OKAMOTO’S announce their new album during online press conference

On July 15th, rock band OKAMOTO’S held at their first online press conference, ‘OKAMOTO’S Yokubou wo Happyou!!!!’, during which they announced their new album, “Yokubou” (“Desires”), scheduled to be released on September 7th.

The four members also formally announced that the song “Yokubou o Sakebe!!!!” will become a single, and is scheduled to drop on August 3rd. The song is currently being used as a ending theme song for popular anime series, ‘Naruto Shippuden‘. “Yokubou o Sakebe!!!!” and “Ai no Theme” were aired during the online event, and were revealed to be part of 14 tracks in OKAMOTO’S’ upcoming full album.

OKAMOTO’S also sang a capella and did various monomane (imitations) as a part of their fans’ requests through Twitter. Furthermore, the band showed purikura pictures, drew pictures of each other, and the guitarist, Okamoto Kouki, even tried to make a fruit parfait!

This summer, the band will be participating in many festivals such as the ‘FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ‘11’, ‘ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2011’, and ‘WORLD HAPPINESS 2011’. On September 10th, just days after their album release, they will be kicking off their live concert tour, ‘OKAMOTO’S Tour 2011: KICK OUT THE EYES’, scheduled to span 14 cities in Japan.

Read on for their new album’s track list as well as concert dates below!



1. Yokubou o Sakebe!!!!
2. Ai no Theme
3. Hello I Love You
4. Tegami
5. Give It Away
6. Ano Musume Boku ga Tsukattara Donna Oto Surundarou
7. Hama Okamoto’s Jiyuujikan
8. Half Time Show
9. Casablanca Dandy
10. Insane Man
11. O.ma.e
12. Get Some Money
13. Pump It Up
14. Future Eve

*OKAMOTO’S MOVIE (3) (Limited Edition DVD only)

OKAMOTO’S Tour 2011: KICK OUT THE EYES

9/10/2011: Yokohama BASIS in Kanagawa Prefecture
9/17/2011: Sapporo PENNY LANE 24 in Hokkaido
9/19/2011: Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO in Aichi Prefecture
9/23/2011: HEAVEN’S ROCK Saitama New City Centre VJ-3 in Saitama Prefecture
9/25/2011: Kyoto Takutaku in Kyoto Metropolitan Area
10/1/2011: Sendai darwin in Miyagi Prefecture
10/8/2011: Hiroshima Namiki Junction in Hiroshima Prefecture
10/10/2011: Okayama IMAGE in Okayama Prefecture
10/11/2011: Takamatsu DIME in Kanagawa Prefecture
10/13/2011: Oita Drum Be-0 in Oita Prefecture
10/15/2011: Fukuouka Drum Be-1 in Fukuoka Prefecture
10/16/2011: Kumamoto Drum Be-9 in Kumamoto Prefecture
10/21/2011: Osaka BIG CAT in Osaka Metropolitan Area
10/22/2011: SHUBUYA-AX in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

source: tokyohive