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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)

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. It was released as a normal CD-only edition and a limited CD+DVD edition. This album includes the group's single "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer", which was released earlier in 2010. This was the first album that did not feature original lead guitarist Alex Onizawa.

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

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.

Track listing

Notes

• : "Introduction" is an instrumental song.
• : "Wherever You Are" was written by Moriuchi for his friend's wedding.
• : "Nobody's Home" is about Moriuchi's apology and gratitude straightforwardly for his parents Shinichi Mori and Masako Mori.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Niche Syndrome.

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

Singles

Other charted songs

Certifications

References

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13. Ong, Deborah (November 27, 2013). "The Best of J-Rock with One Ok Rock: Live In Singapore". Bandwagon Asia. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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15. "ONE OK ROCK ＠ 日本武道館". Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). November 28, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
16. Niche Syndrome (booklet). One Ok Rock. Amuse Inc./A-Sketch. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
17. "ONE OK ROCKのNicheシンドローム·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK – 'Niche Syndrome' Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
18. "Top 100 Albums Sales". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
19. "年間 アルバムランキング 2016年度" [Annual album ranking: 2016] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
20. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2016年". Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
21. "ONE OK ROCKの完全感覚Dreamer·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
22. "Japanese album certifications – One Ok Rock – Niche Syndrome" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2016年06月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Niche Syndrome at AllMusic

• 2010 albums
• One Ok Rock albums
• A-Sketch albums
• Alternative rock albums by Japanese artists