Meg sat in on a school performance one day, and Yuusuke's voice stood out to him, so he offered him a chance to join the band.
Anti-Nobunaga were now playing areas further from their local hometown and eventually landed a spot at the yearly music festival of Okinawa.
[1] During the summer of 2003, at the yearly music festival in Okinawa, the band's label promoted their spot and eventually they ended up playing for a sold-out crowd.
Due to this festival being a "per show" ticket selling one, it meant that Anti-Nobunaga was the only band to play for a sold-out crowd.
Mākii first rejected the offer due to her wanting to study English abroad, but was later convinced by her future bandmates to watch them perform.
[5] During August, the band released "Days", their fourth single, selling 7,679 copies and not breaking the top 20 mark on the Oricon charts.
Despite this setback, the band was still honored with the Japanese Record Grand Prix's "Rookie of the Year" award, and Mākii's grandmother who had just died was given a tribute just before their performance.
Their 8th single "Enrai ~Tooku ni Aru Akari~" was released on October 25 and used as the ending theme for the third Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Special Edition compilation movie.
"Energy", a B-side song from the "Style ~Get Glory in this Hand~" single, was used in a tribute compilation album composed for the movie Death Note: The Last Name.
The band began the fourth volume of their "Live Bee Loud" tour on March 17, 2008 at the famous Club Quattro in Japan.
On July 1, 2008, it was announced that Mākii had married Dreams Come True bassist Masato Nakamura on June 22, 2008 and would be leaving the band by the end of the year.
In her parting message, Mākii thanked her fellow band members and all of their fans for supporting her and the group for such a long time.
[16] High and Mighty Color appeared at the Zepp in Nagoya, alongside 175R, One Ok Rock and Gollbetty, on August 15 as part of the "Steal The Show Friday Night" lineup.
Spice Records was an Okinawa based studio that maintained minor rights to the band while under SME.
On February 9, 2009, the band announced that a replacement vocalist was found, whose information would soon be added to their website after an extensive overhaul.
[20] The first single, titled "XYZ", featuring the band's new vocalist Halca, was released on iTunes in both Japan and Australia on July 8, 2009.
On March 13, 2010, the band was scheduled to give a live concert with Halca, titled "Night Light Parade Vol.
[citation needed] It was announced on May 19 that on August 11 High and Mighty Color would release a single, "Re:ache", which would be the band's last.
The single was bundled with a DVD of the music videos for "Re:ache" and "Good Bye", as well as live recordings of their American concert from Sakura-Con 2010.