Kids Alive was a Japanese rock band formed in 1998 when bassist Akihiro Yamamura, vocalist Yuta Aihara and guitarist Hiroshi "Keiji" Kanno signed up for Kids Records. Their first major debut single was released in 2002. They changed over to the Cutting Edge label for their next five singles and album two years later. They were with avex and released their two latest singles with them shortly before their break-up in 2003.

One of their songs, "Bokura no bouken", was used as the first ending theme of the anime Hikaru no Go

Hikaru no Go

is a manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa...

 and its opening melody was sampled by German rapper Kool Savas

Kool Savas

Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....

 for his Song "Tot oder Lebendig". "2nd Stage" was used for the opening theme of the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

is a Japanese soccer manga and anime series, authored by Captain Tsubasa creator Yōichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion...

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Members

• Akihiro (real name: Akihiro Yamamura) - Bass (山村 明弘)
• Yuta (real name: Yūta Aihara) - Vocal (相原 憂太)
• Keiji (real name: Hiroshi Kanno) - Guitar (菅野 浩司)

Singles

• (2000.11.25) 「NEW DREAM」
• (2001.02.28) 「雨」
• (2001.05.23) 「Top Speed」
• (2001.08.08) 「サマーバケーション～ボクらは運命共同体＼(*^-^*)／～」
• (2001.11.14) 「ボクらの冒険」
• (2002.05.09) 「Never mind」
• (2002.11.07) 「2nd STAGE」
• (2003.02.05) 「ふたりの季節～North Point～」

External links

• Official Avex site
• Official Mother Land site