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
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Niche Syndrome Chart (2010) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 4 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan) 3
Year-end charts + 2016, year-end chart performance for Niche Syndrome Chart (2016) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 59 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard) 28
+ 2025 year-end chart performance for Niche Syndrome Chart (2025) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 49
Singles Title Year Peak positions JPNOricon JPNBillboard"Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" (完全感覚Dreamer) 2010 9 40
Other charted songs Title Year Peak positions JPNBillboard"Wherever You Are" 2010 4
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