Sard Underground (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese musical group under the Giza Studio label. In September 2019, they debuted with their cover album Zard Tribute. As a cover band of the Japanese artist Zard, their name is derived from Zard.[1][2]
Sard Underground | |
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Also known as | Sard |
Origin | Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 2018–present |
Labels | Giza Studio (2019-) |
Members | Yua Shinno Izumi Sugioka Hiromi Sakamoto |
Past members | Miyuu Akasaka |
Website | Official Website |
The band formation has started in the December 2018 by introducing only Yua herself with the social network accounts creation.
In February, the band has announced 4 stable members and soon held first one-man live in the live venue Hills Pankojo Factory in Osaka.
In June, two cover songs has received a promotion: My Friend was promoted as an image song to the marathon event Tohoku Miyagi Revive and Makenaide as a theme song to the High School Basketball Winter Cup.[3]
Both of the songs were included in the cover album Zard Tribute, which released on 18 September. The album debuted at number 24 on the Oricon Album Weekly Charts and charted 10 weeks.[4][5][6][7]
In November, they appeared in the music event DFT presents Ototo ONTO vol.6.[8]
On February 10, the twenty-ninth anniversary of Zard's first single "Good-bye My Loneliness", the band released their debut single "Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu." It is an unreleased song written by Zard vocalist Izumi Sakai and composed by frequent Zard collaborator Aika Ohno. The single was used as an ending theme to the anime television series Detective Conan, which featured many Zard songs from 1999 to 2008. A cover of Zard's first single and its B side "Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de" were also included on the regular and Detective Conan editions of the single, respectively.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
On June 3, the band released their second single "Korekara no Kimi ni Kampai," another unreleased song written by Sakai. It was composed by another frequest Zard collaborator, Daria Kawashima. The song was featured as the theme song of MBS's music television program +music. The single also included two new covers of Zard songs.[15][16][17]
On May 26, 2021, via Sard Underground's office site it was announced that guitarist Asaka Miyuu had departed Sard Underground and her exclusive contract had been cancelled. After a doctor's diagnosis it was decided it would be difficult for her to continue her activities as a member of the band and she withdrew. The departure of Miyuu also pushed back the release of the original album "At the end of summer..." to an undetermined future date.[18]
Release date | Title | Charts[19] | |
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1st | 2020/02/10 | Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu (少しづつ 少しづつ) | 15 |
2nd | 2020/06/3 | Korekara no Kimi ni Kampai (これからの君に乾杯) | 6 |
3rd | 2021/02/10 | Black Coffee (ブラックコーヒー) | 11 |
4th | 2022/05/18 | Karappo no Kokoro (空っぽの心) | 6 |
Release date | Title | CD Code | Chart[20] | |
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1st | 2019/09/18 | Zard Tribute | GZCA-5295 | 24 |
2nd | 2020/10/07 | Zard Tribute II | GZCA-5300/GZCA-5299 | 16 |
3rd | 2021/09/01 | Orenji Iro ni Kanpai (オレンジ色に乾杯) | GZCA-5308/GZCA-5307/GZCA-5306 | 12 |
4th | 2022/02/09 | Zard Tribute III | GZCA-5310/GZCA-5309 | 14 |
5th | 2022/09/14 | Hi no Nagori (日の名残り) | GZCA-5312/GZCA-5313 |
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