Editing Asian Kung-Fu Generation (section)

{{Short description|Japanese alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Asian Kung-Fu Generation
| image           = Asian_Kung_Fu_Generation_-_Anime_Friends_2017_2.jpg
| caption         = Asian Kung-Fu Generation on stage in 2017. From left to right: Ryōsuke Shimomura, [[Kensuke Kita]], [[Masafumi Gotoh]], [[Takahiro Yamada (musician)|Takahiro Yamada]], [[Kiyoshi Ijichi]]
| landscape       = yes
| alias           = {{hlist|Ajikan|AKG|AKFG}}
| origin          = [[Yokohama]], Japan
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]<ref>{{cite news|website=[[AllMusic]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/asian-kung-fu-generation-mn0000273496/biography|title=Asian Kung-Fu Generation {{!}} Biography & History|last=Eremenko|first=Alexey|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/music/asian-kung-fu-generation|title=Asian Kung-Fu Generation|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>|[[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite news|website=Beat|url=https://beat.media/akfg-japan-s-beloved-alt-rock-aces|title=AKFG: Japan's Beloved Alt-Rock Aces|last=Martin|first=Sean|date=2017-10-21|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=Sputnikmusic|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/35662/Asian-Kung-Fu-Generation-Fanclub/|title=Review: Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Fanclub|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|date=2010-03-22|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>|{{nowrap|[[power pop]]}}|{{nowrap|[[pop punk]]}} <small>(early)</small>}}
| years_active    = 1996&ndash;present
| label           = {{hlist|[[Kioon Music|Kioon]]|[[Tofu Records|Tofu]]|[[Gan-Shin|Okami]]|[[JPU Records]]}}
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{URL|http://www.asiankung-fu.com/}}
| current_members = [[Masafumi Gotoh]]<br />[[Kensuke Kita]]<br />[[Takahiro Yamada (musician)|Takahiro Yamada]]<br />[[Kiyoshi Ijichi]]
| past_members    = 
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''Asian Kung-Fu Generation'''|アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション|Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Japanese [[alternative rock]] band formed in [[Yokohama]] in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist [[Masafumi Gotoh]], guitarist [[Kensuke Kita]], bassist [[Takahiro Yamada (musician)|Takahiro Yamada]], and drummer [[Kiyoshi Ijichi]].<ref name="ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION: Biography" /> Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent [[Extended play|EPs]] featuring lyrics mostly sung in English. In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut ''[[Hōkai Amplifier]]'', from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese. The band's musical style is influenced by seminal [[Western culture|Western]] [[alternative rock]] acts as well as their own local Japanese [[indie rock]] and [[J-Punk|punk]] scene.<ref name="Mada Minu Ashita Ni">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mada-minu-ashita-ni-mw0001671011|author=Eremenko, Alexey|title=Mada Minu Ashita Ni|work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]|access-date=2015-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Surf Bungaku Kamakura">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/surf-bungaku-kamakura-mw0001240237|author=Eremenko, Alexey|title=Surf Bungaku Kamakura|work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]|access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref> Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast [[tempo]]s and prominent [[power chord]] guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic [[groove (music)|groove]] and emotional lyrics.<ref name="Fanclub"/><ref name="World World World">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-world-world-mw0001648173|author=Eremenko, Alexey|title=World World World|work=AllMusic |publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]|access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref> Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim.<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p685130|pure_url=yes}} |title= Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Biography |access-date=2009-02-05 |author=Eremenko, Alexey|work=AllMusic |publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]}}</ref> Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced [[modern rock]] bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s.<ref name="Fanclub">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fan-club-mw0001599296|author=Eremenko, Alexey|title=Fan Club|work=AllMusic |publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]|access-date=2015-02-05}}</ref>