Orange Range

is a Japanese rock band from Okinawa signed to Sony Music. They are a group of 5, and they were all born in the mid-80s.

Orange Range
Origin	Okinawa, Japan
Genres	Alternative rock, noise rock, rap rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Spice Records/Super Echo Label Gr8! Records Speedstar Records
Website	http://www.orangerange.com/ http://www.orangerange.net/ http://www.orangerange.ru/
Members	Naoto Hiroyama Ryo Miyamori Yamato Ganeko Hiroki Hokama Yoh Miyamori
Past members	Kazuhito Kitao

History

On March, 2001, the present members were composed of the classmates from the preschool and YOH’s younger brother, RYO. When they were indies, they did lots of their concerts on the street, and the audience was surely increased. On July 4, 2003, they debuted and became major by their 1st single, “Kirikirimai”. Their 2nd single, “Shanghai Honey” was appreciated by the mass media and became a hit. On February 25,2004, they released their 5th single, “Michishirube～a road home～” came in 1st place in the Japanese single charts for the first time in themselves, and since then, their singe continued to come in 1st place to their 13th single, “Champione”.

Members

• Naoto Hiroyama - guitar (born May 8, 1983)

Also, a member of other bands, including "Soy-sauce" and "Pechuniarokkusu". He writes more than half of all Orange Range songs.

• Ryo Miyamori - low vocals (bass) (born October 1, 1985)

Before joining the group Orange Range, he was a member of another band, "Ruse". He and Yoh are brothers.

• Yamato Ganeko - high vocals (alto) (born January 14, 1984)

He has not cut his hair since releasing the song "Hana".

• Yoh Miyamori - bass (born December 11, 1983)

He usually plays bass, but uses a guitar when he makes songs.

• Hiroki Hokama - mid-range vocals (born June 29, 1983)

It is said that he has a screwdriver when he records music because it makes him relaxed, but sometimes its sound is also recorded and they have to record again.

Discography

Singles

#	Information
1st	Kirikirimai キリキリマイ Released: June 4, 2003
2nd	Shanghai Honey 上海ハニー Released: July 16, 2003
3rd	Viva Rock ビバ★ロック Released: October 22, 2003
4th	Rakuyou 落陽 Released: November 27, 2003
5th	Michishirube～A Road Home～ ミチシルベ　～a road home～ Released: February 25, 2004
6th	Locolotion ロコローション Released: June 9, 2004
7th	Chest チェスト Released: August 25, 2004
8th	Hana 花 Released: October 20, 2004
9th	*～Asterisk～ ＊～アスタリスク～ Released: February 23, 2005
10th	Love Parade ラヴ・パレード Released: May 25, 2005
11th	Onegai! Senorita お願い！セニョリータ Released: June 8, 2005
12th	Kizuna キズナ Released: August 24, 2005
13th	Champione チャンピオーネ Released: May 10, 2006
14th	UN ROCK STAR Released: August 30, 2006
15th	SAYONARA Released: October 25, 2006
16th	Ika Summer イカSUMMER Released: April 25, 2007
17th	Ikenai Taiyou イケナイ太陽 Released: July 18, 2007
18th	Kimi Station 君 station Released: March 5, 2008
19th	O2 O2～オー・ツー～ Released: May 28, 2008
20th	Oshare Banchou feat.Soy Sauce おしゃれ番長　feat.ソイソース Released: November 12, 2008

Albums

#	Information
1st	1st Contact Released: December 17, 2003
2nd	musiQ Released: December 1, 2004
3rd	ИATURAL Released: October 12, 2005
1st Remix Album	Squeezed Released: April 12, 2006
4th	ORANGE RANGE Released: December 6, 2006
1st Best Album	ORANGE Released: July 25, 2007
	RANGE Released: July 25, 2007
5th	PANIC FANCY Released: July 9, 2008

Other websites

• Orange Range's official website (in Japanese)
• Okinawan Music web radio (Brazil) Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)