The band currently consists of vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist Toru Yamashita, bassist Ryota Kohama, and drummer Tomoya Kanki.

They play varied styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and emo to post-hardcore and pop punk.

The band rose to international fame with their 2012 single "The Beginning" from their sixth album Jinsei×Boku=, which led them to concerts and music festivals outside of Asia.

[23][24] The history of One Ok Rock began on July 29, 2005, when Toru Yamashita, a high school student, wanted to start a band.

He invited his childhood friend Ryota Kohama, who was also a member of the hip-hop dance group HEADS they were both in years prior.

He told Ryota to learn the bass and asked Alexander Onizawa, who was their senior in school, to join to be their guitarist and his classmate, Yu Koyanagi, to play drums.

[40] The band's next single, "Around the World Shounen", which was planned for a May 6 release as the theme song for the TV drama GodHand Teru, and their nationwide tour were both cancelled.

tour initially in five Zepp music halls across the nation in 6 days, starting Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and ending in a 2-day concert in Tokyo.

[50] The band declared their first overseas tour in Start Walking The World on May and June 2012, covering Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore.

[66] Their next single, "The Beginning", was chosen as the theme song for the live action movie adaptation of the Rurouni Kenshin manga,[67] and was released on August 22, 2012,[67] reaching number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

[73] Their sixth full-length album Jinsei×Boku= was released on March 6, 2013, and managed to reach second place on the Oricon weekly chart.

[81][82] On May 16, the documentary film about their last Europe and Asia Tour, Fool Cool Rock, was released and played for a limited time of four weeks at select theaters.

The film, directed by Hiroyuki Nakano,[83][84] was released on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2014, with promotional screenings in Bangkok, Thailand, and Hong Kong.

In July 2015, One Ok Rock officially announced that they have signed with Warner Bros. Records and planned to re-release 35xxxv as a deluxe edition containing all English tracks on September 25, 2015.

[103] The band was set to have a North American tour in fall 2015 with a few selected cities as headlining artists, but was the opening act for All Time Low and Sleeping with Sirens for the most part.

[108] On March 11, 2016, the band released a new song, "Always Coming Back" , that was featured in NTT Docomo's phone commercial series, "Kanjou no Subete / Nakama".

[115][116] On October 8, Sum 41 released the Japanese edition of their album, 13 Voices, including the song "War" featuring Taka.

Deryck Whibley from Sum 41 mentioned to Alternative Press Japan that "It was great to collaborate with Taka on our new song called War.

[129] On February 9, 2017, the band released a limited CD single "Skyfall", which was only sold during the "Ambitions" Japan Tour at the show venues.

[130] The CD contains 3 songs: "Skyfall" (featuring MAH from SiM, Masato Hayakawa from Coldrain, and Koie from Crossfaith), "Right by your side", and "Manhattan Beach".

[134] One Ok Rock paid tribute to Chester Bennington by covering Linkin Park's song "One More Light" during their live performances.

[146][147] American singer-songwriter Kiiara is the sole guest feature on the album on the track "In the Stars", which was the theme song for the film Fortuna's Eye.

[162] The song was co-written by Ed Sheeran and Coldrain's frontman Masato Hayakawa and was released on April 16, 2021, via Fueled By Ramen for both Japanese and International versions.

[172] On September 6, 2022, the band released a new single, "Vandalize", which was simultaneously announced to be featured as one of the ending themes for the video game Sonic Frontiers.

[177][178] On August 24, 2023, the band released a new single, "Make It Out Alive", in collaboration with Monster Hunter Now, a mobile game that launched on September 14.

[180] One Ok Rock and My First Story – whose vocalist is Taka's brother, Hiro – held a one-night-only live show "VS" at Tokyo Dome on November 14, 2023.

[181] On May 13, 2024 lead singer Taka announced on his Instagram live that the band finished recording their new album in Los Angeles, which will have a more hard rock sound.

[182] The band also announced the 2024 Premonition World Tour, with stadium concerts in Tokyo, Kaohsiung, Düsseldorf, Paris, London, Toronto and Los Angeles in September and October.

[185][186] On January 19, 2025 the band released the single "Puppets Can’t Control You", which is used as the theme song for the Japanese television drama Mikami Sensei.

[189] The group's initial idea began when Yamashita wanted to start a rock band and invited Kohama to join him.