SCANDAL

SCANDAL is an all-female pop-rock band from Osaka, formed in 2008.

Overview
All members attended Caless Vocal &amp; Dance School. TOMOMI and RINA attended the Osaka branch, while HARUNA and MAMI attended the Nagoya branch. While they went to separate schools, they were acquainted with each other and all started learning how to play instruments while at school. They formed their band on August 21, 2006 in Osaka. The band was named after an adult goods store across from one of the school branches. Initially, they performed outside in Osaka Castle park. In 2007, they were chosen to perform the theme song 『START』 for the PSP version of the game Star Ocean: Second Evolution which released in Spring 2008.

Since 2008, they have released 3 indie singles, 27 major label singles, 10 original albums, 1 mini-album, 3 "best of" albums, and 1 cover album. They have been extremely successful with all their singles reaching the top 40 of the Oricon singles charts, all but the first 2 major label singles reached the top 20, 18 reaching the top 10, and 9 reaching the top 5. Their highest charting single was Sun Scandalous (『太陽スキャンダラス』, 2012) peaking at #2. So far the first 9 of their albums have charted in the top 5 of the Oricon album charts while the 10th charting is pending. Their 2016 album 『YELLOW』 and their 2017 "best of" album 『SCANDAL』 both peaked at #2.

Over the years, they have performed many, many tie-in songs of all sorts. They have performed around 10 anime tie-in songs, most notably 2 OPs for the shounen anime Bleach (2004). They have performed around 8 movie and TV drama tie-in songs. The rest of the over 40 other tie-in songs were for CMs, music shows, sports shows, variety TV shows, and a few video games.

They've held over 30 one-man (or main act) live tours with 5 or so including venues outside Japan, but mostly in Asia or Europe. Only 3 tours included North America.

Members

 * HARUNA (小野春菜 Ono Haruna) - Lead Vocalist & Rhythm Guitarist
 * MAMI (笹崎まみ Sasazaki Mami) - Lead Guitarist & Backup Vocals
 * TOMOMI (小川ともみ Ogawa Tomomi) - Bassist & Backup Vocals
 * RINA (鈴木理菜 Suzuki Rina) - Drummer & Backup Vocals

Discography
Albums=

Albums

 * 1) [2009.10.21] BEST★SCANDAL
 * 2) [2010.08.11] TEMPTATION BOX
 * 3) [2011.08.10] BABY ACTION
 * 4) [2012.09.26] Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen- (Queens are trumps -切り札はクイーン-)
 * 5) [2013.10.02] STANDARD
 * 6) [2014.12.03] HELLO WORLD
 * 7) [2016.03.02] YELLOW
 * 8) [2018.02.14] HONEY
 * 9) [2020.02.12] Kiss from the darkness
 * 10) [2022.01.26] MIRROR

Best Albums

 * 1) [2012.03.07] SCANDAL SHOW
 * 2) [2013.02.06] ENCORE SHOW
 * 3) [2017.02.15] SCANDAL

Cover Albums

 * 1) [2010.11.17] R-GIRL's ROCK!

Mini Albums
Singles=
 * 1) [2008.08.08] YAH!YAH!YAH! HELLO SCANDAL ~Maido! Scandal desu! Yah Yah Yah!~ (YAH!YAH!YAH! HELLO SCANDAL 〜まいど!スキャンダルです!ヤァヤァヤァ!〜)

Singles

 * 1) [2008.03.03] Space Ranger (スペースレンジャー)
 * 2) [2008.04.04] Koi Moyou (恋模様)
 * 3) [2008.05.05] Kagerou (カゲロウ)
 * 4) [2008.10.22] DOLL
 * 5) [2009.03.04] SAKURA Goodbye (SAKURAグッバイ)
 * 6) [2009.06.17] Shoujo S (少女S)
 * 7) [2009.10.14] Yumemiru Tsubasa (夢見るつばさ)
 * 8) [2010.02.03] Shunkan Sentimental (瞬間センチメンタル)
 * 9) [2010.06.02] Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY (太陽と君が描くSTORY)
 * 10) [2010.07.28] Namida no Regret (涙のリグレット)
 * 11) [2010.10.06] Scandal Nanka Buttobase (スキャンダルなんかブッ飛ばせ)
 * 12) [2011.02.09] Pride
 * 13) [2011.04.20] Haruka (ハルカ)
 * 14) [2011.07.27] LOVE SURVIVE
 * 15) [2012.02.22] HARUKAZE
 * 16) [2012.07.11] Taiyou Scandalous (太陽スキャンダラス)
 * 17) [2012.09.12] Pinheel Surfer (ピンヒールサーファー)
 * 18) [2013.05.22] Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne (会わないつもりの、元気でね)
 * 19) [2013.08.14] Gegen no Tsuki (下弦の月)
 * 20) [2013.09.18] OVER DRIVE
 * 21) [2014.04.23] Departure
 * 22) [2014.07.16] Yoake no Ryuuseigun (夜明けの流星群)
 * 23) [2014.11.19] Image
 * 24) [2015.07.22] Stamp!
 * 25) [2015.09.09] Sisters
 * 26) [2016.07.27] Take Me Out (テイクミーアウト)
 * 27) [2019.03.27] Masterpiece / Mabataki (マスターピース / まばたき)
 * 28) [2021.03.03] eternal
 * 29) [2021.06.16] Ivory (アイボリー)
 * 30) [2021.09.29] one more time
 * 31) [2023.05.10] Line of sight
 * 32) [2023.10.04] Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto (ハイライトの中で僕らずっと)

Digital Singles

 * 1) [2010.04.21] secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (secret base 〜君がくれたもの〜)
 * 2) [2013.12.04] EVERYBODY SAY YEAH! ~Takkyu Ishino Remix~
 * 3) [2017.10.22] Koi suru Universe (恋するユニバース)
 * 4) [2019.08.07] Fuzzy
 * 5) [2019.11.06] Saishuu Heiki, Kimi (最終兵器、君)

Collaboration Singles

 * 1) [2014.02.12] Runners high (with T.M.Revolution)

Trivia

 * All the band members participate in songwriting, especially writing lyrics.
 * Recently (last few albums), MAMI does most of the arrangement and composition of the band members. RINA and TOMOMI are the next most active songwriters. HARUNA used to do more composition, but now mostly just assists with lyrics and performs.
 * RINA seems to be the most active on SNS and has her own YouTube channel.
 * HARUNA is good friends with actress Toda Erika who started as a big fan of the band, but started a friendship with HARUNA mostly. They have been friends since at least 2012 and probably since at least 2010.
 * Since March 2020, they hold a weekly radio show called 『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Apollo』 (TOKYO FM every Monday 21:00).