Sonar Pocket
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Founded in 2005, Sonar Pocket, also known as SonaPoke, is a Japanese trio from Nagoya City, Japan, consisting of Japanese singers; ko-dai, eyeron and track maker DJ Matty. Wanting to create songs that listeners could keep close to their hearts, the trio made their major debut in 2008 with âPromiseâ from their first studio album ã½ããã±ã¤ãºã â ï½å¹¸ãã®ã«ã¿ãï½ (Sonapokeism â ~Shape of Happiness~) which ranked in the top 20, however it was after their recording âAnata no Uta (ããªãã®ãã ; Your Song)â was used for a pharmaceutical commercial that the group gained major recognition, seeing second album Sonapokeism â¡ ~Anata no Uta~ (ã½ããã±ã¤ãºã â¡ï½ããªãã®ããï½) debut at number 10, with digital single "Suki da yo. ~100-kai no Koukai~" charting at number 1 for nine consecutive weeks. Their next album Sonapokeism ⢠~Kimi to no 365 Nichi~ (ã½ããã±ã¤ãºã â¢ï½åã¨ã®365æ¥ï½) proved to be a major hit, debuting at number 2, with enthusiastic fans of the trio setting a Guinness World Record for singing âAnata no Utaâ for three minutes straight during the 2012 Oricon Sound Blowin festival. After releasing two further albums, the group embarked on their first major tour in 2015, performing to over 80,000 attendees, following this with Sonapokeism ⥠~Ai wo Komete Okuru Uta~ (ã½ããã±ã¤ãºã ⥠ï½æãããã¦è´ãæï½) (2016), ranking in the top 5. In 2017, Sonar Pocket signed to Warner Music Japan, releasing seventh album flower to coincide with their ten-year anniversary. Collaborating with K-pop group GFriend in 2019, they released their 32nd single âOh Difficultâ, debuting at number 10 on the singles chart and eighth album 80ååã®1ï½to youï½ (1 in 8 Billion ~to you~) in 2021. In late 2022, Sonar Pocket released âI Mean, All the Time (ã£ã¦ãããããã£ã¨ã)" and âFirework (è±ç«)â; coinciding with the announcement of their 2023 fan meet-and-greet tour.
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