AnCafe

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Members: Miku (Vocals) Kanon (Bass) Takuya (Guitar) Teruki (Drums) YU-KI (Keyboards) Former Members: Bou (Guitar)

An Cafe was formed in May 2003 with Miku, Kanon and Bou who would later be joined by Teruki after leaving his former band, Feathers-Blue. The band played live shows for their first year, without any releases.

In 2004, An Cafe released their first demos and signed a record deal with Loop Ash. Their first release, "Candyholic" was released in March and reached the second spot on the Oricon indies single chart. The band continued touring and releasing, including their first album, Shikisai Moment in 2005. The band released even more singles in 2006 until their second studio album, Magnya Carta (a play on "Magna Carta"). In 2007, the band announced their first overseas appearance at Project A-Kon. The announcement of this was followed shortly by the departure of guitarist, Bou. The last performance with Bou was on April 30, 2007, and was featured in a DVD titled Hibiya On *The* o New Sekai. After Bou left the band, two new members were announced: Takuya was to replace Bou as the guitarist and Yuuki was to join An Cafe as a keyboardist. The first single with their new lineup was announced as "Kakusei Heroism" followed by "Ryuusei Rocket". In the end of 2007, An Cafe announced their first overseas tour, taking place in Europe in 2008.

In the opening weeks of 2008, An Cafe announced their upcoming single, "Cherry Saku Yuuki!!" in February, as well as their next studio album, Gokutama Rock Cafe, which was released on April 9, 2008.

An Cafe's mini album, Harajuku Dance Rock, was released on March 13, 2009.

They also have a new single out called Natsu Koi Natsu Game which translates to: Summer Love Summer Game and they have released a cd called BB Parallel World that was released on October 20th 2009. On August 21st, 2009 an cafe announced a sudden halt of activity to thier fans: Announcement: An Cafe goes into interim halt of activities August 31, 2009 To all the fans and everyone supporting An Cafe, We regretfully announce that after 6 years since the band was formed in 2003, An Cafe has decided to suspend their activities on January 4th, 2010 with a live show at Nippon Budokan. Without your sincere support to the band till today, we would never have been able to be where we are now. We are so grateful to all your support. In making this decision, there were numerous discussions made between the band members and the staff. In order for An Cafe to step up to the next level, we have come to the conclusion that it is important for each members to charge up by seeing themselves objectively. The decision is rather made with a forward-looking vision. We apologize for conveying this important news to all of you this way, and hope to gain your kind understanding. After the Budokan show, each member will concentrate on their own activity to be prepared for the band to restart in the future. Again, this is our deepest gratitude for everyone who has supported us. Thank you so much. Sincerely An Cafe & Red Cafe staff After thier show at Nippon Budokan on January 4th 2010 they started this hiatus. No one knows for sure when they are coming back. There have been rumors that they will be disbanding but an cafe has not comfimed these rumors.