Barādon

Barādon (バラー丼) is the first ballad greatest hits album released by Japanese pop rock band Ikimono-gakari.

[3] Consequently, Ikimono-gakari became the first mixed group in over sixteen years to achieve five consecutive number one albums on the Oricon weekly chart.

The band claim to have decided upon the name whilst touring in Sapporo, Hokkaidō.

Originally the band's guitarist, Yamashita Hotaka, was planning on naming the album "バラードだべ" (Barādo-dabe) where "dabe" is a copula in the Hokkaidō dialect, but the band settled for the current title after concluding that "Barādo-dabe" was of poor quality.

[8][9] As a result of the use of "donburi" in the title, the lead singer (Kiyoe Yoshioka) and the two guitarists (Yoshiki Mizuno and Hotaka Yamashita) dressed up as a restaurant landlady and Itamaes respectively for both promotional appearances and the album cover.