Moran is a rock band from Tokyo, Japan that was founded in December 2007 and started activities in March 2008.

The band's current lineup consists of Hitomi (aka Sanaka/Kanoma, ex-Fatima) on vocals, SIZNA (ex-Ｓｕｇａｒ) on guitar, vivi (ex-DragonWAPPPPPPER) on guitar, Ivy (aka Tomoa, ex-レミング, Dio - Distraught Overlord) on bass, and Soan (aka Towa, ex-Fatima) on drums. Originally the band had Zill on bass (aka Saburo, ex-KuRt) and Velo (aka Takumi) on guitar.

On November 2009, guitarist, Velo, officially decided to leave after Moran's last oneman tour before their hiatus, 「Freeze」. In 2010, with the 3 remaining members, Moran played a few shows as a session band under the name Freeze. In the middle of the year, they had planned to make a comeback from their hiatus with a new guitarist, SIZNA, and started writing new material. However, bassist Zill suddenly passed away on July 23. On August 20, SIZNA's birthday, Moran officially announced that SIZNA has joined as a new permanent member. Moran officially "unfreezes" from their hiatus on December 24, 2010, marked with their oneman live, titled,「Awake」. On March 23, 2011, the band will release a mini-album of new and previously unreleased songs composed by Zill, titled, 「Apples」. On June 9, 2012, Moran announced new official members, vivi (guitar) and Ivy (bass).


--Discography--

Singles:
Element (June 25, 2008)
目下の泥濘 (July 23, 2008)
君のいた五線譜 (November 12, 2008)
Helpless (March 18, 2009)
トリコロール (July 20, 2011)
L'oiseau bleu (January 11, 2012)
SNOWING (February 8, 2012)

Mini-albums:
Heroine (July 22, 2009)
Apples (April 13, 2011)

Singles collection:
Replay (July 7, 2009) - European release on CLJ records


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