Doll$Boxx

Doll$Boxx (Japanese: ドールズボックス, Hepburn: Dōruzu Bokkusu), stylized as DOLL$BOXX, are a Japanese all-female hard rock band formed in 2012. It is the side project of lead vocalist Fuki (formerly of power metal band Light Bringer and Fuki Commune; currently with Unlucky Morpheus) and the musicians of the rock group Gacharic Spin.

Doll$Boxx
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Hard rock[1][2] power metal[3][4] electropop[2]
Years active	2012–present
Labels	King, Victor Entertainment, JPU Records (EU), Sliptrick (NA)
Members	Fuki Tomo-zo F Chopper Koga Oreo Reona Hana
Website	dollsboxx.com

History

After Gacharic Spin's original vocalist Armmy left to take a hiatus because of medical reasons, bassist and bandleader F Chopper Koga decided not to cancel the planned tour dates, instead using an arrangement of supporting vocalists^[5] including future Gacharic Spin member Oreo Reona, and Light Bringer's vocalist Fuki.^[6] Due to Gacharic Spin and Light Bringer taking a break from live performances, they decided to form a new band, musically different from their current bands.^[7]

The group's first studio album, Dolls Apartment, was released on December 12, 2012 in Japan.^{[citation needed]} and January 29, 2013 in Korea.^[8] They released promotional videos for every song in the album (not including the cover song Nudierythm) on a weekly basis on their Niconico channel.^[9] On August 27, 2014 they released a DVD collection of their music videos, Doll's Collection.

After an almost three-year hiatus, they reunited on February 25, 2017 for a triple-bill show with Gacharic Spin and Fuki Commune, and again on June 24, 2017 for Gacharic Spin tour finale where they premiered a new song and announced a new mini-album, High $pec.^[10]

Band members

• Fuki – lead vocals (2012–present)
• F Chopper Koga – bass (2012–present)
• Hana – drums, backing vocals (2012–present)
• Tomo-zo – guitars, leader (2012–present)
• Oreo Reona – keyboards, backing vocals (2012–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon [11]	JPN Billboard Top [12]
Dolls Apartment	Released: 12 December 2012 (2012-12-12) Label: King Records Formats: CD, CD+DVD	56	54

Extended plays / mini-albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon [11]	JPN Billboard Hot [13]	JPN Billboard Top [12]
High $pec	Released: 8 November 2017 (2017-11-08) Label: Victor Entertainment, JPU Records[14] Formats: CD, CD+DVD	21	26	17

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon [11]
Doll's Collection	Released: 27 August 2014 (2014-08-27) Label: King Records Formats: DVD	30
Live Tour 2018 "high $pec High Return"	Released: 25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Label: Victor Entertainment Formats: DVD	11

Music videos

Song	Year [15]	Director(s)
"Loud Twin Stars"	2012	Naoki Takeyama[16]
"Merrily High Go Round"
"Take My Chance"
"Roleplaying Life"
"Monopoly"
"Fragrance"	2013
"Karakuri Town"
"Omocha no Heitai"
"Doll's Box"
"Shout Down"	2017	Un­known
"Dragonet"
"Sub-liminal"
"Sekaiwa Kitto Aiwo Shitterunda"
"Hero"

References

1. DeGroot, Lauren (May 31, 2014). "J-Metal: The Women Ruling the Hard Rock Scene in Japan". Boxx Magazine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
2. "DOLL$BOXX Overview". JaME USA. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
3. "Doll$Boxx – Dolls Apartment". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07.
4. "Doll$Boxx – High $pec". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07.
5. "Gacharic Spin's report on TOUR decision and CD postponement". Gacharic Spin Official Webpage (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 28 Jan 2012.
6. Katsura, Shinya (17 July 2012). "Report - Gacharic Spin "Super Gachapin-chi" tour". beeast69 (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2017.
7. Nishihiro, Tomokazu. "DOLL$BOXX interview". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2017.
8. "DOLL$BOXX [DOLLS APARTMENT] January 29 release". CNLMusic Blog (in Korean). January 23, 2013. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
9. "Talented girl-band DOLL$BOXX mass production of first album Promotional Videos". Natalie (in Japanese). November 22, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
10. Nelson, Todd (2017-03-02). "DOLL$BOXX / Gacharic Spin / Fuki Commune at Tsutaya O-East (Live Report)". J-Generation. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
11. "DOLL$BOXX products". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 2, 2017.
12. Peak chart positions for albums on Billboard Japan:

    • Dolls Apartment: "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. December 19, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
    • High $pec: "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
13. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
14. "DOLL$BOXX high $pec [CD] // JPU Records". JPU Records. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
15. "DOLL$BOXX channel". nicovideo.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 2, 2017.
16. "Guests come to school! Experience entrance in March - "NVA graduate / video writer Naoki Takayama" -". n-visual.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

External links

• Official website of the group (current) (in Japanese)
• Earliest Archive of Official website of the group (in Japanese)
• Official website of the group at King Records(in Japanese)

• Japan portal
• Rock music portal