Arashi
| Arashi | |
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| General information | |
| origin |
 Japan , Tokyo
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| Genre (s) | J-pop , rock , R&B , hip-hop |
| founding | 1999 |
| Website | http://www.j-storm.co.jp/ |
| Current occupation | |
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Satoshi Ōno Shō Sakurai Masaki Aiba Kazunari Ninomiya Jun Matsumoto |
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Arashi ( jap. 嵐 , dt. Storm ) are a Japanese boy band that consists of five members and arose from the talent factory of Johnny & Associates ( Johnny's Jimusho ).
After the members, as is usual at Johnny's, spent some time with the organization as Johnny's Juniors and thus gained fame, they made their debut on September 16, 1999 in Honolulu , Hawaii . On October 31 of the same year, they released their first maxi-single entitled A.RA.SHI (German Sturm ) on the Pony Canon label , with which they stayed until 2001. Since 2002, her publications have been produced and distributed by J Storm . Many of her singles are used as theme songs for various dorama. In November 2006, Arashi were the first Johnny & Associates band to perform in South Korea.
All members have already gained a lot of experience in the film industry. So they played in numerous drama and appeared in many different commercials.
Their music moves mainly in the regions of J-Pop , but the hip-hop style also plays a role and is brought in by Sakurai Sho.
biography
Since Arashi already existed as a group some time before their debut as Johnny's Juniors , they were celebrated by more than 80,000 fans at their debut performance. Their first single A.RA.SHI became a hit.
More singles and albums followed. They also released two films, Pika ★ nchi: Life is Hard dakedo Happy and Pika ★★ nchi Double: Life is Hard dakara Happy , in which they starred.
Due to the large crowd of Korean fans at Arashi's press conference in Korea as part of their Jet Storm Tour promoting their new album Arashic , Johnny's decided that Arashi should be the first of their bands to give concerts in South Korea. The four concerts were sold out within a very short time; according to press reports, the 150,000 tickets for the first concert were taken within an hour. Apart from these concerts, the group represented Japan at the Asia Song Festival 2006 , also held in South Korea.
successes
Arashi has released 11 albums and 27 singles so far (as of August 2009). The single Love so Sweet , released on February 21, 2007, became the title track of the successful dorama series Hana Yori Dango 2 and secured first place in the Oricon daily and weekly rankings. Her single from May 2nd of the same year also reached the highest chart position in the first week. In total, Arashi have eight singles (by August 2007) that immediately climbed to first place and 15 singles that reached it.
Arashi's album Time also debuted from number one on the Oricon charts, selling 191,000 copies in its first week.
In April 2007, Arashi performed at their biggest concert to date. Arashi Around Asia took place in the Osaka Dome ( Kyocera Dome Osaka ) and the Tokyo Dome , with a total capacity of 100,000 seats.
In 2008 Arashi managed to reach both number 1 and number two in the Oricon annual charts, which no other artist had achieved since 1989.
In 2010, Arashi were elected "Face of Japan" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Aiba Masaki, Matsumoto Jun and Sakurai Sho gave the greeting "We are waiting for you in Japan!" At the associated press conference. in Chinese, Korean and English respectively.
In April 2010, Arashi broke all sales records again with their DVD ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5 × 10 , with the DVD already selling 477,000 copies in the first week and reaching the top of the Oricon charts. Even in the second week, the DVD does not deviate from first place, which is a great success in view of the high release rate in Japan. For Arashi it is already the 2nd DVD 2010 that has succeeded, the 3rd in her entire career.
Members
- Satoshi Ōno
- Born on November 26, 1980 in Tokyo. He is the group leader and often lead singer who was appointed by a rock-paper-scissors game against Shō Sakurai. At the same time he is Arashi's best dancer, so he is often responsible for the choreography. In April 2006, he gave a solo concert, apart from that he is a member, the least likely in drama occurs, television shows and the like. After his leading roles in the series Maō at the side of Ikuta Toma in 2008 and then Uta no Onii-san , he took on the lead role in the real-life film adaptation of the manga and anime classic Kaibutsu-kun in 2010 .
- Shō Sakurai
- Born on January 25, 1982 in Tokyo. Sakurai sings most of the rap parts that fans refer to as Sakurap . He wrote many of the lyrics himself. He was the first to give a solo concert. Since 2007 he has been co-host of the NTV channel's News Zero show . He graduated from Keio University . Although he did not become the leader of the group, the other members found him to be the best leader.
- Masaki Aiba
- Born on December 24, 1982 in Chiba. He used to play the saxophone, but had to give up after going through an operation for a collapsed lung. He is the co-host of the Tensai! Shimura Dōbutsuen . He has problems with his Japanese when it comes to reading Kanji correctly.
- Kazunari Ninomiya
- Born on June 17, 1983 in Tokyo. Besides Matsumoto, he is the one who starred in most of the drama and films. His biggest role was in Clint Eastwood 's Letters from Iwo Jima . He plays guitar, some piano, composes and writes lyrics. He describes himself as an otaku .
- Jun Matsumoto
- Born on August 30, 1983 in Tokyo. Mostly known as MatsuJun , he's the one with the greatest sex appeal . He was the first man to appear on the cover of Marie Claire's Japanese edition . He is well known as he starred in many successful drama such as Bambino , Gokusen , Kimi wa Pet and Hana Yori Dango .
- Matsumoto Jun is one of the three idols that are considered "elite" at Johnny's, as he was directly selected by Johnny Kitagawa without prior audition.
As a group, Arashi have hosted a number of shows, currently hosting Himitsu no Arashi-chan , Arashi ni Shiyagare and VS Arashi .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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JP
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| 2001 | Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu! |
JP1  (5 weeks)JP |
First published: Jan 24, 2001
Sales: 400,000 |
| 2002 | Here We Go! |
JP2  (6 weeks)JP |
First published: July 17, 2002
Sales: 200,000 |
| 2003 | How's It Going? |
JP2 (11 weeks)JP |
First published: July 9, 2003
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2004 | Iza, Now |
JP1 (10 weeks)JP |
First published: July 21, 2004
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2005 | One |
JP1 (17 weeks)JP |
First published: August 3, 2005
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2006 | Arashic |
JP1 (22 weeks)JP |
First published: July 5, 2006
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2007 | Time |
JP1 (86 weeks)JP |
First published: July 11, 2007
Sales: 250,000 |
| 2008 | Dream "A" Live |
JP1 (53 weeks)JP |
First published: April 23, 2008
Sales: 250,000 |
| 2010 | Boku no Miteiru Fūkei |
JP1  (85 weeks)JP |
First published: August 4, 2010
Sales: 1,000,000 |
| 2011 | Beautiful World |
JP1 (29 weeks)JP |
Initial Release: July 6, 2011
Sales: 1,000,000 |
| 2012 | Popcorn |
JP1 × 3
(70 weeks)JP |
First published: October 31, 2012
Sales: 750,000 |
| 2013 | Love |
JP1 × 3
(41 weeks)JP |
First published: October 23, 2013
Sales: 750,000 |
| 2014 | The Digitalian |
JP1 × 3
(46 weeks)JP |
First published: October 22, 2014
Sales: 750,000 |
| 2015 | Japonism |
JP1 (58 weeks)JP |
Initial release: October 21, 2015
Sales: 1,000,000 |
| 2016 | Are you happy? |
JP1 × 3
(39 weeks)JP |
First published: October 26, 2016
Sales: 750,000 |
| 2017 | Untitled |
JP1 × 3
(70 weeks)JP |
First published: October 18, 2017
Sales: 750,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arashi concert in Korea sold out within an hour ( memento of the original from November 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KBS Global. Accessed March 2007.
- ↑ Arashi to Charm East Asia as "Face of Japan"! . Musicjapanplus . April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ Arashi Rewrote Sales Record and Won No.1 on DVD Chart. Musicjapanplus , April 15, 2010, accessed April 15, 2010 .
- ↑ Arashi Ranking No.1 With their Anniversary Live DVD for the 2nd Week! . Musicjapanplus . April 21, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑ Arashi Ohno to Star in the Drama Adapted from Popular Manga of Fujiko Fujio A! . Musicjapanplus . February 14, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ↑ 嵐 の 作品 . In: Oricon .
