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  is a Japanese pop and rock band signed

to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The band is well known

for their inspirational lyrics and their use of unique musical
techniques.


cqua Timez was formed in 2000 after two of the original

members, the vocalist and bassist, met on the internet and
discovered that they attended the same university. ct the
time of their formation with all their current members in
2003, the band's name was c
 , the correct
spelling of their current name. During this period, the band
released a mini-album and a single, but they were self-
produced and did not sell many copies.
The band renamed themselves to cqua Timez in 2005.
Their first release under this name was
   


, a mini-album which was released on cugust
24, 2005. It charted well, peaking at #1 on
the Oricon weekly album charts in February 2006.

c
 PV in Shibuya

In 2006, the group signed the major label Sony Music

Entertainment Japan and went on to release 
 


, their second mini-album with seven songs. Their
first single, "Ketsui no csa Ni", was then used as a song in
the movie adaptation of  
. Later in the same year,
it was announced that they would provide the theme song
to  

 

, the movie version of the
anime and manga series . The song,  



!
 
 ( 
, lit. "Passing Over a Thousand
Nights"), entered theOricon singles chart at number 5 and
went on to sell over 100,000 copies.
Later that year, the band's first full length album, "

c
, was released and reached a peak position of
third on the Oricon charts. Since its release, the album has
sold over 200,000 copies. "Shiori", their third single, was
used in commercials for a brand of soft drink known
as Mitsuya Cider and was number 5 on the Oricon charts.
The following year in 2007 the band returned to .
Their fourth single, "clones", was used as the 6th opening
song for the anime and climbed to the #3 spot on the
Oricon.
More recently in 2007, the band produced their 5th
single # 
 (#5 on the Oricon), and their
second full-length album $
#%& was released on
November 21.
Half a year after the release of their last single, they
released their 6th single "Niji", which was used as the theme
song for '

(.
On October 1, 2008, their 7th single "Natsu no Kakera"
was released.
On January 14, 2009, cqua Timez released a single
called "Velonica", which was used as the 9th opening
of .
 On March 4, 2009, they released their 9th single "STc
GOLD" followed by their third full album ù 
) on the 11th which has been certified Gold by RIcJ for
shipment of 100,000 copies.
The band released their 10th single "Plumeria ~Hana
Uta~" on 29 July 2009 in which it was used as the theme
song for the movie Gokusen.
They have also released a compilation album of their best
songs on October 14, 2009. The album contained a newly
recorded song called "Saigo Made". This album scored the
band's first #1 on the Oricon weekly chart since they signed
the major label Sony.
cqua Timez released their 11th single "Ehagaki no Haru"
(Spring Postcards) on January 27, 2010 and are currently
on tour and working on their next tour Take c 'Stand' Tour
along with The FcNtastic Tour 2010.
c melody similar to "clones" can be heard when playing
the "cshleys Journey" game on cddictinggames.com.
cqua Timez's 12th single, "GRcVIT Ø", was used for
the opening theme of $


.

Members
VocalD Futoshi (
ƒ)

± Birthdate: May 10, 1980

± Blood Type: O
BassDOKP-STcR (() R* +

,) Temohisa Okada (®
)
 ± Birthdate: March 25, 1977
± Blood Type: c
Guitar, Programming
Daisuke (
ƒ) Daisuke Hasegawa
(O

)

± Birthdate: cpril 12, 1977

± Blood Type: O
Keyboard
mayuko (()ƒ)

± Birthdate: September 18, 1977

± Blood Type: c

Drums
TcSSHI ((
)ƒ) Tomoyoki Tasshima
( )

± Birthdate: cugust 21, 1978

± Blood Type: c

^

 


Drums: cbiko ((5
)ƒ)

± Birthdate: February, 21
± TcSSHI replaced cbiko before the single, "Ketsui no
csa ni".

Discography
@ 

1. 
   c  V A (Released July 5,

2006; Oricon: #4)
 1. Ketsui no csa Ni (V ; In the Morning of
Decision)
2. cyumi ( ; Walking)
3. Sabishiki Warera (

 ; Lonely Us)
4. Ketsui no csa Ni (Instrumental Mix)
2. @  

     
A (Released
November 22, 2006; Oricon: #5)
1. Sen no oru wo Koete ( 
;
Passing Over the Thousandth Night)
2. Sen no oru wo Koete (Instrumental Mix)
3. @ 

A (Released May 9, 2007; Oricon: #4)
1. Shiori (
; Bookmark)
2. ume Fuusen (; Dream Balloon)
4. c@ (Released cugust 1, 2007; Oricon; #3)
1. cLONES
2. ckatsuki (¨; Daybreak)
3. Mr. Roadrunner (DJ Mass'Skate Sonic*
Remix)(Mr. ; Mr.Roodorannaa)
4. cLONES(Instrumental Mix)
5. X    
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A (Released October
31, 2007; Oricon: #4)
1. Chiisa na Tenohira (I
; Little Palm)
2. Chiisa na Tenohira (Instrumental Mix)
6. ¥A (Release date: May 7, 2008; Oricon: #2)
1. Niji (¥; Rainbow)
2. asashii Kioku ~evalasting II~
(
evalasting; Kind Memory
~Everlasting~)
 3. Honto wa Ne (F
; The Real Truth)
4. No Live, No Life
5. Niji -Instrumental-
7. 
   
 ¹  A (Release date:
October 1, 2008; Oricon: #8)
1. Natsu no Kakera (¹  ; Fragments of
Summer)
2. cki ni Naru Noni (
 ; clthough it is
Becoming Fall)
3. on the run
4. Natsu no Kakera -Instrumental-
8. £  (Release date: January 14, 2009; Oricon:
#2)
1. Velonica
2. Kanade ci (
; Playing Together)
3. Kaori (; Fragrance)
4. Velonica -Instrumental-
9. @c (Release date: March 4, 2009 ; Oricon:
#11)
1. STc GOLD
2. STc GOLD -Instrumental-
10. 

   q
5
A (Release date: July 29, 2009 ; Oricon: #7)
1. Plumeria ~Hana Uta~ (q
5 ;
Purumeria ~Flower Song~)
2. Nagasugita oru Ni (O
; In the Overly
Long Night)
3. Perfect World -blue forest ver.-
4. Plumeria ~Hana Uta~ -Instrumental-
 11.     

  A (Release date:
January 27, 2010 ; Oricon: #8)
1. Ehagaki No Haru ( )
2. Nagareboshi No Uta (  ; Shooting Star
Song)
3. Sora Ni Chikai Machi ( !; c City Close
to the Sky)
4. Ehagaki No Haru -Instrumental-
12.  c£ ! (Release date: October 13, 2010)
1. GRcVIT Ø
2. Tsuki no Curtain (á ")
3. Pocket no Naka no Uchuu (#$%&  )
4. GRcVIT Ø -instrumental-
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1. Sen no oru wo Koete ( 
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2. Niji (¥)
3. Hachimitsu~Daddy, Daddy~ (

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 4. STc GOLD
5. Chiisa na Tenohira (I
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6. cLONES
7. Velonica
8. cyumi ( )
9. Hitotsu Dake (
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10. Honto wa Ne (F
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11. cki no Shita de (  )
12. coi Sora ( )
13. Saigo Made ('( )
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1. Toushindai no Love Song (Û )*+)

2. Shabondama Days (,-./0123)
3. Sekai de Ichiban Chiisa na Umi o
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4. Ketsui no csa ni(V )
5. Shiori (
)
6. Kibou no Saku Oka Kara(67  )
7. Isshun no Chiri ( )
8. Natsu no Kakera (¹  )
9. Itsumo Issho (
8)
10. Hoshi no Mienai oru ( 

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11. Plumeria~Hana Uta~(q
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12. Himawari (9:;)
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 1. Chiisa na Tenohira (I
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2. Toushindai no Love Song (Û )*+)
3. Ketsui no csa ni(V )
4. Sen no oru wo Koete ( 
)
5. Shiori (
)
6. cLONES
7. Niji (¥)
8. Natsu no Kakera (¹  )
9. Velonica
10. STc GOLD
11. Plumeria~Hana uta~(q
5)
12. Saigo Made ('( )
13. asashii Kioku ~evalasting II~
(
evalasting)
14. Honto wa Ne (F
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15. on the run
16. B with U
17. itsumo issho (
8)
18. cyumi ( )
19. Hitotsu Dake (
)
20. Shabondama Days (,-./0123)
21. Kibou no Saku Oka Kara (67  )

± Release date: October 14, 2009

± Oricon position: #1 (83,464)
± Certification - Gold

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± Release date: December 23, 2009;
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± Release date: cugust 25, 2010;
± Oricon position: TBc
 
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