Ykiki Beat

Ykiki Beat
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	indie pop, dream pop, synth pop, pop rock
Years active	2012 (2012)–2016
Labels	P-Vine Records
Members	Nobuki Akiyama Kohei Kamoto Koki Nozue Yotaro Kachi Mizuki Sekiguchi

Ykiki Beat was a five-piece indie pop band from Tokyo, Japan.

In January, 2017, they announced they had been on hiatus from December, 2016 and that they would disband. They also announced that each member would continue to make music their own way. Three members of the band, Akiyama, Kachi, and Kamoto, are currently members of four-piece indie rock band DYGL. Drummer Mizuki Sekigushi is currently a member of four-piece indie rock band Cairophenomenons.

Band members

• Nobuki Akiyama – lead vocals, guitars
• Kohei Kamoto - guitar
• Koki Nozue - synthesizer
• Yotaro Kachi - bass
• Mizuki Sekiguchi - drum

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
When the World is Wide	Released: 22 July 2015 Label: P-Vine Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download	58	56

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
Tired of Dreams	Released: 6 December 2013 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download	—	-

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		JPN Oricon	JPN Hot 100	JPN Radio
2014	"Forever"	-	91	17	When the World is Wide
2016	"Forever" (re-release)	136	-	-

Promotional singles

Year	Title	Album
2013	"Garden"	Tired of Dreams

Other appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Album
"Garden"	2013	Sauna Cool 1
"Garden"	2014	Bonjour Colette
"Forever"	2015	magazine nero presents Flaming Fountain: mixtape vol. 1 "we forget all, don't we?"

External links

• Ykiki Beat on Facebook