Asian Kung-Fu Generation is an alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan,
in 1996. Singer/guitarist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist
Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi played locally for several years
before releasing an EP with Caramelman in 2000. Two more EPs followed, and in
2003 their album Kimi Tsunagi Five M went to number 5 on Japan's Oricon albums
chart. The double-platinum Sol-fa (2004) and the gold-certified World World
World (2006) both topped the Japan albums chart, while Fanclub (2006), Surf
Bungaku Kamakura (2008), Magic Disk (2010), La...