The band declared their first overseas tour in Start Walking The World on May and June 2012, covering Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore.[54] They headlined Rock in Japan Festival on the main stage,[55] as well as Summer Sonic 2012,[56] and headlined Oga Namahage Rock Festival, Rising Sun Rock Festival, and Sweet Love Shower.[57] Their next single, "The Beginning", was chosen as the theme song for the live action movie adaptation of the Rurouni Kenshin manga,[58] and was released on August 22, 2012,[58] reaching number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[59] Later, "The Beginning" won two awards - Best Rock Video from the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan[60] and a second award as Best Your Choice in Space Shower Music Video Awards.[61]
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On January 9, 2013, One Ok Rock released the double single "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps", and hit 2nd place on the Oricon charts.[62] The song "Nothing Helps" was used for the Japanese version of the video game DmC: Devil May Cry,[63] and "Deeper Deeper" was used for the commercial of Suzuki Swift Sport in Japan.[64] Their sixth full-length album JinseiBoku= was released on March 6, 2013, and managed to reach second place on the Oricon weekly chart.[65] In October 2013 the band went on their first tour outside Asia and visited Europe for five concerts.[66][67] Four out of the five concerts in Europe were sold out almost immediately.[68]
The band released their single, The Beginning. The title track was chosen as the theme song for the live action movie adaptation of the Rurouni Kenshin manga. This single won as "Best Rock Video" from the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2013 and award as Best Your Choice in Space Shower Music Video Awards. Currently "The Beginning" is the most popular song by the band, having reached more than 90 million views in their YouTube channel, and became the most watched Japanese rock video, further skyrocketing ONE OK ROCK's popularity.
In October 2013 the band went on their first tour outside Asia and visited Europe for five concerts. Four out of the five concerts in Europe were sold out almost immediately.[10] In November 2013, they continued the tour in Asia and visited Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan. In February 2014 they visited the US to hold two concerts in New York and Los Angeles and added two more dates in Philadelphia and Toronto in May. They also performed at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio, their first festival outside Asia. In April 01, 2014, they played at an opening gig in Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA, United States for Warped Tour 2015 kickoff party. Another line-ups are Bad Rabbits, Issues, Wax, Watsky, SECRETS and This Wild Life. In June and July 2014 they joined VANS WARPED TOUR 2014 and performed in eighteen cities in North America. On May 16, the documentary film about their last Europe and Asia Tour, "FOOL COOL ROCK" debuted and played for a limited time of four weeks at select theaters. This movie was directed by Hiroyuki Nakano.The documentary FOOL COOL ROCK will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2014,[11][12] and will include an extra screening from Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong.[13]
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