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Radwimps is a J-Rock music group formed in 2001 while the members were in high school. Their name is a mix of the English words 'rad' and 'wimp'. It is a term they coined themselves meaning "excellent weakling" or "superlative coward".Sometimes the band tends to go just by the shortened version of their name, RAD..

Members

The current member roster is as follows:

* Yōjirō Noda (野田洋次郎 ?) (July 5, 1985) vocals, guitar.

* Akira Kuwahara (桑原彰 ?) (April 4, 1985) guitar and band leader.

* Yūsuke Takeda (武田祐介 ?) (May 24, 1985) bass guitar.

* Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口智史 ?) (March 20, 1985) drums.

Yōjirō Noda has lived in America for four years, which accounts for prevalence of English lyrics in the band's songs.

Discography

Albums

# Information Oricon Chart Weekly Peak Copies Sold in Japan

1st / Debut " RADWIMPS "

* Released : 2003.07.01

* Chart Run : 92 weeks

#86 -

2nd " RADWIMPS 2 ~Hatten Tojō~

(RADWIMPS2～発展途上～) "

* Released : 2005.03.08

* Chart Run : 98 weeks

#80 -

3rd " RADWIMPS 3 ~Mujintou ni Motte Ikiwasureta Ichimai~

(RADWIMPS 3 ～無人島に持っていき忘れた一枚～)"

* Released : 2006.02.15

* Chart Run : 139 weeks

#13 -

4th " RADWIMPS 4 ~Okazu no Gohan~

(RADWIMPS 4 ～おかずのごはん～) "

* Released : 2006.12.06

* Chart Run : 114 weeks

#5 -

5th " Arutokoronii no teiri

(アルトコロニーの定理) "

* Released : 2009.03.11

* Chart Run : 4 weeks

Singles

* Moshi mo (もしも, If)(2003.5.3)

* Kiseki (祈跡) (2004.7.22)

* Hekkushun / Kanashi (へっくしゅん / 愛し（かなし）)(2005.5.25)

* Nijūgokome no Senshokutai (25コ目の染色体) (2005.11.23)

* EDP ~Tonde Hi ni Iru Natsu no Kimi~ (イーディーピー 〜飛んで火に入る夏の君〜) (2006.1.18)

* Futarigoto (ふたりごと) (2006.5.17)

* Ushinron (有心論) (2006.7.26)

* Setsunarensa (セツナレンサ) (2006.11.8)

* Order-made (オーダーメイド) (2008.1.23) Oricon Ranking #1