 1977) is in charge of moumoon for the composition and the arrangement of the songs and also plays the guitar. Already at 13 he had his first band in which he played the guitar. Also Kosuke lived for some time in the U.S. and then also studied music. Since then he has worked primarily as a producer.
Band History
The duo met in the summer of 2004 through a mutual friend and making music together since 2005. The first performances before an audience, the two had in October 2005 at a club in Omotesando (Tokyo). 2006 were taken from moumoon independent label GATE RECORDS under contract and published in July of the same year her first single Flowers / pride. In September, finally appeared a first mini-album Flowers, the duo gave greater prominence.
The following year the band recorded avex trax in the Japanese major label under which the second mini album love me? was published in August 2007. Since then, give moumoon regularly at each full moon day in different places in Tokyo concerts ( including open-air concerts) under the motto Full Moon Live. In December, the first major single was Do you remember? published, which made it to the top 100 in the Japanese Oricon charts.
2008 saw the band with the second single on Tiny Star, published on June 4, and already could reach the 47th place on the Oricon charts. In the summer moumoon got the first opportunity at the annual a-nation tour of her label Avex perform in front of a larger audience. Overall, the duo gave three concerts in front of more than 20,000 spectators each. On October 15, appeared moumoons third single, more than love, followed by the first full studio album on November 12, which bears the title moumoon. The album could occupy the 32th place on the Oricon charts in the first week of sales.
In February 2009, the duo then his fourth single EVERGREEN brought out. The song was the title song of the film Kafu where Machiwabite used. Later on 1 and 10 May moumoon gave in the course of their FULL MOON LIVE 2009 tour their biggest ever own concerts each in Osaka and Tokyo. The Tokyo concert was broadcast a few days later completely from the Japanese music channel m on TV. Later also released the fifth single On the right and the sixth single Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai, and the download single Destiny, which served as the theme song for the two -part TV series Koishigure.
In March 2010, another mini album titled chorus was released by the band. On 12 May, the seventh single Sunshine Girl, which was used for a large advertising campaign of the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido followed. Thus, the song received extensive attention and the single made it to the second week of sales even in the top 10 on the Oricon charts. The success of Sunshine Girl also helped the published the following July Mini Album SPARK to a great chart success. In the meantime, also appeared in May another single entitled Let's dance in the moonlight. Since then, the band released a series of further singles and studio albums.