Veltpunch

Veltpunch
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1997 (1997)–current
Labels	321 Records, ZK Records, Evol Records, Geneon, Sony Music Associated Records
Members	Hidenori Naganuma Aiko Nakajima Naoki Asama Shinichiro Arakawa
Past members	Soutarou Nagumo Matsuzaki Taisuke Endo Seiji Himeno
Website	http://www.veltpunch.net/

Veltpunch is a Japanese alternative rock band which formed in 1997. They played at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, USA, in March 2000. Their first major single, "Crawl", reached number 36 on the Oricon single charts in 2008 and remained on the chart for seven weeks. Crawl was also featured as an opening theme for the anime Nabari no Ou.

Members

• Hidenori Naganuma (長沼 秀典, Naganuma Hidenori) (Vocals, guitar)
• Aiko Nakajima (ナカジマ アイコ, Nakajima Aiko) (Bass, vocals)
• Taisuke Endo (遠藤 泰介, Endō Taisuke) (Drums) [1997 – 2010]
• Seiji Himeno (姫野 聖二, Himeno Seiji) (Guitar) [1997 – 2012]
• Naoki Asama (浅間 直樹, Asama Naoki) (Drums) [2011–present]
• Shinichiro Arakawa (荒川 慎一郎, Arakawa Shinichiro) (Guitar) [2013–present]

Discography

Singles

• "Crawl" (May 21, 2008) Oricon Style Single ranking: No. 36

Albums

• Repeat 2000 Times (Mar 21, 2000)
• When We Drive (Mar 21, 2002)
• Question No. 13 (Dec 15, 2004)
• A Huge Mistake (Oct 5, 2005, 2nd Release Nov 3, 2006)
• White Album (Aug 1, 2007)
• Paint Your Life Grey (Mar 9, 2008)
• Black Album (Feb 17, 2010)
• His Strange Fighting Pose (Aug 3, 2011)
• THE NEWEST JOKE (Jul 20, 2016)
• SUICIDE KING (Aug 5, 2020)

Best albums

• Gold Album 1997–2012 (Aug 8, 2012)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official Japanese Twitter