Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets (Japanese: 岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ, Hepburn: Kishida Kyōdan Ando Ji Akeboshi Rokettsu) is a Japanese rock band currently signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Beginning in 2004 as a one-man unit covering songs from different series, more members joined in 2007, and in 2010 the band made their major debut with the single "Highschool of the Dead", used as the opening theme of the 2010 anime television series of the same name.

Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets
OriginJapan
GenresRock, alternative rock, post-grunge, pop punk
Years active2004 (2004) – present
Labels
Members
  • Kishida (bass guitar, guitar, leader)
  • ichigo (vocals)
  • Hayapi (guitar)
  • ~Micchan (drums)
  • T-tsu (guitar)
Websitekisidakyoudan.com/about.html

Overview

The band began in 2004 as a one-man dōjin music unit consisting of musician Kishida Kyoudan, who covered songs from different series, such as Touhou Project and video games by Key. He released a CD featuring original songs and covers of songs from Type-Moon games and Touhou Project at Winter Comiket in 2005. Vocalist Ichigo joined in 2007.[1]

The band made their major debut in 2010 with the release of the single "Highschool of the Dead" under Geneon Universal (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan); the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2010 anime television series Highschool of the Dead.[2][3] The band released its second single "Strike the Blood" on October 30, 2013 under Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; the title song is used as the first opening theme to the 2013 anime television series Strike the Blood.[4] They released their third single "Gate (Sore wa Akatsuki no You ni)" (GATE〜それは暁のように〜) on July 29, 2015; the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2015 anime television series Gate.[5] They released their fourth single "Gate II (Sekai o Koete)" (GATE II 〜世界を超えて〜) on January 27, 2016; the title song is used as the opening theme to the second season of Gate.[6][7] They released their fifth single "Tenkyou no Alderamin" on July 20, 2016; the title song is used as the opening theme of the 2016 animated television series Alderamin on the Sky. They released their sixth single "Blood on the EDGE" on December 26, 2016; the title song is used as the opening theme of the 2016 animated OVA series Strike the Blood II. Their seventh single, "Stray," was released on February 7, 2018, and is used as the opening theme for the animated series Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens. Their eighth single, "Sirius," was released on August 22, 2018, and is used as the opening theme for the animated series Sirius the Jaeger. Their ninth, and latest single, "nameless story," is the ending theme for A Certain Scientific Railgun T, the third season of the animated series A Certain Scientific Railgun.[8] In October 2021, they released their first best-of album Isekaitensei Shitara Best Album Deshita which included all of their past singles, a reboot version of their major debut single Highschool of the Dead[2021] and some other songs from their Genon Universal Entertainment discography.
In December 2021, they released their first live album Super Pro Max Ti which included 14 songs (live ver.) and a new song called TRIGGER. They will release the single "Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita" (転生したら剣でした) on November 30, 2022; the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime series Reincarnated as a Sword.[9]

Discography

Singles
Release dateTitleCatalog numberPeak chart position
Limited editionRegular editionAnime edition
1st August 18, 2010Highschool of the Dead GNCA-0143 10[2]
2nd October 30, 2013Strike the Blood100042782816
3rd July 29, 2015Gate (Sore wa Akatsuki no You ni)10005733771000573379100057337817[5]
4th January 27, 2016Gate II (Sekai o Koete)10005904511000590453100059045223[6]
5th July 20, 2016Tenkyou no Alderamin1000611364100061136328
6th December 21, 2016Blood on the EDGE1000629350100062935135
7th February 7, 2018Stray10007059871000705989100070598837
8th August 22, 2018Sirius10007230861000723088100072308782
9th January 29, 2020nameless story1000757475100075747642[10]
10th November 30, 2022Tensei Shitara Ken DeshitaGNCA-0678GNCA-0678TBA

Digital Singles
Release dateTitleAlbum
1st August 18, 2021Highschool of the Dead[2021]Isekaitensei Shitara Best Album Deshita
2nd December 1, 2021TRIGGERSuper Pro Max Ti

Commercial Albums
Release dateTitleCatalog numberPeak chart position
Limited editionRegular edition
1st June 22, 2011POPSENCEGNCA-1303GNCA-130421[11]
2nd December 24, 2014hack/SLASH100053696436[12]
3rd March 22, 2017LIVE YOUR LIFE1000640261100064026023[13]
4th December 5, 2018REBOOT1000735130100073513144[14]

Compilation Albums
Release dateTitleCatalog numberPeak chart position
Limited editionRegular edition
1st October 20, 2021Isekaitensei Shitara Best Album DeshitaGNCA-1602GNCA-160331[15]

Live Albums
Release dateTitleCatalog numberPeak chart position
Limited editionRegular edition
1st December 22, 2021Super Pro Max TiGNCA-1606GNCA-1607204[16]

Independent Albums
Release dateTitleCatalog number
1st November 31, 2007Hoshizora LogicK2-0005
2nd November 28, 2009Literal World K2-0007
3rd April 30, 2012Seventh WorldK2-0009

Touhou-based albums
Release dateTitleCatalog number
1st December 30, 2005SUPERNOVAK2-0001
2nd May 21, 2006Venus RocketK2-0002
3rd December 31, 2006SuperSonicSpeedStarK2-0003
4th May 20, 2007Fantasy Incident K2-0004
5th May 25, 2008Electric blueK2-0006
6th March 14, 2010ROLLING★STARK2-0008
7th March 29, 2012.JPK2-0010
8th December 30, 2012Rock 'n' Roll LaboratoryK2-0011
9th May 26, 2013surumeika-K2-0012
10th December 30, 2013Kishida Kyoudan's 2007-2010 Touhou Arrange BestK2-0013
11th December 30, 2015SUPER SONIC APPLE RABBITK2-0014
12th April 24, 2016ROCK'N'ROLL LABORATORY 2K2-0015
13th May 07, 2017ANCIENT FLOWERK2-0016
14th December 29, 2017Survival CDK2-0017
15th December 30, 2018COMPACT DISCK2-0018
16th August 12, 2019MODK2-0019
17th November 14, 2020YukkuriK2-0020
18th December 24, 2021Black MarketK2-0021

Other appearances
Title Year Main Artist Album Peak
The Moon and Izayoi feat. nano x Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets 2021 Touhou LostWord — —
Flowers That Bloomed in Fantasy feat. Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets x Kayoko Kusano Touhou Danmaku Kagura — —
DEAR JUNKS feat. Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets EXiNA DiViNE 57
Desire Drive feat. Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets 2022 Touhou Danmaku Kagura — —


References
  1. "About". Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  2. "HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. "Top-Selling CD Singles by New Artists in Japan: 2010". Anime News Network. December 24, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. "ストライク・ザ・ブラッド" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  5. "GATE～それは暁のように～" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. "GATE II ～世界を超えて～" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  7. "GATE Anime Theme Song Artists Return for 2nd Season". Anime News Network. November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. "nameless story | 岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  9. "岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  10. "ストレイ＜アーティスト盤＞ | 岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ | ORICON NEWS". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  11. "POPSENSE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  12. "hack/SLASH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  13. "LIVE YOUR LIFE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  14. "REBOOT" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  15. "Isekaitensei Shitara Best Album Deshita" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  16. "Super Pro Max Ti" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
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