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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Japanese rock duo B'z has released 22 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, nine extended plays (EP), 62 singles, and 20 live albums.Template:Efn With more than 86 million sales in Japan, the duo is the best-selling artist in Japan and with 100 million sales one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[1][2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
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| JPN [3] | ||||
| B'z |
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47 |
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| Off the Lock |
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33 |
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| Break Through |
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3 |
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| Risky |
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1 |
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| In the Life |
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1 |
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| Run |
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1 |
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| The 7th Blues |
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1 |
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| Loose |
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1 |
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| Survive |
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1 |
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| Brotherhood |
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1 |
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| Eleven |
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1 |
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| Green |
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1 |
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| Big Machine |
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1 |
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| The Circle |
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1 |
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| Monster |
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1 |
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| Action |
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1 |
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| Magic |
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1 |
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| C'mon |
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1 |
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| Epic Day |
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1 |
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| Dinosaur |
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1 |
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| New Love |
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1 |
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| Highway X |
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1 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
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| JPN [3] | ||||
| B'z TV Style Songless version |
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2 |
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| B'z TV Style II Songless version |
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17 |
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| B'z The Best "Pleasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Treasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The "Mixture" |
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1 |
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| The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ |
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1 |
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| The Complete B'z |
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— | ||
| B'z The Best "Pleasure II" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 |
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2 |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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| JPN | ||||||
| VHS | DVD [12] |
Blu-ray [13] | ||||
| Just Another Life | 1 | — | — | |||
| Live Ripper |
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1 | — | — | ||
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1 | 5 | — | |||
| Once Upon a Time in Yokohama: B'z Live Gym'99 "Brotherhood" |
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1 | — | — | ||
| A Beautiful Reel. B'z Live-Gym 2002 Green: Go Fight Win |
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— | 1 | — | ||
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Typhoon No.15 ~B'z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure "It's Showtime!!" in Nagisaen~ |
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— | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2006: Monster's Garage |
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— | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live in Nanba |
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— | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live-Gym Hidden Pleasure: Typhoon No.20 |
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— | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008: Glory Days |
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1 | 26 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2010 "Ain't No Magic" at Tokyo Dome |
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1 | — |
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| B'z Live Gym 2011-C'mon- |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2008 Action |
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2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2005 -Circle of Rock- |
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2 | — | |||
| B'z Live Gym 2001 -Eleven- |
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3 | — | |||
| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2013 Endless Summer -XXV BEST- |
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2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2015 -Epic Night- |
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2 | 2 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2017–2018 "Live Dinosaur" |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2018 -Hinotori- |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym -Whole Lotta New Love- |
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1 | 1 |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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| JPN [3] | ||||||
| Bad Communication |
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12 |
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| Wicked Beat |
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3 |
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| Mars |
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1 |
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| Friends |
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1 |
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| Friends II |
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1 |
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| Devil |
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| B'z |
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| B'z |
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| Friends III |
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1 |
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Singles
Physical singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||
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| JPN [18] |
JPN Hot [19] | ||||||
| "Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" (lit. "So Let Go of that Hand"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1988 | — | — | B'z | |||
| "Kimi no Naka de Odoritai" (lit. "I Wanna Dance Inside You"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1989 | — | — | Off the Lock | |||
| "Lady-Go-Round" | 1990 | 39 | — | Break Through | |||
| "Be There" | 3 | — |
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Non-album singles | |||
| "Taiyō no Komachi Angel" (lit. "Town Angel from the Sun"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1 | — |
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| "Easy Come, Easy Go!" | 1 | — |
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Risky | |||
| "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night…" (lit. "Lovely One" Good Night..."; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1 | — |
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| "Lady Navigation" | 1991 | 1 | — |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Alone" | 1 | — |
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In The Life | |||
| "Blowin'" | 1992 | 1 | 21 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Zero" | 1 | — |
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Run | |||
| "Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai" (lit. "Even if Love is Selfish, You're the Only One I Won't Hurt"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1993 | 1 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Hadashi no Megami" (lit. "Barefoot Goddess"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 1 | — |
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| "Don't Leave Me" | 1994 | 1 | — |
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The 7th Blues | ||
| "Motel" | 1 | — |
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Non-album single | |||
| "Negai" (lit. "Wish"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 1995 | 1 | — |
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Loose | ||
| "Love Me, I Love You" | 1 | — |
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| "Love Phantom" | 1 | 81 |
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| "Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move" Script error: No such module "Lang".~Invisible One~) |
1996 | 1 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Real Thing Shakes" | 1 | — |
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| "Fireball" | 1997 | 1 | — |
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Survive | ||
| "Calling" | 1 | — |
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| "Liar! Liar!" | 1 | — |
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| "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" (lit. "Wandering Sapphire Bullet"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1998 | 1 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Home" | 1 | 76 |
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| "Giri Giri Chop" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Chop) | 1999 | 1 | — |
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Brotherhood | ||
| "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" (lit. "On the Hill Overlooking the Moon Tonight"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
2000 | 1 | 96 |
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Eleven | ||
| "May" | 1 | — |
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| "Juice" | 1 | — |
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| "Ring" | 1 | — |
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| "Ultra Soul" | 2001 | 1 | 27 |
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Green | ||
| "Gold" | 1 | — |
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Non-album single | |||
| "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (lit. "The Result of this Hot Heartbeat"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
2002 | 1 | — |
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Green | ||
| "It's Showtime!" | 2003 | 1 | — |
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Big Machine | ||
| "Yasei no Energy" (lit. "Wild Energy"; Script error: No such module "Lang".Energy) | 1 | — |
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| "Banzai" | 2004 | 1 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Arigato" | 1 | — |
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| "Ai no Bakudan" (lit. "Love Bomb"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2005 | 1 | — |
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The Circle | ||
| "Ocean" | 1 | — |
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Monster | |||
| "Shōdō" (lit. "Impulse"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2006 | 1 | — |
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| "Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu" (lit. "One Sure Thing"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
1 | — |
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| "Splash!" | 1 | — |
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| "Eien no Tsubasa" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2007 | 1 | — |
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Action | ||
| "Super Love Song" | 1 | — |
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| "Burn (Fumetsu no Face)" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2008 | 1 | 1 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive" (lit. "Some & All/Dive"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2009 | 1 | 1 |
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Magic | ||
| "My Lonely Town" | 1 | 1 |
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| "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo" (lit. "Goodbye Painful Days"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
2011 | 1 | 1 |
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C'mon | ||
| "Don't Wanna Lie" | 1 | 2 |
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| "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
2012 | 1 | 1 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Uchōten" (lit. "Ecstasy"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2015 | 1 | 1 |
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Epic Day | ||
| "Red" | 1 | 1 |
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Non-album single | |||
| "Seimei/Still Alive" (lit. "Declaration/Still Alive"; Script error: No such module "Lang"./Still Alive) |
2017 | 1 | 1 |
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Dinosaur | |
| "Stars" | 2023 | 1 | 4 |
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TBA | |
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Digital singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| JPN Hot [19] | |||||
| "Friction" | 2007 | — | Action | ||
| "Into Free (Dangan)" | 2012 | 16 |
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| "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru" | 2016 | 13 | rowspan="3" Template:Non-album singles | ||
| "Fukiarenasai" | 15 | ||||
| "Kimi to Nara" (lit. "When I'm with You"; Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2021 | 37 | |||
| "Sexual Violet No. 1" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | — | Take Me to Kazemachi!: Takashi Matsumoto 50th Anniversary Tribute Album | |||
| "Unite" | 9 | Highway X | |||
| "Sleepless" | 2022 | 18 | |||
| "Get Wild" | 2024 | 12 | TM Network Tribute Album: 40th Celebration | ||
| "Illumination" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 25 | TBA | |||
| "Muchi" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | 2025 | 64 | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Other
B'z songs recorded by other musicians
- Eric Suen recorded "Easy Come, Easy Go!" as the theme for the 2000 Taiwanese drama, Huai Yu Gong Zhu (Script error: No such module "Lang".). The title of the Chinese version is "Wei Feng Shi Ke" (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
- Priscilla Chan released a Cantonese version of "Native Dance" called Script error: No such module "Lang"." on her 1993 album Script error: No such module "Lang"..
- Aya Kamiki covered "Pierrot" as her second major-label single in 2006.
- Aya Kamiki has also included "Love Phantom" and "Juice" in several of her live performances.
- An arrangement of "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) appeared as a stage theme in the 2005 Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. The performance is credited to Tetsushi Kimura.
- Eric Martin released an English version of "いつかのメリークリスマス" (Itsuka no Merry Christmas) on Mr. Vocalist X'mas (2009) and "Alone" on Mr. Rock Vocalist (2012).
- Longtime drummer for the band, Shane Gaalaas, released an English cover of "Brotherhood" on his 2013 album Ascend.
Songs covered by B'z
- "This Love" by Maroon 5 on The Complete B'z.
- "Sexual Violet No. 1" by Masahiro Kuwana on Take Me to Kazemachi!: Takashi Matsumoto 50th Anniversary Tribute Album.
- "Oh! Darling" by The Beatles on B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008 -Glory Days-.
- "Let It Be" by The Beatles on Music Station Special.
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw at the 2002 FIFA World Cup International Day Concert (with Aerosmith).
- "Mama Kin" by Aerosmith at Aerosonic (with Aerosmith).
- "Crazy Night" by Loudness at B'z Special Live at Ex Theater Roppongi and Rockrock 20th Anniversary Live "Rock Beyond Rock" (with Loudness).
- "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses" was played live during the B'z Live-Gym '91~'92 "In the Life" tour.
- "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band on Music Fair.
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan on Music Fair and was played live during the B'z Live-Gym '91~'92 "In the Life" tour.
Featured songs
- "Into Free" was used as the title song for the Capcom video game Dragon's Dogma.
- "Receive You Reborn" was used as an intro theme and battle theme in the Japanese version of the SEGA video game Yakuza: Kiwami
- "哀しきDreamer", B-Side from "Fireball" single, was used in the PlayStation game Indy 500.
- During the height of The X-Files' popularity in Japan, "Love Phantom" was used as the closing credits theme song.
- "Devil", an English cover of their song "Tokyo Devil", was produced for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
- "兵、走る" (Tsuwamono, Hashiru) was produced to be a theme song for the 2019 Rugby World Cup official sponsor Lipovitan. Thus, this song is a "rugby song", used in several rugby TV broadcast channels, like J-Sports and The Rugby Channel.
- "Atsuki Kodou no Hate" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 4, and recently in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
- "Bad Communication" appears in the Game Boy Color rhythm game beatmania GB GotchaMIX2.
- "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" was used in the 2000 TV drama Beautiful Life.
- "Change the Future" was used as the Japanese opening theme for the 2003 TV series Zentrix.
- "Ocean" was used in the 2005 TV drama of the Umizaru Evolution project.
- Koshi Inaba's "Akai Ito" was used as one of the ending themes for the 2006 anime Kekkaishi.
- "Liar! Liar!" appears in the arcade and PlayStation 2 rhythm game GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix (known on the PS2 as GitaDora! GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix). This song has been removed from the series as of GuitarFreaks 7th Mix & DrumMania 6th Mix.
- "ultra soul" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 2. It also appears in Rocksmith 2014.
- "Friction" is featured on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable game Burnout Dominator. This marked their first appearance in a western video game. It is also included in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Burnout Paradise, as well as its HD remaster available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC.
- Several B'z and solo songs were used in the Detective Conan anime series:
- "Giri Giri Chop" (TV series OP Ep. 143–167)
- "One" (Movie No. 3 ED)
- Koshi Inaba's "Overture" (TV series ED Ep. 300–306)
- "Everlasting" (Movie No. 6 ED)
- "Shoudou" (TV series OP Ep. 425–437)
- "Yuruginaimono Hitotsu" (Movie No. 10 ED)
- "Don't Wanna Lie" (Movie No. 15 ED & TV Series OP Ep. 613–626)
- "Pilgrim" (TV series ED Ep. 627-628 & Magic Kaito ED Ep. 1–2)
- "Q&A" (TV series OP Ep. 696–717)
- "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru" (Movie No. 20 ED & TV series OP Ep. 817–844)
- "Sleepless" (TV series OP Ep. 1033–1048)
- "Roots" was also used as the ending theme to the four-part Black Jack OVA series to promote the then newest TV series. Tak Matsumoto also did the opening "The Theme of B.J."
- "Lonely Stars" was used in the ending credits in the movie, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". which is part of the Fist of the North Star anime series.
- "Ore to Omae no Atarashii Kisetsu" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is currently used as the ending theme to the Japanese dub of The O.C..
- "Mienai Chikara ~Invisible one~" was the first ending theme to the anime Hell Teacher Nube.
- "Ichibu to Zenbu" was used as the theme song for the Fuji TV 2009 drama Buzzer Beat starring Yamashita Tomohisa and Keiko Kitagawa.
- "Signal" and "Utsukushiki Sekai" were used as the opening theme and the ending theme respectively for the 2002 female-oriented dating sim video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side.[24]
- "Wolf" was used as the ending theme for the Japanese TV show Suits.
Notes
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External links
- B'z official website (in English)
- B'z official website (in Japanese)
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