was a Japanese pop

Pop music

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 band signed to Giza Studio

GIZA studio

is a Japanese record label....

, Formed in 2002 around lead vocalist Yuuka "U-ka" Saegusa, the band's first three singles were all featured in the anime

Anime

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 Cheeky Angel

Cheeky Angel

is a comedy romance action manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy that always get into fights with a secret: she used to be a boy. Originally a serial in Shōnen Sunday, it has been...

. Its first hit single was "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made", a theme song of the popular anime Detective Conan

Case Closed

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(Case Closed), which reached #8 in the Oricon

Oricon

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 charts. On October 21, 2009, Saegusa stated that the band will disband in January 2010.

Lineup

• Yuuka "U-ka" Saegusa (三枝夕夏) – vocals
  Singing
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• Yuichirou Iwai (岩井勇一郎) – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Taku Oyabu (大藪拓) – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Keisuke Kurumatani (車谷啓介) – drums
  Drum kit
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Discography

Albums and EPs

• Secret & Lies (February 5, 2003)
• U-ka saegusa IN db 1st ~Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made~
  
• U-ka saegusa IN db II (November 17, 2004)
• U-ka saegusa IN db III (September 20, 2006)
• U-ka saegusa IN d-best: Smile & Tears (June 6, 2007)
• U-ka saegusa IN db 4 ~Crystal na Kisetsu ni Miserarete~ (U-ka saegusa IN db ４ ～クリスタルな季節に魅せられて～, November 25, 2009)
• U-ka saegusa IN db Final Best (January 13, 2010)

Singles

• "Whenever I think of you" (June 12, 2002)
• "It's For You" (August 28, 2002)
• "Tears Go By" (November 6, 2002)
• "CHU☆TRUE LOVE" (June 18, 2003)
• "I can't see, I can't feel" (August 20, 2003)
• "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made" (君と約束した優しいあの場所まで, October 29, 2003)
• "Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi wo" (眠る君の横顔に微笑みを, March 3, 2004)
• "Hekonda Kimochi, Tokasu Kimi" (へこんだ気持ち 溶かすキミ, August 11, 2004)
• "Egao de Iyou yo" (笑顔でいようよ, September 15, 2004)
• "Itsumo Kokoro ni Taiyou wo" (いつも心に太陽を, October 13, 2004)
• "Tobitatenai Watashi ni Anata ga Tsubasa wo Kureta" (飛び立てない私にあなたが翼をくれた, February 16, 2005)
• "June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~" (ジューンブライド ～あなたしか見えない～, June 15, 2005)
• "Kimi no Ai ni Tsutsumarete Itai" (君の愛に包まれて痛い, November 16, 2005)
• "Ai no Wana" (愛のワナ, February 15, 2006)
• "Fall in Love" (May 24, 2006)
• "Everybody Jump" (July 12, 2006)
• "Taiyou" (太陽, September 20, 2006)
• "Kumo ni Notte" (雲に乗って, January 31, 2007)
• "Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze no Naka......Yume no Naka"/"Atarashii Jibun he Kawaru Switch" (明日は明日の風の中......夢の中/新しい自分へ変わるスイッチ, October 31, 2007)
• "Yukidoke no Ano Kawa no Nagare no You Ni" (雪どけのあの川の流れのように, February 27, 2008)
• "Daremo ga Kitto Dareka no Santa Claus" (誰もがきっと誰かのサンタクロース, December 10, 2008)
• "Mou Kimi wo Hitori ni Sasenai" (もう君をひとりにさせない, February 25, 2009)
• "Itsumo Sugao no Watashi de Itai" (いつも素顔の私でいたい, June 3, 2009)
• "Natsu no Owari ni Anata e no Tegami Kaki Tometeimasu" (夏の終りにあなたへの手紙書きとめています, August 25, 2009)

DVDs

• Film Collection Vol.1 -Shocking Blue- (November 19, 2003)
• One Live (February 16, 2005)
• Film Collection Vol.2 (September 21, 2005)
• Choco II to Live (November 1, 2006)
• U-ka saegusa IN d-best ~Smile & Tears~ (February 27, 2007)
• Film Collection Vol.3 (June 11, 2008)
• U-ka saegusa IN db -Final Live Tour 2010- (April 21, 2010)

Collaborations

• "The Hit Parade" (with Tak Matsumoto
  Tak Matsumoto
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  , November 26, 2003)
• "100 Mono Tobira" (100もの扉, with Aiuchi Rina and Sparkling Point, June 14, 2006)
• "Nanatsu no Umi wo Wataru Kaze no You Ni" (七つの海を渡る風のように, (with Aiuchi Rina, April 11, 2007)

External links

• Official website
• Official blog