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ARLEQUIN (アルルカン) is a five member japanese visual kei group! they were formed on october 26, 2013 under goemon records. in 2019, arlequin also established their own record label under goemon called anima. if you love great music with beautiful lyrics and exciting performances, you'll love arlequin!
created by @arlebin!
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SINGLES
october 2, 2013
single: アルルカン
january 15, 2014
title: eclipse
single: 1st maxi single 「eclipse」
april 23, 2014
title: stella
single: 2nd maxi single 「ステラ」
august 30, 2014
title: hakaana
single: 3rd maxi single 「墓穴」
february 25, 2015
title: dilemma
single: 4th single 「ジレンマ」
july 3, 2015
title: douke no hana
single: 5th single 「道化ノ華」
november 4, 2015
title: qualia
single: 6th single 「クオリア」
march 2, 2016
title: paranoia
single: 7th single 「paranoia」
november 11, 2016
title: karma
single: 8th single 「カルマ」
march 1, 2017
title: makka na uso
single: 9th single 「真っ赤な嘘」
march 1, 2017
title: kageboushi
single: 10th single 「影法師」
july 7, 2017
title: kachika no chigai wa yuiitsu no sukuidatta
single: 11th maxi single 「価値観の違いは唯一の救いだった」
september 6, 2017
title: puzzle
single: 12th single 「puzzle」
march 21, 2018
title: exist
antidote
single: 13th single 「exist」
january 20, 2019
title: razzle dazzle
single: 14th single 「ラズルダズル」
august 21, 2019
title: ikinone
single: 15th single 「anima」
february 20, 2020
title: ikari
single: 16th single 「怒り」
august 25, 2021
title: sekai no owari to yoake mae
single: 17th single 「世界の終わりと夜明け前」
ALBUMS
november 12, 2014
title: alive
album: 1st full album 「ニア・イコール」
july 8, 2016
title: kyoukaisen
omit
album: 2nd full album 「utopia」
august 29, 2018
title: rem
album: 1st mini album 「bless」
august 19, 2020
title: in the mirror
album: 3rd full album 「the laughing man」
february 24, 2021
album: arlequin selection album 「pieces」
LIVES
bless era concert
hakaana live
kyoukaisen live
dancing doctors??? idk u tell me
dame ningen live
zou live
hitogata live ft. PONYTAIL NAO
paranoia live
eclipse live
razzle dazzle - big cat live clip
ains vs goemon records
omit live
droplet live
clepsydra live
OFF SHOTS
paranoia
karma
kageboushi
makka na uso
ikinone
KARAOKE
aki
kuruto
nao
shohei
tamon
RANDOM
arlequin vs realies soccer match pt 1
arlequin vs realies soccer match pt 2
arlequin vs realies soccer match pt 3
visulog2
arlequin backstage
arlequin playing a game
drawing time!
shohei doing a merch haul
beauty;tricker 1
beauty;tricker 2
beauty;tricker 3
puzzle
black beauty beasts
2019 greeting
nao ikinone self cover
nao puzzle self cover
nao dame ningen self cover
shohei dame ningen self cover
shohei ikinone self cover
shohei razzle dazzle self cover
tamon ikinone self cover
tamon dame ningen self cover
tamon omit self cover
INTERVIEWS
alive radio interview
dilemma interview pt 1
dilemma interview pt 2
qualia radio interview
rem radio interview
exist fake star interview
anima song commentary interview
nao interview with hal roots pt 1
nao interview with hal roots pt 2
nao interview with hal roots pt 3
nao interview with hal roots pt 4
ikari single release interview w/ nogod dancho
thanks for reading!!! i hope you love arlequin as much as i do! <3
a lot of the info comes from here and here! as well as things from twitter, tumblr, or videos on youtube :)
AKI continued . . .
☆ likes: eating, sleeping, getting gifts, cats, black & white, coca-cola, being alone, night time, thunder, his best friend nao, collecting socks, writing lyrics
☆ aki writes most of arlequin's lyrics
☆ can play the guitar
☆ can not cook at all
☆ got his driver's license in 2014 but rarely drives because of nerves
☆ "i like how aki drives a car. very gentle." -shohei
☆ wants to spend all of his holidays in bed sleeping
☆ when asked if his dreams have ever come true, he replied that he only ever dreamed of one thing and that his only dream came true. <3
☆ fans are often intimidated when meeting him
☆ is easily distracted
☆ BIG VOICE for tiny man
☆ says that arlequin is the only place he can be himself
☆ his ideal super power is to control typhoons
☆ wants to be a cat in his next life, but not a fluffy one
☆ “i always dreamed of playing in the group where the vocalist would be perfect for me in everything. after creating arlequin, i realized that my dream came true! i’m extremely happy to be in the same group as aki. ” -nao
KURUTO continued . . .
☆ likes: clothing, collecting things, kool mild cigarettes, photography
☆ feels lonely during breaks between concerts
☆ has a younger brother and younger sister
☆ once accidentally threw his phone off a bridge
☆ bunny smile and cute giggle
☆ lives near aki! kuruto knows he doesn't leave the house often so when it's nice outside he always asks aki to spend the day with him because he doesn't want him to be lonely
☆ considers himself a romantic, but said that before becoming a musician girls rarely paid attention to him
☆ chose his alias kuruto in honor of nirvana's kurt cobain
☆ "a very 'hard cookie' type of person. i think some people might confuse him to be a real negative type, but actually he is just a shy individual who is confident doing everything by himself. i can see him in the future being an excellent family man." -aki
☆ very considerate and always makes eye contact while talking to fans
NAO continued . . .
☆ likes: tobacco, liquor, raw fish, noodles, fried chicken, tomatoes, sleeping, blue and green monsters, playing soccer, winter, snowboarding, animals, k/jpop, naruto (only the manga)
☆ has a cute dog named pochi who he loves so much!
☆ has a great voice! does a lot of live vocals with aki
☆ plays the piano and flute
☆ prettiest smile and laugh
☆ a cuddly drunk
☆ believes in ghosts
☆ gave himself piercings in high school
☆ talks in his sleep
☆ keeps all letters written by fans & likes when we share our thoughts with him
☆ works at the studio during the night so he sleeps in the afternoon
☆ wants to have a reptile and visit australia
☆ loves horror movies and movies with bad endings (if anyone asks him for movie recommendations he gets so excited that he spoils the whole movie)
SHOHEI continued . . .
☆ likes: fish, pizza, octopus, clam, watching mtv
☆ is considered the dad of the group! likes to be called papa and hei-hei
☆ can cook really well!
☆ really cute and good with kids, he wants to have a daughter in the future
☆ looks like he would be super mysterious, but he's just endearingly weird
☆ besties with diaura's tatsuya and kizu's yue
☆ is always nervous before their live shows
☆ from a wealthy family that owns two large houses
☆ according to the other members, shohei's bad habit is singing loudly in the car while everyone tries to sleep
☆ HATES mayonnaise
☆ tells the most dirty jokes
☆ once got lost at an amusement park and instead of asking for help he laid on the ground and went to sleep
☆ even when arlequin is on a break, he likes to help other groups set up their equipment for their lives!
☆ "he is very kind. you know ... he is exactly the person next to whom anyone can feel happy. shohei is a great friend!” - tamon
TAMON continued . . .
☆ likes: seven stars 12 menthol cigarettes, cats, being chaotic with aki, posting drumming videos to twitter, hair dye, cute emojis, fashion, going to the beach and swimming during summer, peaches
☆ has purple hair more often than not
☆ has stretched ears
☆ giggles!
☆ can beatbox!
☆ has a very good voice as well! does a lot of backing vocals and screaming during lives
☆ started drumming to lose weight
☆ after one of their concerts he went out drinking and got so drunk that he cried
☆ often cooks lasagna
☆ tamon talks to nao on the phone the most
☆ is shy about his face without makeup and has never appeared barefaced in front of fans
☆ the boys gave him a plate with his face on it and he refuses to use it because he doesn't want to ruin it
☆ always talks about working out and his drums
