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Chemistry (styled CHEMISTRY) was a Japanese pop duo, composed of Yoshikuni Dōchin (堂珍 嘉邦?, born November 17, 1978) and Kaname Kawabata (川畑要?) born January 28, 1979.
History
They were the winners of the Asayan audition (similar to the American Idol series) in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Their first single 'Pieces of a Dream' was released on March 3, 2001, and was the best selling single that year (over 2 million). Most of their singles have reached #1 on the Oricon charts; all five albums have reached #1 the day they were released. Their #1 streak was broken by the KinKi Kids' album H Album: Hand, scoring them a #2 rank for Fo(u)r.
Chemistry is also known in Korea for the popular collaboration song 'Let's Get Together Now,' featuring talents from both Korea and Japan and for collaborating with Korean singer Lena Park who appears in the b-side 'Dance with Me' on the 'Kimi ga Iru' single.
On March 6, 2008, Kaname Kawabata married model Miki Takahashi. They met after she appeared in the PV for 'This Night.'
Their single 'Period' was selected as the fourth opening for the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
In 2010, Chemistry worked together with the 4-person dance group Synergy to release 'Shawty'. Another joint work of the two groups will be released November 3, 2010, titled 'Keep Your Love'.
In 2011, Chemistry was tapped by Bandai Visual to record a song for the OVA series, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, due to be the title song for the 3rd episode, 'The Ghost of Laplace'. merry-go-round, is due for release on March 2, 2011 as a follow up before the OVA's actual release on March 5, 2011.
Their 15th single 'Wings of Words' was used as the fourth opening theme for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY from PHASE-38 to 49
Past members
Yoshikuni Dōchin
Kaname Kawabata
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