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Band members
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- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–2010)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – lead bass (2003–2010)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – drums, percussion (2003–2010)
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History
The band formed in 2002 around lead vocalist Yūka "U-ka" Saegusa, the band's first three singles were all featured in the anime Cheeky Angel. Its first hit single was "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made", a theme song of the popular anime Detective Conan, which reached #8 in the Oricon charts.[1] On October 21, 2009, Saegusa stated that the band would disband in January 2010.[2][3]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| JPN [4] | |||
| U-ka saegusa IN db 1st ~Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made~ |
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19 | 25,747 |
| U-ka saegusa IN db II |
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23 | 20,814 |
| U-ka saegusa IN db III |
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19 | 19,213 |
| U-ka saegusa IN db IV ~Crystal na Kisetsu ni Miserarete~ |
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33 | 5,999 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| U-ka saegusa IN d-best ~Smile & Tears~ |
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5 | 40,456 |
| U-ka saegusa IN db Final Best |
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30 | 5,799 |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Secret & Lies |
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20 | 30,111 |
Singles
As a lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Album |
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| "Whenever I Think of You" | 2002 | 41 | 6,580 | Secret & Lies |
| "It's for You" | 20 | 14,610 | ||
| "Tears Go by" | 21 | 12,450 | ||
| "Chu True Love" | 2003 | 20 | 13,447 | U-ka saegusa IN db 1st ~Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made~ |
| "I Can't See, I Can't Feel" | 36 | 7,731 | ||
| "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho made" | 8 | 33,955 | ||
| "Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi wo" | 2004 | 12 | 25,344 | U-ka saegusa IN db II |
| "Hekonda Kimochi, Tokasu Kimi" | 14 | 16,375 | ||
| "Egao de Iyouyo" | 12 | 13,614 | ||
| "Itsumo Kokoro ni Taiyou wo" | 16 | 10,117 | ||
| "Tobitatenai Watashi ni Anata ga Tsubasa wo Kureta" | 2005 | 24 | 10,621 | U-ka saegusa IN db III |
| "June Bride ~Anata shika Mienai~" | 12 | 21,712 | ||
| "Kimi no Ai ni Tsutsumarete Itai" | 20 | 7,967 | ||
| "Ai no Wana" | 2006 | 36 | 5,288 | |
| "Fall in Love" | 32 | 5,175 | ||
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8 | 29,975 | Non-album singles | |
| "Everybody Jump" | 40 | 5,541 | U-ka saegusa IN db III | |
| "Taiyou" | 13 | 9,457 | U-ka saegusa IN d-best: Smile & Tears | |
| "Kumo ni Notte" | 2007 | 12 | 11,701 | |
| "Nanatsu no Umi wo Wataru Kaze no yōni" (with Rina Aiuchi)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 | 36,587 | Non-album singles | |
| "Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze no Naka......Yume no Naka" | 37 | 4,515 | U-ka saegusa IN db Final Best | |
| "Atarashii Jibun e Kawaru Switch" | ||||
| "Yukidoke no Ano Kawa no Nagare no You Ni" | 2008 | 19 | 12,183 | U-ka saegusa IN db IV ~Crystal na Kisetsu ni Miserarete~ |
| "Daremo ga Kitto Dareka no Santa Claus" | 39 | 3,374 | ||
| "Mou Kimi wo Hitori ni Sasenai" | 2009 | 59 | 2,746 | |
| "Itsumo Sugao no Watashi de Itai" | 42 | 3,061 | ||
| "Natsu no Owari ni Anata e no Tegami Kaki Tometeimasu" | 71 | 1,512 |
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
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| U-ka Saegusa in dB Film Collection Vol. 1 -Shocking Blue- | |
| U-ka Saegusa in dB [One 1 Live] |
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| U-ka Saegusa in dB Film Collection Vol. 2 |
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| U-ka Saegusa in dB "Choco II to Live" |
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| U-ka Saegusa in d-Best Live ~Smile & Tears~ |
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| U-ka Saegusa in db Film Collection Vol. 3 |
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| U-ka Saegusa in db -Final Live Tour 2010- |
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Collaborations
- "The Hit Parade" (with Tak Matsumoto, November 26, 2003)
- "100 Mono Tobira" (100もの扉, with Rina Aiuchi 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)
References
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