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{{short description|English rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background      = group_or_band
| name            = Yonaka
| image           = Yonaka - Rockaway Beach.jpg
| landscape       = yes
| caption         = Yonaka performing in 2018
| origin          = [[Brighton]], East Sussex, England
| genre           = [[Alternative rock]]
| years_active    = 2014–present
| label           = {{hlist|[[Asylum Records|Asylum]]|[[Fueled By Ramen]]}}
| website         =
| current_members =
* Theresa Jarvis
* George Edwards
* Alex Crosby
| past_members    = Robert Mason
}}

'''Yonaka''' (stylised as '''YONAKA''') are an English rock band based in [[Brighton]]. The group consists of Theresa Jarvis on vocals, George Edwards on guitar, and Alex Crosby on bass and keyboards. Yonaka released their debut album, ''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow'', on 31 May 2019.

==History==
[[File:Yonaka - Rock am Ring 2023-24.jpg|thumb|Theresa Jarvis at [[Rock am Ring]] 2023]]
===First EPs and ''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow'' (2014–19)===
Yonaka performed on the [[BBC Introducing]] stage at [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]] 2016 and released their debut EP, ''Heavy'', the following year. 2018 saw the group issue two further EPs, ''Teach Me to Fight'' and ''Creature''. The title track from ''Creature'' reached the top spot of the [[Kerrang!#The Official Kerrang! Rock Chart|Kerrang! Rock Chart]] in December 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kerrang! Rock Chart|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/the-kerrang-rock-chart-2/|work=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=21 July 2019|date=5 December 2018}}</ref>

In autumn 2018, the band went on a European tour with [[Bring Me the Horizon]] and [[Fever 333]] and in October 2018, they played a four-track session at the [[Maida Vale Studios|BBC Maida Vale studios]], during which they presented a live [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] of the songs "[[Jumpsuit (song)|Jumpsuit]]" and "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000vwk|title=BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Indie Show with Jack Saunders, Yonaka in Session!|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>

"Teach Me to Fight" was used as the official theme song for the [[WWE]] pay-per-view event [[Fastlane 2019|Fastlane]] in March 2019<ref>{{Cite web|website=Facebook.com|title=Watch the epic WWE Fastlane 2019 open featuring Yonaka's "Teach Me To Fight"|url=https://www.facebook.com/wwe/videos/watch-the-epic-wwe-fastlane-2019-open-featuring-yonakas-teach-me-to-fight/1088560504659118/|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> and in [[Fate: The Winx Saga]].

In May 2019, Yonaka signed with American label [[Fueled by Ramen]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Payne |first1=Chris |title=British Rock Quartet Yonaka Signs With Fueled By Ramen |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/record-labels/8512013/yonaka-sign-fueled-by-ramen |magazine=Billboard |access-date=20 June 2019 |date=17 May 2019}}</ref> ahead of the release of their debut album, ''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow'', on 31 May. The album reached 38 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and 10 on the [[UK Vinyl Albums Chart]].<ref name=SoundMouth>{{cite web|title=Weekly Rock Chart Round-Up|url=https://soundmouth.blogspot.com/2019/06/yonaka-score-uk-chart-debut-weekly-rock.html|work=Sound Mouth|access-date=10 June 2019|date=10 June 2019}}</ref> The band were also nominated for Best British Newcomer at the [[Kerrang! Awards 2019|2019 Kerrang! Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundmouth.blogspot.com/2019/06/kerrang-awards-2019-preview-my-picks.html|title=Kerrang! Awards 2019 Preview|website=Sound Mouth|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>

In December 2019, they featured on Bring Me the Horizon's song "Tapes", which appeared on their EP ''[[Music to Listen To...]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bring Me The Horizon Release Surprise EP Featuring Halsey, YONAKA And More|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/bring-me-the-horizon-release-surprise-ep-featuring-halsey-yonaka-and-more/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=Kerrang!|date=27 December 2019 }}</ref>

===''Seize the Power'' (2020–present)===
In a session made in July 2020 for Amazon Music UK's [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] channel, which was later deleted a month after the broadcast, Yonaka performed for the first time an unreleased song called "Ordinary".

On 27 January 2021, the band released "Seize the Power", the first official single from their [[mixtape]] of the same name. On the track, Yonaka commented: "It's been so long since we released new music and the time has finally come; this is a new chapter for us. We want you to get lost in a feeling of strength and empowerment when listening to this song".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/yonaka-seize-the-power-single-2866014|title=Listen to Yonaka start "a new chapter" with new single 'Seize The Power'|website=Nme.com|date=27 January 2021|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref> The mixtape was released on 15 July 2021 and featured appearances from [[Fever 333]] and [[Barns Courtney]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mixtape review: YONAKA – Seize The Power|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/mixtape-review-yonaka-seize-the-power/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=Kerrang!|date=13 July 2021 }}</ref> Yonaka are scheduled to appear on [[Palaye Royale]]'s 2023 Fever Dream European + UK tour<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/palaye-royale-announce-2023-fever-dream-uk-eu-tour | title=Palaye Royale Announce 2023 Fever Dream UK & EU Tour - News }}</ref> to support ''Seize the Power''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/yonaka |title=Yonaka Tour Dates |website=ents24.com |date=12 January 2022 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112221910/https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/yonaka |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web |title=YONAKA - full Official Charts History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/54113/yonaka/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref name="BEL">{{cite web |title=Yonaka - Discographie / Devenir Fan |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/5dfb5/Yonaka-Don't-Wait-'Til-Tomorrow |website=[[Ultratop]] |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow''
|
* Released: 31 May 2019
* Label: [[Asylum Records|Asylum]] <small>(#9029546935)</small>
* Formats: [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[music download|digital download]]
| 38
| 55
|-
! scope="row"| ''Until You're Satisfied''
|
* Released: 13 March 2026
* Label: Distiller
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download
| —
| —
|}

===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| EP details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Heavy''
|
* Released: 6 October 2017
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
|-
! scope="row"| ''Teach Me to Fight''
|
* Released: 17 August 2018
* Label: Asylum
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
|-
! scope="row"| ''Creature''
|
* Released: 9 November 2018
* Label: Asylum
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
|-
! scope="row"| ''Welcome to My House''
|
* Released: 28 July 2023
* Label: [[Republic Records|Republic]]
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
|}

===Mixtapes===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details
! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Charts|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20210716/9/|title=Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20210716/40|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Seize the Power''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/yonaka-announce-details-of-new-mixtape-seize-the-power-2973425|title=Yonaka announce details of new mixtape 'Seize The Power'|website=[[NME]]|date=20 June 2021|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
|
* Released: 15 July 2021
* Label: Creature
* Formats: LP, digital download
|—{{efn-ua|"Seize the Power" did not enter the UK Albums Chart but did reach number 9 on the UK Vinyl Albums chart.}}
| 43
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref name="BEL"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Ignorance"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| — || —
| rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Drongo"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya"
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Bubblegum"
| — || —
| ''Heavy''
|-
! scope="row"| "F.W.T.B."
| rowspan="5"| 2018
| — || —
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Waves"
| — || —
| ''Teach Me to Fight''
|-
! scope="row"| "Own Worst Enemy"
| — || —
| ''Creature''
|-
! scope="row"| "Creature"
| — || —
|rowspan="4"|''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow''
|-
! scope="row"|"Fired Up"
| — || 39
|-
! scope="row"|"Bad Company"
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"|"Lose Our Heads"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"|"Seize the Power"
| rowspan="3"| 2021
| — || —
| rowspan="3"|''Seize the Power''
|-
! scope="row"|"Ordinary"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"|"Call Me a Saint"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"|"Panic"
| rowspan="2"| 2023
|—
|—
| rowspan="2"|''Welcome to My House''
|-
! scope="row"|"Welcome to My House"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Predator"
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| — || —
| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Fight for the Right"
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Problems"
| rowspan="2"|2025
| — || —
| rowspan="2"|''Until You're Satisfied''
|-
! scope="row"| "Cruel"
|—
|—
|}
* Note that the single "Ignorance" was reworked, becoming "Awake", as included on the album ''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow''.

===Other appearances===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Year
!Band
!Album
|-
|"Tapes" (stylised as "±ªþ³§".)
|2019
|[[Bring Me the Horizon]]
|''[[Music to Listen To...]]''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of music videos, showing year released, director(s) name and album
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" |Title
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Director(s)
!Album/EP
! scope="col" |Ref.
|-
! scope="row" |"Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya"
| rowspan="2" |2017
| rowspan="5" |Yonaka
| rowspan="1" {{Non-album single}}
| align="center" |<ref name="youtube.com">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA - Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya [Official Video]|date=5 July 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFj5VL0MqEQ|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Bubblegum"
|''Heavy (EP)''
| align="center" |<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA - Bubblegum [Official Video]|date=21 November 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9fy6VONu0Q|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Lose Our Heads"
| rowspan="3" |2019
| rowspan="3" |''Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow''
| align="center" |<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA - Lose Our Heads [OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO]|date=14 May 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOPVsA6Y2-c|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow
| align="center" |<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA: Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow [OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO]|date=17 May 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KqIqVLABgo|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Rockstar"
| align="center" |<ref name="YONAKA: Rockstar OFFICIAL VIDEO">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA: Rockstar [OFFICIAL VIDEO]|date=25 July 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvifPawrOw|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Seize the Power"
|2021
|Jade Ang Jackman
|''Seize the Power''
| align="center" |<ref name="youtube">{{Cite web|publisher=[[YouTube]]|title=YONAKA - Seize the Power (Official Video)|date=27 January 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVhNAEmacE|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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