Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション, Ajian Kanf? Jener?shon) is a Japanese rock band signed by Ki/oon Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The band was first formed in 1996 by Kensuke Kita, Takahiro Yamada, and Masafumi Got? who met in a musical circle of Kanto Gakuin University, with Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after. They played in many small venues until they released their first indie EP in 2000, a six-song EP of songs sung in English. In the following year, the band tried to get their first Japanese single, "Kona Yuki" (粉雪, "Kona Yuki"), onto indie radio shows. The song was eventually picked up by a popular radio DJ and put into heavy rotation due to the demand of listeners. The band released their second indie CD containing songs with Japanese lyrics later in 2001. In 2003, the band would release their first mini-album H?kai Amplifier (崩壊アンプリファー, H?kai Amplifier), which received immense critical acclaim with the sales of the album reaching 35 on the Oricon charts.   Wikipedia