TRF (band)
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History
The band debuted as trf in the year 1993. During the period of 1994 to 1995, the band released 5 singles produced by Tetsuya Komuro, each selling over a million copies under the Avex record label. In 1995, their song Overnight Sensation ~Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru~ received a Japan Record Award. The following year, the band changed their name to an all-capital TRF with their single Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen. YU-KI has also done voice acting for a children's animation movie Elmer no Bōken (エルマーの冒険), based on "My Father's Dragon" and sang the opening theme song as well. CHIHARU has worked on the choreography for J-Pop singer Shizuka Kudō (工藤静香), and has appeared in a drama as herself.Discography
Singles
- 'GOING 2 DANCE, OPEN YOUR MIND' (25 February 1993)
- 'EZ DO DANCE' (21 June 1993)
- 'Ai ga Mou Sukoshi Hoshiyo' (21 November 1993)
- 'Silver and Gold dance' (21 November 1993)
- 'Samui Yoru dakara...' (16 December 1993)
- 'survival dAnce 'no no cry more' ' (25 May 1994)
- 'BOY MEETS GIRL' (22 June 1994)
- 'CRAZY GONNA CRAZY' (1 January 1995)
- 'masquerade / Winter Grooves' (1 February 1995)
- 'Overnight Sensation' (8 March 1995)
- 'BRAND NEW TOMORROW' (25 October 1995)
- 'Happening Here / teens' (11 December 1995)
- 'Love & Peace Forever' (21 March 1996)
- 'Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen' (12 June 1996)
- 'BRAVE STORY' (24 July 1996)
- 'SILENT NIGHT' (6 November 1996)
- 'LEGEND OF WIND' (11 December 1996)
- 'dragons' dance' (25 June 1997)
- 'Unite! The Night!' (18 February 1998)
- 'Frame' (25 March 1998)
- 'TRY OR CRY' (29 April 1998)
- 'BE FREE' (23 September 1998)
- 'embrace / slug and soul' (5 November 1998)
- 'JOY' (3 February 1999)
- 'WIRED' (21 April 1999)
- 'He Lives in You' (25 August 1999)
- 'Burst drive Mix' (23 March 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -2nd mix-' (31 May 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -3rd mix-' (26 July 2000)
- '"Da! Da! Da!" SEB Purezentsu BOY MEETS GIRL with TRF' (23 August 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -4th mix-' (20 September 2000)
- 'Burst drive mix -5th mix-' (22 November 2000)
- 'Where to begin' (18 January 2006) Oricon Weekly Chart Postion #18, 1 week
12 inch Vinyls
- 'Open Your Mind' (Released in USA only, Radikal Records, 1993) known as TRF Rave Factory
Albums
- trf "THIS IS THE TRUTH" (25 February 1993)
- HYPER TECHNO MIX (21 May 1993)
- EZ DO DANCE / trf (21 July 1993)
- WORLD GROOVE (9 February 1994)
- trf HYPER MIX (27 April 1994)
- BILLIONAIRE (27 July 1994)
- dAnce to positive (27 March 1995)
- HYPER MIX 4 (21 June 1995)
- BRAND NEW TOMORROW (11 December 1995)
- THE LIVE (21 February 1996)
- WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF- (1 January 1998)
- UNITE (20 May 1998)
- LOOP # 1999 (19 May 1999)
- Burst drive mix -Album- (27 December 2000)
- Lif-e-Motions (15 February 2006)
DVD
- TRF TOUR 1999 (29 March 2000)
- WORLD GROOVE (29 March 2000)
- trf TOUR '94 BILLIONAIRE - BOY MEETS GIRL (29 March 2000)
- ULTIMATE FILMS 1994-1995 (29 March 2000)
- trf TOUR '95 dAnce to positive Overnight Sensation (29 March 2000)
- BRAND NEW TOMORROW IN TOKYO DOME -PRESENTATION FOR 1996- (29 March 2000)
- TRF LIVE in YOKOHAMA ARENA (29 March 2000)
- TRF TOUR '98 Live in Unite! (29 March 2000)
- VIDEO CLIPS (11 December 2002)
- WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF- (28 January 2004) - An audio DVD
Video
- WORLD GROOVE (26 September 1994)
- trf TOUR '94 BILLIONAIRE - BOY MEETS GIRL (16 December 1994)
- ULTIMATE FILMS 1994-1995 (21 June 1995)
- trf TOUR '95 dAnce to positive Overnight Sensation (22 November 1995)
- BRAND NEW TOMORROW IN TOKYO DOME -PRESENTATION FOR 1996- (21 February 1996)
- TRF LIVE in YOKOHAMA ARENA (30 April 1997)
- TRF TOUR '98 Live in Unite! (17 September 1998)
- RAVE 2001 DANCER SELECTION vol.1 (30 June 1999)
- TRF TOUR 1999 (15 December 1999)
External links
- [Official website of TRF at Avex's website (in Japanese)]
- [Official website of YU-KI at Avex's website (in Japanese)]
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