One Ok Rock

ONE OK ROCK
ONE OK ROCK
	One Ok Rock in 2019
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, pop punk, power pop
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Fueled by Ramen; Warner; A-Sketch
Members	Takahiro Moriuchi; Toru Yamashita; Ryota Kohama; Tomoya Kanki
Past member(s)	Alexander Reimon Onizawa; Yu Koyanagi
Website	www.oneokrock.com

One Ok Rock (written as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005. The band is composed of Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. Originally there were five members in the band, but a guitarist Alex left the group in 2009, and it is a four-piece band now.

The band had various singles that entered the Oricon charts and their songs are getting more and more popular.

Members[change | change source]

Taka – vocalist
Toru – guitarist
Ryota – bass guitarist
Tomoya – drummer

History[change | change source]

2005 In April, Toru, Ryota, Alex, and Tomo started activities of One Ok Rock. In May, Toru invited Taka, and he started singing in the band.

2006 Tomo gave up his membership in One Ok Rock. On July 26th, they released the first album "ONE OK ROCK" and it became an indie rock band.

2007 In March, for the substitution of Tomo, Tomoya became a new member. In March 25th, they released the 1st single "naihishinsho", and that allowed this band to made a major debut.

2009 In April, Alex was accused of sexual assault(groping) on a train.^[1] Because of that, One Ok Rock made a statement that it would stop its activity for a while. In the next month, Alex dropped out of the band. However, the rest of the members decided not to quit working and they restarted the activity of One Ok Rock.

2010 In February, One Ok Rock released the fourth single "完全感覚Dreamer". On November twenty eighth, they did a live in Budoukan for the first time of their career.