Kobukuro is a Japanese band, which formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two members’ family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.

In 1998, Kobuchi and Kuroda met each other in Sakai and formed Kobukuro. Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums – Saturday 8:PM (July 1999), Root of My Mind (March 2001), and ANSWER (December 2000). Kobukuro signed with Warner Music Japan in 2001, and made their debut with the hit single, Yell which reached #4 on the Oricon Charts. The duo won the coveted “Grand Prix” awards in December 2007 at the 49th Annual Japan Record Award.

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