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* Vocal : Miyawaki Wataru
* Guitar : Sakai Hiroaki
* Guitar : Suga Yuusuke
* Bass : Enya Tomoyuki (ex.Tomo)
* Drums : Kawauchi Tohru

PROFILE
12012 (pronounced 'ichi ni zero ichi ni') is a visual rock band based in the Kansai region of Japan. The band's interesting name comes from the California penal code, which means "possession of a dangerous weapon". With five members, the lyrics are always written by vocalist Miyawaki Wataru who uses their songs to create a story. Their music style tends to be harder rock, with a dark and aggressive undercurrent.

Author : Sarah (2007-02-21)
BIOGRAPHY
12012 began officially in 2003 on May 1st, immediately signing with Undercode Productions, home to other bands such as Vidoll and Phantasmagoria. They ended May together with their first live at a club in Osaka on the 31st. That summer, they released their first maxi-single, depression sign.

Participating in various events and contributing to numerous omnibuses, 12012's popularity increased throughout 2003 and into 2004. In October of 2004, they organized a six-day event/tour called 'Guilty of Six Days', in which each show was managed by one member of 12012, aside the final in which the whole band participated in organizing. Bands such as Duel Jewel and Panic Channel were featured along with numerous others. In that same month, they began a three month long consecutive release schedule; the mini album Bell salem was released in October, followed by Knight Mare in November, and finally shin~deep in December. They ended 2004 by performing in two different cities, Tokyo and Osaka, in the same day.

In February of 2005, they held their first one-man at the ESAKA MUSE which was later released on DVD. In May, they celebrated their second anniversary as a band before re-releasing a slew of their older material, including depression sign. In July, they released a DVD containing some of their PVs before going into a short September tour.

12012 only seemed to pick up steam as the band went into 2006; continuing to participate in various events, they released three photobooks before the middle of the year and two full albums. The first was their first full album, PLAY DOLLS, which was released in two versions, one containing a DVD and the other a bonus CD. They also released a 'best of' album entitled not obtain+1. As May rolled around, they held a oneman tour to celebrate their three years together and released a new single, Heart.

Despite all of this touring and releasing, the band was apparently still not ready to rest as Miyawaki Wataru and Sakai Hiroki dropped in on some of their international fans at the Anime Expo in 2006 in southern California to shake hands and sign autographs. This was just a hint of things to come as the entire band then went to Germany and France in the fall to perform for their international fans before returning to America to perform at the Onicon Convention held in Texas. In-between all of this, they'd also released three consecutive singles; PISTOL in September, wana in October, and finally Over... in November. They held another tour in Japan then, stretching from mid-November to December.

Change was in the air for 12012 as they went into 2007. After graduating from their indies label, Undercode Productions, they signed to a new label called Back Coat in February. Despite their label change, their work ethic didn't seem to change in the slightest as they spent the summer touring, released two singles, and performed in the United States once more. Though the band suffered some legal trouble in the later months, they have continued to stick together and announced the release of two new singles and a new full album which would be released on 12/12, a play on their name.

12012 toured up through the end of 2007 and right into 2008, participating in girugamesh's Stupid Tour 2008 and Speed Disk and Zeal Link events. The spring brought about the release of a new single, just one month before 12012's fifth anniversary one-man at Akasaka BLITZ in May. The band closed out 2008 with a large amount of touring as well as the release of two additional singles and a live DVD of their one-man.

2009 is proving to bring just as much work as the previous years for 12012. The band has announced the release of several releaes including a full album by March, and will be begin a new tour, HEAD'S UP!!, in the spring. 12012 is sure to keep 2009 stirred up and much more can be expected from this group in the future.