Niche Syndrome

Niche Syndrome (Niche シンドローム) is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock, released on June 9, 2010.^[2] It was released as a normal CD-only edition^[3] and a limited CD+DVD edition.^[4] This album includes the group's single "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer", which was released earlier in 2010.^[5][6] This was the first album that did not feature original lead guitarist Alex Onizawa.

Niche Syndrome
Standard edition cover
Studio album by One Ok Rock
Released	June 9, 2010 (2010-06-09)
Studio	Amuse Studio Alive Studio Burnish Stone Studios Sound City Studios Victor Studios Sound Crew Studios
Genre	Alternative rock pop punk post-hardcore emo
Length	48:08
Language	Japanese English
Label	A-Sketch
Producer	One Ok Rock Koichi Korenaga Akkin Satoru Hiraide
One Ok Rock chronology
Kanjō Effect (2008) Niche Syndrome (2010) Zankyo Reference (2011)
Singles from Niche Syndrome
"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" Released: February 3, 2010 "Jibun Rock" Released: April 28, 2010 (rental only at Tsutaya)[1]

The song from the album, "Wherever You Are", peaked at #4 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 89 weeks.^[7] The song was used on NTT Docomo's phone commercial series, "Kazoku-hen".^[8] Their single "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" peaked at #40 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks.^[9]

The release of Niche Syndrome was followed by a Zepp Tour titled One Ok Rock "This Is My Own Judgement" Tour, spanning from June 27 through July 23, 2010.^[6]

Track listing

Niche Syndrome – Standard edition^[10]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Introduction[A]"	-	Takahiro Moriuchi	-	1:00
2.	"Never Let This Go"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Toru Yamashita Ryota Kohama Tomoya Kanki Koichi Korenaga	4:17
3.	"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" (完全感覚Dreamer)	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	4:12
4.	"Konzatsu Communication" (混雑コミュニケーション)	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:19
5.	"Yes I Am"	Yamashita Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:36
6.	"Shake It Down"	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:13
7.	"Jibun Rock" (じぶんRock)	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:47
8.	"Liar"	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Korenaga	3:37
9.	"Wherever You Are[B]"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Korenaga	4:55
10.	"Riot!!!"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Korenaga	4:16
11.	"Adult Suit" (アダルトスーツ)	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	4:11
12.	"Mikansei Kokyokyoku" (未完成交響曲)	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:28
13.	"Nobody's Home[C]"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Satoru Hiraide	4:17
Total length:					48:08

Niche Syndrome – First press limited edition (bonus track)^[11]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Nobody's Home" (With "Attendance" hidden track)	9:14
Total length:		53:07

Niche Syndrome – Limited edition (bonus DVD)^[12]

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" (Music Video)	Hideaki Fukui	4:20
2.	"Jibun Rock" (Music Video)	Hideaki Fukui	3:54
3.	"Liar" (Music Video)	Kensaku Kakimoto	3:49
4.	"Jibun Rock" (Ver.2: MV Shooting Off Shot)		~3:52
5.	"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" (2009.11.26 Live at Zepp Tokyo)		~4:40

Notes

•  :^A "Introduction" is an instrumental song.
•  :^B "Wherever You Are" was written by Moriuchi for his friend's wedding.^[13]
•  :^C "Nobody's Home" is about Moriuchi's apology and gratitude straightforwardly for his parents Shinichi Mori and Masako Mori.^[14][15]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Niche Syndrome.^[16]

One Ok Rock

• Takahiro "Taka" Moriuchi — lead vocals
• Toru Yamashita — guitar, backing vocals
• Ryota Kohama — bass guitar
• Tomoya Kanki — drums

Production

• Hideki Kodera — recording
• Satoru Hiraide — recording, mixing
• Satoshi Hosoi — recording, mixing
• Kensuke Miura — recording
• Ian Cooper — mastering
• Miki Nagashima — assistant engineer
• Naoki Iwata — assistant engineer
• Hideaki Ikawa — assistant engineer
• Norikatsu Teruuchi — assistant engineer
• Masanori Hata — assistant engineer
• Ryota Hattanda — assistant engineer
• Takeshi Baba — assistant engineer
• Kazutaka Minemori — instrument technician
• Yoshiro "Masuo" Arimatsu — instrument technician
• Yukifumi Kaneko — instrument technician
• Kyohei Meguro — instrument technician

Design

• Kazuaki Seki — art direction
• Daichi Shiono — design

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Niche Syndrome Chart (2010) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 4 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[18] 3

Year-end charts Yearly chart performance for Niche Syndrome Chart (2016) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 59 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard)[20] 28

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" (完全感覚Dreamer)	2010	9[21]	40[9]

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Billboard
"Wherever You Are"	2010	4[7]

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Niche Syndrome

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[22]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.