Kobukuro

[1] The duo's visual appearance is striking due to their height difference, with Kuroda standing over 193 cm (6'4") tall.Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums—Saturday 8:PM (July 1999), ANSWER (December 2000) and Root of My Mind (March 2001).Kobukuro signed with Warner Music Japan in 2001, and made their debut with the hit single, "Yell" which reached number 4 on the Oricon Charts.On their 2009 album Calling, Kobuchi wrote "Sayonara Hero" as a memorial song for Kiyoshiro Imawano, who had died earlier that year.[3] On May 17, 2010 the sales of All Singles Best passed 3,000,000 copies on the Oricon charts, becoming the first album to do so in 7 years and 10 months, since the 2002 achievement of Southern All Stars' Umi no Yeah!
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