Move (styled as M.O.V.E or m.o.v.e, and previously as move) is a Japanese electro-dance band. The group consists of yuri (Yuri Masuda (益田 祐里, Masuda Yuri)) on vocals and motsu (Mototaka Segawa (瀬川 素公, Segawa Mototaka)) performing the rapping. t-kimura (Takashi Kimura (木村 貴志, Kimura Takashi)) (producer) left the band in 2008.

t-kimura formed the band move and by 1997 they released their first single "Rock it Down", but they achieved fame when their follow-up single, "Around the world" was used in the anime Initial D. In 2005, the group changed their name by adding abbreviation marks between letters and are currently still signed with the avex tune recording label. The same year, the band traveled to the United States and performed at the Anime USA convention in Northern Virginia.

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