flumpool

Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) is a Japanese rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is derived from the English word "four" (the number of members), they took the first letter "f", along with the word meaning mass, "lump" and the word "pool". So in other words, these guys are a ‘collective mass of four’ or a ‘quartet’.

On October 1, 2008, the band released a download single named "Hana ni Nare" (花になれ , "Become a Flower"). Their debut mini-album (though its length is over 48 minutes), Unreal was released on November 10, 2008. Unreal served Platinum certification from the RIAJ for its shipment of 250,000 copies.

In 2002, Yamamura, along with his childhood friends, Sakai and Amakawa, formed an acoustic unit named 309. Later, when a support drummer joined them, they formed a band. From then, they changed their name to cube. Yamamura plays acoustic guitar as well as does most vocals. Sakai also plays acoustic guitar while Amakawa plays bass guitar. Furthermore, they issued four independent CD productions.

In January 2007, Ogura joined the band as the drummer. On January 13, the band's name was changed to flumpool. They held live gigs in Osaka-jō Hall and "live houses" around Osaka. On July 24, the production of an independent single titled "Mirai Kanai" (ミライカナイ , "One's Future") was announced.

On June 25, "Mirai Kanai" went up for sale on indiesmusic.com. In July, the promotional video of "labo" was made. The video was ranked number one on Access Rankings. On August 27, both Tower Records and Tsutaya held the 5,000 limited copies of the independent trial single, "labo". On September 1, they became the Campaign Song Artist for the telephone service, au KDDI "LISMO". On September 20, their song, "Hana ni Nare" was used for the campaign.

On September 5, the band was featured on Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV and performed on television for the first time. On October 1, they released "Hana ni Nare" (花になれ , "Become a Flower") as their first digital single with Amuse, Inc. under the newly created sub-label A-Sketch. In just ten days, the song reached 1,000,000 downloads (now 2,000,000). On November 5, they released their second digital single, "Over the Rain (Hikari no Hashi)" (Over the Rain～ひかりの橋～ , "Over the Rain (Bridge of Light)") . The song was used as the theme song of TBS drama, Bloody Monday. On the same month, they released their 1st mini-album, Unreal on the 19th. It reached No. 2 on Oricon weekly albums chart.

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• Basian Cultural Hall (Gunma Prefectural Civic Center)
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• Kurashiki Municipal House
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• Matsuyama City Hall
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• Kobe International Hall Kokusai Hall
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• Kenshin Koriyama Cultural Center (Koriyama Citizens' Cultural Center)
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