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Unison Square Garden

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

Career

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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] The first single is "Sentimental Period". In 2009, they released their first full album, "Unison Square Garden", and went on tour. 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 "Unison Square Garden Live Special "fun time 724"" in Nippon Budokan.[4]On July, 2019, they released a 15th anniversary coupling best album "Bee-Side Sea-Side: B-side Collection Album". and , held a concert『Program 15th』in Maishima Sports Island. The band celebrated its 20th anniversary in July 2024. July 24, 2024, "Unison Square Garden 20th Anniversary LIVE "Rock Band is fun"" was held in Nippon Budokan. On the same day, they released "Sub Machine, Best Machine".

Discography

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Studio albums

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Release date Title Peak position
JPN
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April 15, 2009 Unison Square Garden 20
April 7, 2010 Jet Co. 24
July 6, 2011 Populus Populus 18
February 6, 2013 Cider Road 9
August 27, 2014 Catcher in the Spy 5
July 6, 2016 Dr. Izzy 3
January 24, 2018 Mode Mood Mode 2
September 30, 2020 Patrick Vegee 2
April 12, 2023 Ninth Peel 1

Mini albums

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Release date Title Peak position
JPN
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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

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Release date Title Peak position
JPN
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July 22, 2015 Dugout Accident 2
July 3, 2019 Bee Side Sea Side: B-side Collection Album 5
July 24, 2024 Sub Machine, Best Machine 4

Compilation albums

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Release date Title
October 11, 2019 Unison Square Garden The 1st Collection for Streaming

Video albums

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Release date Title Peak position
JPN DVD
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JPN Blu-ray
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February 6, 2013 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN ONEMAN TOUR 2012 SPECIAL ~Spring Spring Spring~ at ZEPP TOKYO 2012.04.21 9
November 6, 2013 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2013 CIDER ROAD TOUR at NHK HALL 2013.04.10 8
January 27, 2016 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN LIVE SPECIAL "fun time 724" at Nippon Budokan 2015.7.24 4
May 17, 2017 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2016 “Dr.Izzy” at Yokosuka Arts Theatre 2016.11.21 7 9
December 26, 2018 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2018 MODE MOOD MODE at Omiya Sonic City 2018.06.29 6 10
December 25, 2019 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN 15th Anniversary Live『Program 15th』 at Osaka Maishima 2019.07.27 9 6
June 24, 2020 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN「Bee-side Sea-side U-side」at Zepp Tokyo 2019.10.16 6 4
May 26, 2021 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2021「Normal」at KT Zepp Yokohama 2021.03.02 6 10
October 6, 2021 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN Revival Tour “Spring Spring Spring” at TOKYO GARDEN THEATER 2021.05.20 6 3
December 29, 2021 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN Revival Tour “CIDER ROAD” at TOKYO GARDEN THEATER 2021.08.24 16 8
July 6, 2022 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2021-2022『Patrick Vegee』at TOKYO GARDEN THEATER 2022.01.26 6 9
January 18, 2023 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2022『kaleido proud fiesta』at Fuchu no Mori Arts Theater 2022.09.20 8 7
October 25, 2023 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN TOUR 2023 “Ninth Peel” at TOKYO GARDEN THEATER 2023.07.01 6 7

Singles

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Release date Title Peak position Album
JPN
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July 23, 2008 Sentimental Period (センチメンタルピリオド) 109 Unison Square Garden
January 28, 2009 Master Volume (マスターボリューム) 49
February 10, 2010 Cody Beats 38 Jet Co.
November 24, 2010 Scarsdale (スカースデイル) 35 Populus Populus
May 11, 2011 Orion Wo Nazoru (オリオンをなぞる) 14
July 25, 2012 Ryusei-no Squall (流星のスコール) 21 Cider Road
September 19, 2012 Linear Blue Wo Kikinagara (リニアブルーを聴きながら) 8
November 6, 2013 Sakura No Ato (all quartets lead to the?)
(桜のあと (all quartets lead to the?))
10 Catcher in the Spy
February 5, 2014 Harmonized Finale 8
May 20, 2015 Sugar Song and Bitter Step (シュガーソングとビターステップ) 5 Dr. Izzy
August 9, 2017 10% Roll, 10% Romance 3 Mode Mood Mode
November 8, 2017 Invisible Sensation 5
November 15, 2017 Fake Town Baby 6
March 7, 2018 Haru Ga Kite Bokura (春が来てぼくら) 5 Patrick Vegee
November 7, 2018 Catch Up, Latency 3
October 11, 2019 Phantom Joke 5
April 13, 2022 Kaleido Proud Fiesta 4 Ninth Peel
October 19, 2022 Chaos Ga Kiwamaru (カオスが極まる) 7
September 27, 2023 Ikenai Fool Logic (いけないfool logic) 5
October 2, 2024 Boujaku No Charisma (傍若のカリスマ) 7

References

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  1. ^ "UNISON SQUARE GARDENの基本情報。".
  2. ^ a b "知らないなんて恥ずかしい!大人気邦ロックバンド『UNISON SQUARE GARDEN』とは一体?!".
  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」".
  5. ^ a b c d e f "UNISON SQUARE GARDENの作品".