B'z

B'z (ビーズ, Bīzu?) is a Japanese hard rock duo, comprising Tak Matsumoto (松本 孝弘, Matsumoto Takahiro?, composition, guitar) and Koshi Inaba (稲葉 浩志 Inaba Kōshi, lyrics, vocals).

They have released 41 consecutive #1 singles, 23 #1 albums, and sold more than 77 million records in Japan alone.[1] Under the recommendation of Steve Vai, B'z were the first artists from Asia to have their handprints and signatures put up in the Hollywood's RockWalk.





Featured songs

* During the height of The X-Files' popularity in Japan, the B'z single "Love Phantom" was used as the closing credits theme song.
* Their song "Devil", an English cover of their song "Tokyo Devil", was produced for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
* Their song "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 4, and recently in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
* Their song "Bad Communication" appears in the Game Boy Color rhythm game beatmania GB GotchaMIX2.
* Their song "Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" was used in the 2000 TV drama Beautiful Life.
* Their song "Liar! Liar!" appears in the arcade and PlayStation 2 rhythm game GitaDora! GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix.
* Their song "ultra soul" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 2.
* Their English song "Friction" is featured on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable game Burnout Dominator. This marked their debut on an official United States property. It is also included in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Burnout Paradise.
* Several B'z songs were used in the Detective Conan anime series.
o "Giri Giri Chop" (TV series OP from Ep. 143–167)
o "Shoudou" (TV series OP from Ep. 425–437)
o "One" (Movie #3 ED)
o "Everlasting" (Movie #6 ED)
o "Yuruginaimono Hitotsu" (Movie #10 ED)
* "Roots" by B'z was also used as the ending theme to the four-part Black Jack OVA series to promote the then newest TV series. Tak Matsumoto also did a guitar-lead instrumental as the opening.
* "Lonely Stars" by B'z was used in the ending credits in the movie, The Legend of Raoh II: Fierce Fighting Arc (ラオウ伝Ⅱ 激闘の章, Raō Den II Gekitō no Shō?) which is part of the Fist of the North Star anime series.
* "Ore to Omae no Atarashii Kisetsu" (オレとオマエの新しい季節) is currently used as the ending theme to the Japanese dub of "The OC"
* The song "Mienai Chikara ~Invisible one~" was the first ending theme to the anime Hell Teacher Nube.

Download Beautiful Life OST (Video)

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