The Indigo
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The Indigo is a Japanese
band originally composed of on vocals, on composition and arrangement, and on bass. They were first formed in 1998 and released their debut Maxi single Blue on May 24, 2000. This was followed by their 2nd Maxi Single on August 30, 2000, and their first full album Blue on September 27, 2000. Takagi left the band prior to the release of their third album The Indigo have been a duo ever since. They are signed under Geneon Entertainment.
The Indigo's songs range from pop rock to slow ballads. Their discography shows a gradual shift from an alternative-pop rock hybrid towards a preference for ballads. Their style is also shown in their covers of various rock classics in their cover albums My Fair Melodies and My Fair Melodies 2. They have also performed several songs for both the opening and ending themes for anime TV series. This includes for Ai Yori Aoshi
, Under the Blue Sky for Someday's Dreamers
, I Do! for Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi, and more recently, for Animal Yokocho
. They continue to release albums at a prodigious rate, averaging one per year, and toured Korea in late 2004-early 2005. They also perform regularly in live sessions at various clubs and events. In 2007, with the release of their Best of The Indigo 2000-2006 as a chance to do so, The Indigo will (temporarily) focus on their solo projects. Taoka will be co-hosting the radio program Discover New Zealand on Kiss-FM Kobe.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
band originally composed of on vocals, on composition and arrangement, and on bass. They were first formed in 1998 and released their debut Maxi single Blue on May 24, 2000. This was followed by their 2nd Maxi Single on August 30, 2000, and their first full album Blue on September 27, 2000. Takagi left the band prior to the release of their third album The Indigo have been a duo ever since. They are signed under Geneon Entertainment.
The Indigo's songs range from pop rock to slow ballads. Their discography shows a gradual shift from an alternative-pop rock hybrid towards a preference for ballads. Their style is also shown in their covers of various rock classics in their cover albums My Fair Melodies and My Fair Melodies 2. They have also performed several songs for both the opening and ending themes for anime TV series. This includes for Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi
is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two characters who haven't seen each other in years but were once childhood friends....
, Under the Blue Sky for Someday's Dreamers
Someday's Dreamers
is a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes...
, I Do! for Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi, and more recently, for Animal Yokocho
Animal Yokocho
is a Japanese manga and anime series aimed at children about a little girl who has a doorway to another world in her room, from which three bizarre and frequently-annoying stuffed animal-like creatures emerge to make her life "interesting". The manga was created by Ryō Maekawa and is serialized in...
. They continue to release albums at a prodigious rate, averaging one per year, and toured Korea in late 2004-early 2005. They also perform regularly in live sessions at various clubs and events. In 2007, with the release of their Best of The Indigo 2000-2006 as a chance to do so, The Indigo will (temporarily) focus on their solo projects. Taoka will be co-hosting the radio program Discover New Zealand on Kiss-FM Kobe.
Albums
- Blue (September 27, 2000)
- Records (August 29, 2001)
- Poetic Beauty (January 17, 2002)
- My Fair Melodies (February 27, 2002) (Cover album)
- Sound of Fragrance (September 26, 2002)
- Indigo Suite (Best Indigo Music) (March 5, 2003)
- Glider (September 10, 2003)
- My Fair Melodies 2 (February 18, 2004) (Cover album)
- Song Is Love (August 4, 2004)
- Flair (November 9, 2005)
- Once More (June 7, 2006) (Cover album)
- Future Folk (November 8, 2006)
- Best of The Indigo 2000-2006 (April 4, 2007)
Singles
- Blue (May 24, 2000) (August 30, 2000) (December 13, 2000)
- Brand New Day (April 25, 2001)
- Pain (June 27, 2001) (August 28, 2002)
- UNDER THE BLUE SKY (February 5, 2003)
- Sweet Radio (featuring ) (July 30, 2003)
- I Do! (November 12, 2003) (October 26, 2005) (Animal YokochoAnimal Yokochois a Japanese manga and anime series aimed at children about a little girl who has a doorway to another world in her room, from which three bizarre and frequently-annoying stuffed animal-like creatures emerge to make her life "interesting". The manga was created by Ryō Maekawa and is serialized in...
anime first ending theme)
Other songs
- Akai Hana: A one and a half-minute song that was used as the ending theme for episode 15 of the anime TV series Ai Yori AoshiAi Yori Aoshiis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two characters who haven't seen each other in years but were once childhood friends....
. It was never released on any of the Indigo's albums or singles, and is only available on the album Ai Yori Aoshi Original TV Soundtrack 2.