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Kana-Boon (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese Rock music band formed in 2008. They made their major debut with Ki/oon Music in 2013. Ever since, they've had four reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with Doppel being their best-charting album, reaching the third place on the chart. They have also had five singles reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with フルドライブ being their best-charting single, reaching the sixth place on the chart. Three of their singles have been used in the Naruto franchise, with "Silhouette" being used as the 16th opening theme, and "Diver" as the theme song for and "Baton Road" as the opening for . The B-side for "Diver", "Spiral", was the theme song for video game.
This group also made a single for the anime The Perfect Insider titled "Talking". Their single "Fighter" was chosen to be the fourth opening of . Recently, their song "Starmarker" was used as the second opening of the fourth season of My Hero Academia, "Torch of Liberty" as the second opening of the second season of Fire Force, and "Song of the Dead" as the first season opening of .
In April 2012, Kana-Boon won the Ki/oon 20 Years Audition out of 4000 contestants, and served as the opening act for Asian Kung-Fu Generation. On April 13, 2013, the band released their first music video, "Naimononedari", directed by Shinta Yamagishi, and announced their first nationally distributed work, 僕がCDを出したら, for release on April 24, 2013 through their management Hip Land Music. The album performed successfully, placing 14th on the Oricon Charts.
On March 23, 2015, it was revealed that their sixth single, なんでもねだり, would be used in commercials for Shiseido's Anessa cosmetics, and would be released on May 13, 2015. On June 15, 2015, it was announced that the band's seventh single, ダイバー, would be used as the theme song for the anime film , and on June 29, 2015, it was announced the B-side track, スパイラル, would be used as the theme song for the video game . "Diver" was released on August 5, 2015. On September 3, 2015, it was announced that the band would be performing the opening theme song for the anime series The Perfect Insider titled "talking". "talking" was a rearrangement of the band's independently-released single 口をとざして from 2013. The song was released as a split album with Scenarioart, who performed the ending theme song for the series, on November 11, 2015. In 2018, they released the first best album, containing most of B-side album "KBB vol.1" and a PV collection "KANA-BOON MOVIE 05 / KB CLIPS ~Sanagi kara Mozo Mozo-hen~" on March 14, as the first part of their fifth anniversary plan. They released the albums Origin in 2016, Namida in 2017, and Honey & Darling in 2022.
On December 11, 2023, the band announced that drummer Koizumi and guitarist Koga would leave the band due to private issues. Taniguchi will continue working with Endō as a two-piece band, however all remaining activities for the year (including a nationwide tour and a Nippon Budokan 2-day live scheduled for November 2024) were suspended.
On 25 September 2024, the band released their first song since becoming a two-piece band with "Love & MasterPeace". They then embarked on a national tour called "SOARING 'THE PHOENIX' TOUR" over October and November.
On 10 July 2024, the band digitally pre-released their new single "SUPERNOVA", which is the 7th and final opening of the Dr. Stone anime. The music video features their two current support members, Yuriko Seki and Takayuki Yokoi, for the first time.
Former members
| 2017 | "Kimi to Iu Hana" (君という花 A Flower Named You) | Asian Kung-Fu Generation | AKG Tribute | Released: March 29, 2017 |
| 2022 | "Haruka Kanata" (遥か彼方 Far Away) | Kirarirari | Released: November 2, 2022 |
| 2013 | "Naimononedari" (ないものねだり) | Shinta Yamagishi |
| "Declaration of Necessity of Proponents, Refusal" (盛者必衰の理、お断り Jousha Hissui No Kotowari, Okotowari) | ||
| "1.2. step to you" | ||
| "U~ōrīhīrō" (ウォーリーヒーロー) | Tetsuya Iwaguchi | |
| 2014 | "Crystal Star" (結晶星 Kesshō Hoshi) | Higuchiryou × Wonowataru |
| "Full Drive" (フルドライブ Furu Doraibu) | Sumisu | |
| "To Live" (生きてゆく Ikite yuku) | Shinta Yamagishi | |
| "Silhouette" (シルエット Shiruetto) | Kamatani Sōjirō | |
| 2015 | "Snow Globe" (スノーグローブ Sunōgurōbu) | Sudō Kanji |
| "TIME" | ||
| "Anything" (なんでもねだり Nan demo nedari) | Tanabe Hidenobu | |
| "Diver" (ダイバー Daibā) | Kamatani Sōjirō | |
| "Talking" | Takuya Tada | |
| 2016 | "Run and Run" (ランアンドラン Ran'andoran) | Bait |
| "Anger in the Mind" | Takuya Tada | |
| "Wake up" | Shinta Yamagishi | |
| 2017 | "Fighter" | Kei Ikeda |
| "Tears" (涙 Namida) | Shinta Yamagishi | |
| "Still We are Hoping" (それでも僕らは願っているよ Soredemo bokura wa negatte iru yo) | Takuya Tada | |
| 2018 | "Sakura Song" (さくらのうた Sakura no Uta) | |
| "Wandering Days and Fanfare" (彷徨う日々とファンファーレ Samayou Hibi to Fanfāre) | Sumisu | |
| "From the window at night" (夜の窓辺から Yoru no Madobe Kara) | Takuya Tada | |
| 2019 | "Cogwheel" (ハグルマ Haguruma) | Kensuke Kawamura |
| "Brand New" (まっさら Massara) | Tetsu Watanabe | |
| 2020 | "Starmarker" (スターマーカー Sutā Mākā) | Hidenobu Tanabe |
| "Marble" (マーブル Māburu) | ||
| "Torch of Liberty" | Hiroki Nakamura | |
| 2021 | "HOPE" | Okushita Kazuhiko / Takuya Tada |
| "Re:Pray" | Chiharu Shimura | |
| 2022 | "Merry-go-round" (メリーゴーランド Merīgōrando) | Shinta Yamagishi |
| "Glittering" (きらりらり Kirarirari) | GROUPN | |
| 2023 | "Gradation (feat. Yuho Kitazawa)" (ぐらでーしょん feat. 北澤ゆうほ) | Smith |
| "Just that" (ただそれだけ Tadasoredake) | Takumi Gunji | |
| "Song of the Dead" (ソングオブザデッド Songu Obu Za Deddo) | malloon / Kei Murotani | |
| 2024 | "Twilight" (夕暮れ Yūgure) | サマーエンドブルーリオ (Rio Nakamura) |
| "Love & MasterPeace" (ラブアンドマスターピース Rabu Ando Masutāpīsu) | Smith | |
| "Hora Lala" (ほららら Horarara) | Kiyoshiro Ishida | |
| "Monster" (ばけもの Bakemono) | ||
| "Hibi" (日々 Hibi) | Santa Yamagishi |
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