Round Table (band)
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Round Table is a Japan
ese pop
band known mostly for their Anime
soundtrack
s. They are most popularly known in the Anime demographic for their hit single, "Let Me Be With You" - the opening song for the anime Chobits. The band was formed in 1997 with Katsutoshi Kitagawa (vocals, guitar, and bass guitar) and Rieko Ito (vocals and keyboard) as band members. In 2002, Nino joined as a guest vocalist. Nino provides the main vocals for the songs while Kitagawa provides backing vocals. Since then their songs have often been credited as "ROUND TABLE featuring Nino". The name of the album April came from Nino's birth-month.
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ese pop
Pop music
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band known mostly for their Anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s. They are most popularly known in the Anime demographic for their hit single, "Let Me Be With You" - the opening song for the anime Chobits. The band was formed in 1997 with Katsutoshi Kitagawa (vocals, guitar, and bass guitar) and Rieko Ito (vocals and keyboard) as band members. In 2002, Nino joined as a guest vocalist. Nino provides the main vocals for the songs while Kitagawa provides backing vocals. Since then their songs have often been credited as "ROUND TABLE featuring Nino". The name of the album April came from Nino's birth-month.
Singles
- 29 June 1998: Big Wave '71 - EP
- Ride on the Big Wave
- Get on the Bicycle!
- Exotic Ooh-Room
- In the Season
- Wild Chocolate Brothers
- 30 September 1998: Do The Afro!
- Chocolate
- Glass Green Polka
- Do the Afro
- One Day in the September
- Little Brownie's Theme
- 27 January 1999: Cool Club Rule
- Cool Club Rule
- Domino Time Rag
- Viva!Brownie
- 27 October 1999: Perfect World
- Perfect World
- Glad to Be Unhappy
- Do It Again
- 6 December 2000: Every Every Every
- Every Every Every
- Radio Burnin'
- All the Way Down
Albums
- 27 August 1997: World's End
- Repeat after me
- Windy
- World's End
- So Little Time
- Mexican Drag Race
- Arifureta Ichinichi (ありふれた1日)
- One More Time!!
- 5 December 1997: Something in the Snow
- Light a Candle
- Tiny Adventure
- Everybody's Talkin'
- Radio Time a GO-GO!!
- Up to Wednesday, 3p.m.
- Revenge of the Radio Time
- Picnic
- Make a Wish, Blow Out a Candle
- 1 April 1998: Feelin' Groovy
- How Do You Feel?
- Feelin' Groovy
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Stillness
- Highway 69
- Mad Engine joe
- Beat De Jump
- Doo-Wop Feelin'
- 27 January 1999: Domino
- Domino
- Brownie
- Cool Club Rule
- Holiday
- Play the March
- Summer Rain
- Battle Cop B.B.
- Desert Side of the Moon
- Ring a Bell
- Christmas Time
- Domino Again
- Everything You Know
- 7 July 1999: Big Wave '72
- Here Comes the Big Wave
- Holiday (Mix '72)
- One Little Cowboy
- Let's Go to the Beach!
- Jazz On a Holiday
- Ukulele to the Beach
- You Baby
- Sunset Holiday
- End Theme
- Big Wave '71(Reprise)
- 8 December 1999: Cannon Ball
- Mr.Cannonballer
- Perfect World
- Moon Light
- Everlasting Daydream
- It's O.K.? Mr. No.1
- Bamallama Baby
- Mr.Cannonballer Strikes Back
- FLY
- Timeless
- So Many Colors
- Brand New Car
- Say Goodbye
- 29 March 2000: Look Around (Greatest Hits Album)
- Introduction
- Chocolate
- Cool Club Rule
- Holiday (Mix '72)
- World's End
- Back on My Feet Again
- Theme from Look Around
- Radio Time a Go-Go!!
- Brownie
- Get on the Bicycle!
- Windy
- Beat De Jump
- Picnic
- It's a Sunshine Day - cover of the Brady Bunch song
- Feelin' Groovy
- Look Around Bossa
- 12 July 2000: Big Wave 2000 - EP
- Viva! Samba Parade
- Big Wave
- Let's Go to the Beach! (Copacabana Mix)
- Big Wave 2・0・0・0
- Tiny Adventure (Cool Summer Mix)
- Find Your Step!
- Boys Don't Cry - cover of original by The CureBoys Don't Cry (song)"Boys Don't Cry" was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in June 1979. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys....
- Corcovado
- Viva! Samba Carnival
- 31 January 2001: RADIO BURNIN'
- Come On! Come On!
- Every Every Every (Radio Radio Radio Mix)
- Goin' to the Radio Show
- Radio Time #1
- Hello! It's You
- No No - Yeah Yeah
- Baby Baby
- Radio Is Burning
- Radio Time #2
- Everyday
- Across the Highway
- 1,2,3 for Jump
- No Reaction
- You Are No.1
- Good Night Rosie
- Come On! Come On! (Reprise)
- 25 August 2003: Big Wave Sunset
- Opening
- Big Wave Sunset
- Let Me
- Bossa Rie
- Youngmen Blues
- Life
- In the Rain
- Tell Me Why
- 1 April 2009: Friday I'm in Love
- Try a Little Happiness
- My Girl
- Under the Moonlight
- Tooi Machikado (遠い街角)
- Faraway
- Friday Night
- Summer Days
- Nari Hibiku Kane (鳴り響く鐘)
- Ai no Yukue (愛の行方)
- Dancin' All Night
- Let's Stay Together
- Dance with Me
Singles
- 24 April 2002: Let Me Be with You - ChobitsChobitsis a Japanese manga created by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 to November 2002 and collected in eight bound volumes....
- Let Me Be with You
- Book End Bossa
- Let Me Be with You (Instrumental)
- 22 January 2003: New World - .hack//Legend of the Twilight.hack//Legend of the Twilightis a science fiction manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi. The twenty-two chapters of .hack//Legend of the Twilight appeared as a serial in the Japanese magazine Comptiq, and published in three tankōbon by Kadokawa Shoten from July 2002 to April 2004...
- New World
- Beautiful
- New World (Instrumental)
- 22 October 2003: Sunny Side Hill - Uninhabited Planet Survive!Uninhabited Planet Survive!, also known as Planet Survive is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Action/Adventure anime series that aired in Japan on NHK from October 2003 to October 28, 2004...
- Sunny Side Hill
- Message
- Sunny Side Hill (Instrumental)
- Message (Instrumental)
- 23 February 2005: Groovin' Magic - Gunbuster 2
- Groovin' Magic
- Stay with Me
- Groovin' Magic (Instrumental)
- 21 October 2005: Rainbow - ARIA The ANIMATION
- Rainbow
- Just for You
- Rainbow (Instrumental)
- Just for You (Instrumental)
- 26 April 2006: Natsu Machi (夏待ち) - ARIA The NATURAL
- Natsu Machi (夏待ち)
- Shiosai (潮騒)
- 夏待ち (Instrumental)
- 潮騒 (Instrumental)
- 20 July 2006: Puzzle (パズル) - Welcome to the N.H.K.Welcome to the N.H.K.is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, with a cover illustration by Yoshitoshi ABe, and was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. The novel was first published in English by Tokyopop on October 9, 2007...
- Puzzle (パズル)
- Atashi Datte Onaji Koto Omotteruyo (あたしだって同じこと思ってるよ)
- パズル (Instrumental)
- あたしだって同じこと思ってるよ (Instrumental)
- 25 June 2008: Koi wo Shiteru (恋をしてる) - TV TokyoTV Tokyois a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
Webtama 3
- Koi wo Shiteru (恋をしてる)
- Symphony (シンフォニー)
- Takaramono -homemade demo ver.- (宝物-homemade demo ver.-)
- 恋をしてる -without Nino-
- シンフォニー -without Nino-
- 22 October 2008: Nagareboshi (ナガレボシ) - Yozakura QuartetYozakura Quartetis a Japanese manga created by Suzuhito Yasuda that began publishing by Kodansha in 2006, and was then published in the US by Del Rey in 2008. The series was animated in Japan and began airing on October 2, 2008; it comprises 12 episodes, all of which have aired. The anime was produced by Nomad and...
- Nagareboshi (ナガレボシ)
- Akaneiro Sentimental (茜色センチメンタル)
- Inori (祈り)
- ナガレボシ -without Nino-
- 茜色センチメンタル -without Nino-
Albums
- 23 April 2003: April
- Let Me Be with You
- Dancin' All Night
- Beautiful
- New World
- Day By Day
- Birthday
- Book End Bossa
- Where Is Love
- Today
- In April
- Love Me Baby
- Let Me Be with You (New Step Mix)
- 30 August 2006: Nino
- Be Your Girl
- Groovin' Magic
- Puzzle ~Extra Hot Mix~ (パズル ~Extra Hot Mix~)
- Natsu Machi (夏待ち)
- Message
- Just for You
- Shiosai (潮騒)
- Hello Goodbye (ハローグッバイ)
- Sunny Side Hill
- Stay with Me
- Rainbow
- Just a Little
- 24 December 2008: Distance
- Long Distance
- Koi wo Shiteru (恋をしてる)
- Sayonara
- Atashi Datte Onaji Koto Omotteru yo (あたしだって同じこと思ってるよ)
- Sunny Day
- Toki wo Koete (時を越えて)
- Nemurenai Yoru (眠れない夜)
- Akane Iro Sentimental (茜色センチメンタル)
- Oh! Yeah! -New Year's Mix-
- Futsuu no Koto (普通の事)
- Nagareboshi (ナガレボシ)
- Yokogao (横顔)
- Takaramono (宝物)
- Long Distance -reprise-
Special
In 2007, they created a song that ran in the credits of CLAMP in Wonderland 2. It was included on the soundtrack.- 24 October 2007: CLAMP IN WONDERLAND1&2
- CLAMP in Wonderland Clamp in WonderlandClamp in Wonderland is a series of music videos produced by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona ....
- action! - 坂本真綾
- Oh! Yeah!! - ROUND TABLE Feat. Nino
- あなただけのWONDERLAND - 広谷順子
- 「あなた」が「しあわせ」であるように - 広谷順子
- action! -without 坂本真綾-
- Oh! Yeah!! -without Nino-
External links
- Official website
- Round Table featuring Nino, on Victor EntertainmentVictor Entertainmentis a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
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