Haruna Ono (rhythm guitar, vocals and leader)
Tomomi Ogawa (bass, vocals)
Mami Sasazaki (guide guitar, backing vocals
Rina Suzuki (drums).
The group was formed in August 2006, and they started performing at Osaka Castle Park shortly after their formation. They speedily gained popularity, and after their overseas concerts in France, United States, Taiwan, Thailand, and Hong Kong, became wholesome-liked amongst overseas Japanese healthy-liked breeding fans. They were also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 51st Japan Record Awards.
Their singles Scandal Nanka Buttobase and Haruka both peaked at the 3rd position on the Oricon charts. Their songs have besides been used in anime such as Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist.
Formation
In August 2006, the four girls met in an Osakan vocal and dance progression called Caless. As they became friends, they decided to configuration Scandal, writing and playing their acknowledge songs while juggling their accustomed train lives. Shortly thereafter, they started performing street lives every weekend at Shiroten in Osaka Castle Park. As time went on, the group started to profit offers from clubs and music halls around Osaka and Kyoto. The federation's name originates from a omen near Studio Brotherz., a studio where they practiced in their early days. The studio is on the sixth floor of a building shared with other businesses, namely adult shops. The girls decided to select the biggest premonition among the shops, "SCANDAL", as the name for their alliance.Eventually, over one hundred fans began to consistently attend their maintenance performances, causing the alliance to become more noticed by the Japanese public. In August 2007, Scandal seized the chance to participate in a special occurrence at Shibuya Club Asia, a highly recognized and respected club in Shibuya. It was during this time that record arrange Kitty Records (a subsidiary of Kitty Films) first asked the four girls if they would imagination to have their music recorded with them. Several months later, the girls had worked out a flexible independent agreement with Kitty in partnership with Tower Records
Indie Label
In 2008, Scandal released three indie singles, every of which were exclusive to Tower Records. Their first indie unique was released on March 3, 2008 in celebration of Girl's Day, which, despite being ranked minute on Tower Records' "Indies Weekly Chart", sold out throughout Japan and had a difficult time being kept in stock due to high demand. In an try to relieve the fan's troubles in getting this album, the alone was released on both the US and Japanese iTunes Store on April 9, 2008. Two more singles (in CD figure) were released in the months following, both being ranked number 1 on the "Indies Weekly Chart". Their second alone, "Koi Moy", was too designated as the Japanese iTunes Store's "Song of the Week" from April 16 to April 22, 2008.Right after their first release, Scandal left Japan to go on their first international tour, "Japan Nite US Tour 2008", followed by two concerts at the Japanese cultural and anime convention, "Sakura-Con 2008" from March 16 to March 30. In July of the similar year, they performed at France's Japan Expo and too at Hong Kong's Ani-Com in August. Scandal concluded their indie career with the release of their first mini-album, Yah! Yah! Yah! Hello Scandal: Maido! Scandal Desu! Yah Yah Yah!.
Major Label
In early September 2008, Scandal began talks with the head of Sony Music Japan because with Kitty, their CDs were made in very limited quantities (only 2000 of each) which caused them to sell out speedily. They soon worked out a shrink with Sony, who signed them upon to their Epic Records arrange. However, due to Sony's ongoing disagreements with Apple Inc. over their iTunes Store and Sony's admit Mora, the federation's music which was formerly available upon iTunes, was speedily removed-off-off from both the US and Japanese iTunes stores.In October, they released their major debut alone, entitled "Doll". It gave them more exposure, including appearances upon mainstream music television shows dote Music Station. They released "Sakura Goodbye" in March 2009 to sustenance Mami and Tomomi's high bid graduation. The following month, "Shjo S" was used as the tenth mind of the anime chain Bleach. This brought their popularity up uniform higher, as the lonely ranked No. 6 upon the Oricon charts when it was released two months later in June.
On October 14, Scandal released "Yumemiru Tsubasa" and their first album, Best Scandal, a week later. The album ranked No. 5 upon the Oricon weekly chart, making them the first Japanese girl band since Zone to have a debut album chart in the top five. On December 30, 2009, the 51st Japan Record Awards was held, of which Scandal was nominated for Best New Artist. In the purpose, they were voted runner-up to Korean boy band Big Bang.
2010 was a busy year for the group. Their single, "Shunkan Sentimental" was released, in which the name song was used as the fourth ending matter of the anime chain Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. In June, the band released their alone, "Taiy to Kimi ga Egaku Story", and their first living concert DVD, Scandal First Live: Best Scandal 2009. They released another single a month later, entitled "Namida no Regret", followed by their second album, Temptation Box. Scandal released another divide upon October 6, 2010 titled "Scandal Nanka Buttobase". It ranked No. 3 upon the Oricon weekly chart, the highest ranking of any singles they've released so far-off-off. In a January 2011 occurrence of the NHK program J-Melo, Scandal was revealed as the number-one requested artist from males worldwide.
Tie-Ins & Promotions
Being fans of Japanese animation and manga themselves they wanted to be represented in maintenance contour, turning each member into an living aspect. The animate Scandal is featured upon a school of promotional videos upon the band's website.Scandal's music has been featured in a stray of popular media. Besides their aforementioned "Shjo S" and "Shunkan Sentimental" singles, which were featured in the anime succession "Bleach" and "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood" respectively, their first sole, "Space Ranger", was the occaoccasion to Kyoto Sports Weekly, and their flare unique, "Koi Moy" was the principal subject of the movie Corazon de Melon. Their song, "Start", is the matter of Star Ocean: Second Evolution and is available upon the game's soundtrack. More recently, "Daydream" was featured upon a tribute album to the classic multi-genre Japanese band, Judy and Mary. Their new sole "Harukaze" will be the 15th occaoccasion subject of Bleach. Scandal would be the minute artist to be in order of more than one opening subject in Bleach (after Aqua Timez).
Scandal also provided the subject music to the livelihood movie, Loups=Garous. The movie's insert tune "Koshi-Tantan" was upon their sole "Taiy to Kimi ga Egaku Story". Scandal besides provided both the occasion and ending themes for the movie, appearing in their subsistence configuration during a special musical performance scene.
They have moreover been featured in commercials, promoting a line of Cecil McBee cosmetics, for Nike, featuring four different colors of their footwear, and were chosen to represent Pocari Sweat in posters and in the promotional video for their song "Beauteen" as sunder of their summer 2009 campaign.