BRADIO

History

BRADIO formed in 2010 when Takaaki Shingyoji and Yuki Tanabe of The Movie Archives joined with Soichi Ohyama, Ryosuke Sakai, and Takahiro Kitazawa. The group released its first demo and performed its first live concert in December of that year. A second demo followed in April 2012. In June 2012, Kitazawa departed, leaving the lineup that remained stable until 2018.

The band signed with D&S Records and issued its first mini-album, Diamond Pops, in October 2013. A second mini-album, Swipe Times, came out in July 2014 under Hero Music Entertainment. The first single, 'Otona Hit Parade/Step In Time', was released in November 2014. In early 2015, the single 'Flyers' served as the opening theme for the anime Death Parade.

The debut full-length album Power of Life arrived on June 3, 2015. The single 'Hotel Alien', released on November 11, 2015, opened the anime Peeping Life Season 1. The ballad single 'Gift', intended as a thank-you from children to their mothers, came out on June 1, 2016. Later that month, 'Bring it on' was used in the Square Enix mobile game Rungun-Cannonball.

The single 'Back to the Funk' was released on November 11, 2016, and the second album Freedom followed on January 18, 2017. After moving to Warner Music Japan, the band released 'La pa Paradise' on October 11, 2017, which they consider their first major single. On January 15, 2018, the band announced that founding drummer Yuki Tanabe would leave. BRADIO performed internationally for the first time at A-Kon 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas, and returned to the United States for Otakon in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019.

The third album YES, their first under a major label, was released on July 4, 2018, and the fourth album Joyful Style on April 21, 2021. In April 2023, 'Soul Galaxy' became the second opening theme for Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! and later appeared as a single on the fifth album Dancehall Magic, released on May 3, 2023. Later that year, the single 'Fanfare' was used as the opening theme for the anime adaptation of Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.