Mongol800

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Mongol800 (モンゴル はっぴゃく, mongoru happyaku, stylized as MONGOL800) is a Japanese three-piece punk rock band from Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, formed in 1998. The band released their first album when the members were 19. In 2001, despite low media attention, they produced a commercially-prominent second album Message, which eventually sold over two million record copies.[1] Due to the success of the album the musicians were offered label deals from several major labels and an invitation to participate at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen which the band declined to stay independent.[2]

MONGOL800
Mongol800 performing at Busan Rock Festival, South Korea in 2011
Mongol800 performing at Busan Rock Festival, South Korea in 2011
Background information
Also known asMonpachi
OriginOkinawa, Japan
Genres
Years active1998–present
LabelsTissue Freak Records / High Wave
MembersSatoshi Takazato
Kiyosaku Uezu
Takashi Gima
Websitewww.mongol800.jp

Since then, they have released several albums with assorted success.[citation needed]

Band members

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  • Kiyosaku Uezu (うえず きよさく, born 1981)bass guitar, vocals
  • Takashi Gima (ぎま たかし, born 1980)guitar
  • Satoshi Takazato (たかざと さとし, born 1980)drums

Discography

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Albums

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Year Album Details Copies sold
2000 Go on As You Are
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: August 8, 2000
1,000,000[3]
2001 Message
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: September 16, 2001
2,782,000
2004 百々: Momo
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: March 18, 2004
2006 Daniel
  • 4th studio album
  • Released: August 8, 2006
2008 Etc. Works
  • 5th studio album
  • Released: July 8, 2008
2009 Eight-hundreds
  • 6th studio album
  • Released: July 8, 2009
46,128
2011 etc.works2
  • 7th studio album
  • Released: May 18, 2011
2013 Good Morning Okinawa
  • 8th studio album
  • Released: February 20, 2013
2015 People People
  • 9th studio album
  • Released: August 19, 2015
2016 Pretty good!!
  • 10th studio album
  • Released: September 28, 2016

Singles

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Year Title Copies sold
2003 "Yorokobi no Uta" (ヨロコビノウタ)
  • Released: December 6, 2003
2008 "special thanks!!"
  • Released: December 3, 2008
2014 "OKINAWA CALLING×STAND BY ME"
  • Released: June 25, 2014

Compilations

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Year Title Copies sold
2000 沖縄中毒/The Pocket Full of Rumble Okinawan Addict!!
Japanese Homegrown Vol.4-Skacore Collection
2001 飛薬 (Flying Drug): 沖縄中毒 Vol.2
2013 800BEST -simple is the BEST!!-

References

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  1. ^ TIME Asia magazine records sales
  2. ^ Shiba, Tomonori (November 17, 2021). "21世紀はこうして始まった―2001(平成13)年の「小さな恋のうた」(MONGOL800) ほか) (21 Seiki wa kōshite hajimatta ― 2001 (Heisei 13)-nen no 'Chīsana koi no uta'(MONGOL 800) hoka))" [This is how the 21st century began - 2001 (Heisei 13) "A Little Love Song" (MONGOL800, etc.)]. 平成のヒット曲 (Heisei no hitto-kyoku) [Heisei hits]. 新潮新書 (Shinchō shinsho) (in Japanese). Vol. 929. Shinjuku: Shinchōsha. 144. ISBN 978-4-10-610929-4.
  3. ^ Go on As You Are record sales from Japan Times