Back Number

back number
back number
Origin	Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Years active	2004-present
Members	Iyori Shimizu (vocals, guitar); Kazuya Kojima (bass, backing vocals); Hisashi Kurihara (drums)
Website	backnumber.info

Back number (stylized as back number) is a Japanese band.^[1] Their single "Christmas Song" [ja] reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart three times, twice in 2015^[2]^[3] and once in 2016.^[4]

Members

Iyori Shimizu (清水依与吏, Shimizu Iyori)
- Born in Ōta, Gunma, July 9, 1984
- Vocalist and guitarist
Kazuya Kojima (小島和也, Kojima Kazuya)
- Born in Isesaki, Gunma, May 16, 1984
- Bassist and backing vocalist
Hisashi Kurihara (栗原寿, Kurihara Hisashi)
- Born in Isesaki, Gunma, July 24, 1985
- Drummer

Hanabira (April 6, 2011)
Hanataba (June 22, 2011)
Omoidasenakunaru Sono Hi Made (October 5, 2011)
"Koi" (March 7, 2012)^[1]
"Nichiyōbi" [ja] (May 30, 2012)^[1]
Watagashi (July 18, 2012)
Aoi Haru (November 7, 2012)
Takane No Hanako-san (June 26, 2013)
Fish (February 2, 2014)
Tsunaida Te Kara (March 19, 2014)
Heroine (January 21, 2015)
Sister (May 27, 2015)
Tegami (August 12, 2015)
"Christmas Song" [ja] (November 18, 2015)
Boku No Namae Wo (May 25, 2016)
Happy End (November 16, 2016)

Ato No Matsuri (June 2, 2010)
Super Star (October 26, 2011)
Blues (November 21, 2012)
Love Story (March 26, 2014)
Chandelier (December 9, 2015)

^ ^a ^b ^c "back number releases short PV of "Nichiyobi"". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. April 28, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/11/30". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/12/7". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/1/1". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2016.

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