Jinsei×Boku=

Jinsei×Boku= (人生×僕= Jinsei Kakete Boku wa, lit. Life Times Me Equals) is the sixth studio album by the Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock. It was released on March 6, 2013 and managed to reach first place on the Oricon weekly chart.[1] This album brought ONE OK ROCK to worldwide popularity, especially after the first single, "The Beginning", was selected as official soundtrack in the live action adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin.[2] The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks.[3] The next single, "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps", was featured on the DmC: Devil May Cry ("Nothing Helps") game and used for Suzuki Swift TV commercials ("Deeper Deeper").[4]

Jinsei×Boku=
Studio album by One Ok Rock
Released	March 6, 2013
Genre	Alternative rock post-hardcore power pop emo
Length	53:50
Label	A-Sketch
One Ok Rock chronology
Zankyo Reference (2011) Jinsei×Boku= (2013) 35xxxv (2015)
Singles from Jinsei×Boku =
"The Beginning" Released: August 22, 2012 "The Same As..." Released: December 15, 2012 "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps" Released: January 9, 2013 "Clock Strikes" Released: February 26, 2013

A DVD special bundled with the album released for limited pre-order only, consist of an acoustic performance in the studio of "The Beginning" and "The Same As...".

The song "The Beginning" can be heard in the 2012 film Rurouni Kenshin. "Clock Strikes" was featured in the PS3/PS4 Sega game Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!.[5] The song "Be The Light" was used in the animated film Space Pirate Captain Harlock, starring Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura.[6]

Background and development

After their first two nights live in Yokohama Arena, ONE OK ROCK stated that they "wanted to begin recording a new album." Songs like "The Beginning" and "Clock Strikes", had been made long before Zankyo Reference was released. In mid-2012, they were asked to make a song for a new live adaption of the popular manga Rurouni Kenshin. The single "The Beginning" was used for the live adaption movie.

Promotion

ONE OK ROCK held their first national arena tour in 2013, engaged more than 100,000 audiences, 6 cities and 11 days, started from 11 May to 6 June 2013. They recorded 22 songs from their second day in Yokohama Arena and insert them into Blu-ray and DVD, entitled Jinsei×Kimi= (人生×君=) TOUR LIVE&FILM, together with the one-hour documentation of this tour. Later the band conducted their first world tour, consisted in 11 countries of Asia and Europe from October to December. An additional date added for Los Angeles and New York in early 2015. In the spring of 2014, they participated in Vans Warped Tour, successfully reaching new audiences abroad.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by ONE OK ROCK and akkin (except track 1, arranged by Toru and akkin).

All lyrics are written by Taka[7].

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Introduction〜Where Idiot Should Go〜"	Toru	1:12
2.	"Ending Story??"	Taka Toru	4:15
3.	"Onion!"	Taka	3:18
4.	"The Beginning"	Taka	4:55
5.	"Clock Strikes"	Taka Toru	3:55
6.	"Be the light^[A]"	Taka	5:39
7.	"Nothing Helps"	Taka Toru Tomoya Ryota	4:48
8.	"Juvenile"	Taka	3:59
9.	"All Mine"	Taka	4:36
10.	"Smiling Down^[B]"	Taka Toru	4:25
11.	"Deeper Deeper"	Ryota Tomoya	3:35
12.	"69^[C]"	Taka Toru Tomoya Ryota	4:37
13.	"The Same As..."	Taka	4:36
Total length:			53:50

Notes

^A There are seven kinds of music videos uploaded on the band's Official YouTube including English subtitles, Japanese subtitles, French subtitles, Chinese subtitles, Spanish subtitles, Portuguese subtitles, and no subtitles. The contents are the same in all versions.[8]

^B The song was made for their friend, Kei Goto (also known as K), vocalist of Pay Money To My Pain who died in the morning of December 30, 2012 due to acute heart failure.[9]

^C Pronounced rokku (ロック, "Rock"), the track's name is an answer to the album title: "Life Times Me Equals Rock".[10] The song title is a goroawase.

Charts

Album

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11]	2
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[12]	2

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
"The Beginning"	2012	5[13]	2[14]
"the same as..."		—	52[15]
"Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps"	2013	2[16]	3[17]
"Clock Strikes"		—	27[18]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[19]	Platinum	250,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	"The Beginning"	Best Rock Video	Won
		Best Video from a Film	Won
2014	"Be the light"	Best Rock Video	Won

Space Shower Music Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	"The Beginning"	Best Your Choice	Won

Personnel

One Ok Rock

• Takahiro "Taka" Moriuchi — lead vocals
• Toru Yamashita — guitars
• Ryota Kohama — bass guitar
• Tomoya Kanki — drums, percussion

References

1. "CD Japan listing of Jinsei x Boku =". Retrieved 2013-05-30.
2. "Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin's Theme Performed by ONE OK ROCK". Anime News Network. 2012-05-29.
3. "ONE OK ROCK Chart History (1)". Billboard.
4. "ONE OK ROCK's "Deeper Deeper" chosen as CM song for SUZUKI". Tokyohive.com. 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
5. "ONE OK ROCK、『龍が如く 維新！』楽曲提供「Clock Strikes」のリリックビデオ公開". Barks Japan (in Japanese). February 24, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
6. "ワンオク、最新アルバム曲 "Be the light" が映画「キャプテンハーロック」主題歌に". Tower Records Japan.
7. MusicBrainz. 'JinseixBoku=' by ONE OK ROCK
8. "ONE OK ROCK、6ヵ国語字幕付き「Be the light」MV公開". Barks Japan (in Japanese). March 11, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
9. "ONE OK ROCKが教えてくれた、悲しい別れに向き合う事". UtaTen (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
10. "ONE OK ROCK「人生×僕＝」インタビュー". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2017.
11. "ONE OK ROCKの人生×僕=·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - 'Jinsei×Boku=' Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
12. "Top 100 Albums Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
13. "ONE OK ROCKのThe Beginning·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "The Beginning" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
14. "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
15. "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
16. "ONE OK ROCKのDeeper Deeper/Nothing Helps·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
17. "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
18. "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
19. "Japanese album certifications – One Ok Rock – Jinsei×Boku=" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2013年07月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• ONE OK ROCK discography (in Japanese)