TRF (group) explained

TRF
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Japan
Label:	avex trax
Associated Acts:	Tetsuya Komuro
Website:	TRF Official Website

TRF (an abbreviation of Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory) is a Japanese pop band. Its members are DJ Koo, Sam, Etsu, Yu-ki and Chiharu.

History

The band debuted as "trf" in the year 1993. During the period of 1994 to 1995, the band released 5 singles produced by Tetsuya Komuro, each selling over a million copies under the Avex record label. In 1995, their song "Overnight Sensation: Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru" received a Japan Record Award.

The following year, the band changed their name to an all-capital "TRF" with their single "Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen".

Yu-ki has also done voice acting for a children's animation movie , for which she sang the opening theme song as well. She has also performed the opening song to the 2006 Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kabuto as well as several variants to it.

Chiharu has worked on the choreography for J-Pop singer Shizuka Kudō, and has appeared in a drama as herself.

Sam was married to popstar and protégé of Tetsuya Komuro, Namie Amuro, in 1997, who was three months pregnant with his child at the time, but the couple were divorced in 2002, due to irreconcilable differences. Amuro had full custody of their son, Haruto Maruyama.

The song "Lights and Any More" has been used as opening theme of the anime Wangan Midnight, and their song Silence Whispers has been used as the second ending theme for the anime Black Jack 21. A remix of their song, Boy Meets Girl, was used in 2000 as the first season ending theme of the anime, UFO Baby, and in 2013 was covered by the group Prizmmy as the opening theme for the series Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live.

TRF's 20th anniversary was in February 2013. They announced that they'd be releasing something new every month, starting from November 2012.^[1]

Discography

Singles

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking	First Album
trf
1st	25 February 1993	GOING 2 DANCE/OPEN YOUR MIND	8cmCD	AVDD-20036	rowspan="2"	-	trf 〜THIS IS THE TRUTH〜
	20 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31098
2nd	21 June 1993	EZ Do Dance	8cmCD	AVDD-20042	15	EZ DO DANCE
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31099
3rd	21 November 1993	愛がもう少し欲しいよ	8cmCD	AVDD-20060	29	WORLD GROOVE
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31100
4th	21 November 1993	Silver and Gold dance	8cmCD	AVDD-20061	24
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31101
5th	16 December 1993	寒い夜だから…	8cmCD	AVDD-20062	8
	21 November 1994
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31102
6th	25 May 1994	survival dAnce 〜no no cry more〜	8cmCD	AVDD-20070	1	BILLIONAIRE 〜BOY MEETS GIRL〜
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31103
7th	22 June 1994	Boy Meets Girl	8cmCD	AVDD-20080	3
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31104
8th	1 January 1995	Crazy Gonna Crazy	8cmCD	AVDD-20082	1	dAnce to positive
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31105
9th	1 February 1995	masquerade	8cmCD	AVDD-20083
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31106
10th	8 Match 1995	Overnight Sensation 〜時代はあなたに委ねてる〜	8cmCD	AVDD-20084
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31107
11th	25 October 1995	BRAND NEW TOMORROW	8cmCD	AVDD-20105		BRAND NEW TOMORROW
	29 NOvember 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31108
12th	11 December 1995	Happening Here/teens	8cmCD	AVDD-20116	3
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31109
13th	21 Match 1995	Love & Peace Forever	8cmCD	AVDD-20121	2	WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF-
	29 November 1995		12cmCD -	AVCD-31110
TRF
14th	12 June 1996	Hey	Ladies & Gentlemen	8cmCD	AVDD-20134	4	WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF-
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31111
15th	24 July 2006	BRAVE STORY	8cmCD	AVDD-20130
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31112
16th	6 November 1996	SILENT NIGHT	8cmCD	AVDD-20152	5
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31113
17th	11 December 1996	LEGEND OF WIND	8cmCD	AVDD-20170	4
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31114
18th	18 February 1998	Unite	The Night!	8cmCD	AVDD-20226	8	UNITE
	29 November 2006		12cmCD -	AVCD-31115
19th	25 Match 1998	Frame	8cmCD	AVDD-20235	5
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31116
20th	29 April 1998	TRY OR CRY	8cmCD	AVDD-20247	18
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31117
21st	23 September 1998	BE FREE	8cmCD	AVDD-20262	16	LOOP＃1999
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31118
22nd	5 November 1998	embrace/slug and sou	8cmCD	AVDD-20277	19
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31119
23rd	3 February 1999	JOY	8cmCD	AVDD-20295	30
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31120
24th	21 April 1999	WIRED	8cmCD	AVDD-20302
	29 November 2006		12cmCD	AVCD-31121
25th	25 August 1999	HE LIVES IN YOU	12cmCD	AVCD-30048	40
26th	18 January 2006	Where to begin	CD+DVD	AVCD-30886	18	Lif-e-Motions
			CD	AVCD-30887
27th	30 August 2006	Silence whispers	CD+DVD	AVCD-31002	40	TRF 15th Anniversary BEST -MEMORIES-
			CD	AVCD-31003
28th	29 November 2006	We are all BLOOMIN'	CD+DVD	AVCD-31094	19
			CD	AVCD-31095
29th	17 October 2007	iNNOVATiON	CD+DVD	AVCD-31295	28	GRAVITY
			CD	AVCD-31296
30th	23 April 2008	Live Your Days	CD+DVD	AVCD-31403	49
			CD	AVCD-31404
31st	21 January 2009	Memorial Snow/CLOSURE	CD+DVD	AVCD-31476	37
			CD	AVCD-31477

Remix Single

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking	First Album
TRF
1st	23 Match 2000	Burst drive Mix [Unite! the Night! (SOUL SOLUTION MIX)]	CD	AVCD-30103		Burst drive mix -album- non stop mixed by DJ KOO
2nd	31 May 2000	Burst drive Mix -2nd mix- [Samui Yoru Dakara (SHARP BOYS UK VOCAL MIX)]		AVCD-30110
3rd	26 July 2000	Burst drive Mix -3rd mix- [It's MY TIME (SOUL SOLUTION MIX)]		AVCD-30112
4th	20 September 2000	Burst drive Mix -4th mix- [Brave Story (JHONATHAN PETERS MIX)]		AVCD-30131
5th	22 November 2000	Burst drive Mix -5th mix- [Silver and Gold dance (THUNDERPUSS MIX)]		AVCD-30154
Various Artists (SUPER EUROBEAT)
-	23 Ougust 2000	「だぁ!だぁ	だあ!」SEB プレゼンツ BOY MEETS GIRL with TRF	CD	AVDD-20354

Digital Single

Release Date	title	First Album
11 July 2000	lights and any more	GRAVITY
	survival dAnce '07
	BOY MEETS GIRL '07
	FUNKY M '07
2 August 2010	survival dAnce feat. DABO & JAMOSA 〜reborn〜	TRF TRIBUTE ALBUM BEST
	BOY MEETS GIRL feat. WISE 〜reborn〜
	EZ DO DANCE retracked by Yasutaka Nakata (capsule)
19 January 2011	寒い夜だから… feat. INFINITY16 & GOKIGEN SOUND
30 January 2013	PUSH YOUR BACK	WATCH THE MUSIC
16 December 2018	Get Wild -live ver.-
16 December 2018	LET ME GO MY WAY feat. Daisuke Asakura
2023年　3月22日	EZ DO DANCE -Version.2023-	TRF 30th Anniversary “past and future” Premium Edition
2024年3月20日	TRy the future

ALBUM

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
trf
1st	25 February　1993	trf 〜THIS IS THE TRUTH〜	CD	AVCD-11102	14
2nd	21 July 1993	EZ DO DANCE		AVCD-11128	4
3rd	9 February 1994	WORLD GROOVE		AVCD-11183	1
4th	27 July 1994	BILLIONAIRE 〜BOY MEETS GIRL〜		AVCD-11230
5th	27 Match 1995	dAnce to positive		AVCD-11288
6th	11 December 1995	BRAND NEW TOMORROW		AVCD-11354	2
TRF
7th	20 May 1998	UNITE	CD	AVCD-11645	4
8th	19 May 1999	LOOP＃1999		AVCD-11723	5
9th	15 February 2006	Lif-e-Motions	2CD+DVD	AVCD-17858	8
			2CD	AVCD-17860
10th	11 February 2009	GRAVITY	CD+DVD	AVCD-23754	42
			CD	AVCD-23755

Small Album

Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
trf
25 February 2013	WATCH THE MUSIC	CD+DVD	AVCD-38579/B	42
		CD	AVCD-38580

Remix Album

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
trf
1st	21 May 1993	HYPER TECHNO MIX	CD	AVCD-11122
2nd	21 Ougust 1993	HYPER TECHNO MIX II		AVCD-11153
3rd	27 April 1994	HYPER MIX III		AVCD-11200	1
4th	21 June 1995	hyper mix 4		AVCD-11313	2
TRF
5th	27 December 2000	Burst drive mix -album- non stop mixed by DJ KOO	CD	AVCD-11879
	23 Marth 2011	J-POPハリケーン 〜TRFだけ60分本気MIX〜 ／MIX-J		AVCD-38286
	27 Marth 2013	DJ KOO 〜TRF 20th Anniversary Non-stop mix		AVC6-38659

Best Album

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
TRF
1st	1 January 1998	WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF-	2CD	AVCD-11633	1
	28 January 2004		DVD-Audio	AVAD-91201
2nd	7 February 2007	TRF 15th Anniversary BEST -MEMORIES-	3CD+3DVD	AVCD-23167	6
			2CD+2DVD	AVCD-23170
			2CD	AVCD-23172
	30 June 2007	Complete Best TRF Vol.1	CD	AQC1-50265
		Complete Best TRF Vol.2		AQC1-50266
3rd	21 November 2013	TRF 20TH Anniversary COMPLETE SINGLE BEST	3CD+DVD	AVCD-38635	21
			3CD	AVCD-38638
4th	25 December 2013	BEST SINGLE Collection × EZ DO DANCERCIZE	CD+DVD	AVCD-38886
		TRF BEST OF BEST	CD	AQC1-77433
5th	20 February 2024	TRF 30th Anniversary “past and future” Premium Edition	3CD+3Blu-ray	AVCD-63558~60/B~D

Other Album

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number
Plan	21 October 1994	PRESET SOUND	2CD	AVCD-11260
Live	21 February 1996	THE LIVE³	3CD	AVCD-11408〜10
Plan		Live-Dio meets trf our dance camp	CD
	19 December 2012		CD+DVD	AVCD-38660
			CD	AVCD-38661
	13 Marth 2013	TRF TRIBUTE ALBUM BEST	2CD	AVCD-38676/7
	27 Marth 2013	VOCALOID3 meets TRF	VOCALOID3 meets TRF / VRF	2CD	AVCD-38678
	2 December 2015	TRF 〜Hi-Res Best〜	Digital Download
		TRF 〜Hi-Res Selection〜

Not released in Japan

Single

title
BOY MEETS GIRL
寒い夜だから…
CRAZY GONNA CRAZY
survival dAnce 〜no no cry more〜
WORLD GROOVE '96
EZ DO DANCE '96

Album

title
BILLIONAIRE '96
dAnce to positive
BRAND NEW TOMORROW
MEGA MIXES

Video Work

Music・Clip

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
trf
1st	26 September 1994	WORLD GROOVE	VHS	AVVD-90007
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91002
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91431
2nd	21 June 1995	ULTIMATE FILMS 1994-1995	VHS	AVVD-90015
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91004
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91433
TRF
3rd	11 December 2002	VIDEO CLIPS	DVD	AVBD-91127

Live・Video

	Release Date	title	Sales Model	standard number	Original Content Ranking
trf
1st	16 December 1994	TOUR '94 BILLIONAIRE 〜BOY MEETS GIRL〜	VHS	AVVD-90010
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91003
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91432
2nd	22 November 1995	TOUR'95 dAnce to positive Overnight Sensation	VHS	AVVD-90021
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91005
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91434
3rd	21 February 1996	BRAND NEW TOMORROW in TOKYO DOME -Presentation for 1996-	VHS	AVVD-90022
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91006
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91435
TRF
4th	30 April 1997	LIVE in YOKOHAMA ARENA	VHS	AVVD-90031
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91007
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91436
5th	17 September 1998	TOUR '98 Live in Unite		VHS	AVVD-90046
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91008
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91437
6th	15 December 1999	TOUR 1999 exicoast tour at OSAKA	VHS	AVVD-90067
	29 Marth 2000		DVD	AVBD-91009
	29 November 2006			AVBD-91438
7th	30 August 2006	TRF Lif-e-Motions TOUR 2006		AVBD-91408
8th	23 April 2008	COMPLETE BEST LIVE from 15th Anniversary Tour -MEMORIES- 2007		AVBD-91515
9th	14 August 2013	TRF 20th Anniversary Tour		AVBD-92035
			Blu-ray	AVXD-91628

TOUR

• CLUB TOUREZ DO DANCE
• trf CLUB TOUR seven8 '94
• trf TOUR '94 "BILLIONAIRE 〜BOY MEETS GIRL"
• trf TOUR '95 dAnce to positive Overnight Sensation
• TRF 96 ARENA TOUR SILENT NIGHT
• TRF TOUR '98 Live in Unite!
• TRF exicoast tour '99
• TRF Lif-e-Motions TOUR 2006
• TRF 15th Anniversary TOUR -MEMORIES- 2007
• TRF 20TH Anniversary Tour

Live

• BRAND NEW TOMORROW in TOKYO DOME 〜Presentation for 1996〜
• 上海ライブ
• TRFシークレットライブ
• TRFクリスマスディナーショー
• TRFクリスマスディナーショー2008
• TRFウィンタースペシャルナイト
• TRF 25th Anniversary「THANXXX!!! 25 Best Hits LIVE & Party」
• TRF 30th Anniversary Live「THANXXX!!! LIVE & Party」
• TRF 30th Anniversary Live at 日本武道館 「past and future.」

See also

• List of best-selling music artists in Japan

External links

• Official website of TRF at Avex's website (in Japanese)
• Official website of YU-KI at Avex's website (in Japanese)
• Special J!-ENT 15th Anniversary Interview and Tribute to TRF (in English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: TRF will have monthly new release in anticipation of their 20th anniversary . Asia Pacific Arts . 9 October 2012.