On/Off
Group · Japan · formed 2007 · disbanded 2015
Japanese Jpop duo
Timeline
2000s
2010s
Biography
Biography
On/Off (stylized as ON/OFF) was a Japanese musical duo consisting of twin brothers Naoya and Kazuya Sakamoto. The duo debuted in 2007 with the single "Eien no Setsuna" (永遠の刹那; "Eternal Moment").
2007–2011
On November 21, 2007, On/Off debuted with the single "Eien no Setsuna", which was used as the ending theme song the live-action adaptation of Fūma no Kojirō. The single debuted at number 59 on the Oricon charts.
On June 4, 2008, they released their second single "Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi". The single charted at 19. "Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi" was used as the opening theme song for the first season of anime series Vampire Knight.
On October 15, the duo released the single, "Rinne: Rondo", which became the opening song for Vampire Knight's second season.
On March 4, 2009, the duo released their single "Hana Kagari", which charted at number 18. On April 22, the two released their debut album ''Legend of Twins I: Futago Densetsu''.
On June 9, 2010, they released their single "Butterfly", which was also used in the anime Durarara!! as its ending theme song.
2011–2015
On February 11, 2011, they released their new single "Akatsuki". On May 4, they released their second single "Hajimaru no wa, Sayonara", which was used as second opening for anime series Beelzebub and was composed and produced by popular J-pop artist Daisuke Asakura.
On December 7, they released their last and final work, their second album 'Legend of Twins II: Zoku Futago Densetsu'.
In 2015, On/Off broke-up with the brothers pivoting to other careers.
Members
Naoya Sakamoto (坂本 直弥, Sakamoto Naoya)
Kazuya Sakamoto (坂本 和弥, Sakamoto Kazuya)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put On/Off head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2719990genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2719990seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On/Off_%28Japanese_band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On/Off_%28Japanese_band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q2719990 · MusicBrainz: 8409227a-1e7d-4536-80cd-933a82d5bc14
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