Da-Ice

Da-Ice
General information
Genre (s)	J-pop
founding	2011
Website	da-ice.jp
Founding members
Singing and dancing	Yūdai Ōno
Singing and dancing	Sōta Hanamura
dance	Taiki Kudo
dance	Tōru Iwaoka
dance	Hayate Wade

Da-Ice (spelling: Da-iCE) is a five-piece Japanese boy band that officially debuted on YouTube in 2012 .

Career

prehistory

In January 2011, the five Japanese boys Yūdai Ōno, Sōta Hanamura, Taiki Kudō, Iwaoka Tōru and Hayate Wade started their activities as a band called Da-Ice . Finally, they gave their first appearance on April 11th at Shibuya Vuenos and were thus able to establish a greater degree of awareness. To make the band known, the first music video for the song Splash was released on YouTube , on the official Avexnetwork channel of Avex Trax . With the music video, which was described as Exclusive YouTube Tune , they were able to gain attention and the fan base grew quickly. In order to keep the fan base growing, the group appeared on September 22nd and 23rd, 2012 as opening act for the Japanese music group AAA . The first extended play finally followed on December 12th of that year, but could only be purchased through the trading chain HMV in Japan. Despite the limited sale and although there was no musical entry of the band on Oricon , the group made it into the charts. In order to promote the extended play, the Da-Ice Live Tour Phase followed: 0 tour in January 2013. Because of the strong fan base, the second tour followed in May of that year with the title Da-Ice Live Tour Phase: 1 . This was followed by the group's first single I'll Be Back in June and although they were marketed under Avex Trax, their previous two releases have been considered independent releases. The single I'll Be Back reached # 14 on the Oricon charts in the first week of sales and stayed there for three weeks. Due to the increased attention, it was announced during the Da-Ice Live Tour Phase: 1 tour on July 11th at the DiverCity Tokyo concert hall that they would make their debut under a record company in 2014 and break away from independent status.

Since 2014: Official debut

On January 1, 2014, the second and first official single Shout It Out , by Da-Ice, for January 15 of that year, was advertised with a preview on the official YouTube channel of Universal Music Japan . In the first week of sales, the single started at # 4 on the charts and sold more than 15,000 times over three weeks. In March of that year, the third tour followed with the title Da-Ice Live Tour: Phase 2 . The second single was not long in coming either, as it was released in April of that year with the title Toki . Finally, the third single followed, Hush Hush ( ハ ッ シ ュ ハ ッ シ ュ ) and is currently the most successful record of the band. This single started at # 8 on the charts and only stayed there for two weeks, but on the first day of sales at # 3, it had sold 18,168 units. In total, the single then sold almost 24,000 times. On October 15th, the band finally released their debut album Fight Back and the first video release Da-Ice Live Tour: Phase 2 in DVD format.

The single Mō Ichido Dake ( も う 一度 だ け ) was released on January 7, 2015 and ushers in a new era for the band. The next single Billion Dreams followed in April of that year and was released for the first time in different versions. They made it to # 2 on the weekly Oricon chart with Billion Dreams . The single Everybody ( エ ビ バ デ ィ ) was announced for August 12 , which finally debuted at # 3 with 38,100 units sold in the first week. Due to the increasing success it was decided to announce another single with the title Hello for November 4th.

Members

• Yūdai Ōno ( 大野 雄 大 , Ōno Yūdai ; born April 1, 1989 in Aichi Prefecture )
• Sōta Hanamura ( 花 村 想 太 , Hanamura Sōta ; born April 15, 1990 in Hyōgo Prefecture )
• Taiki Kudō ( 工藤 大 輝 , Kudō Taiki ; born June 28, 1987 in Hokkaidō )
• Tōru Iwaoka ( 岩 岡 徹 , Iwaoka Tōru ; born June 6, 1987 in Chiba Prefecture )
• Hayate Wade ( 和田 颯 , Wade Hayate ; born February 3, 1994 in Gunma Prefecture )

Discography

Albums

publication	title	Chart position	Sales	annotation
December 12, 2012	Da-Ice	33 (1 week)	5,000	1st EP
15th October 2014	Fight back	3 (7 weeks)	16,000	Debut album
0January 6, 2016	Every season	2 (5 weeks)	54,000	2nd studio album
January 25, 2017	Next phase	4 (6 weeks)	50,000	3rd studio album
18th August 2018	Bet	3 (8 weeks)	43,000	4th studio album
0June 6, 2019	Da-Ice Best	2 (19 weeks)	45,000	1st compilation
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and only related to Japan. "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Singles

publication	title	Chart position	Sales	annotation
05th June 2013	I'll be back	14 (3 weeks)	7,000	Independent single
15th January 2014	Shout it out	4 (3 weeks)	16,000	1. Single
April 11, 2014	Toki	5 (4 weeks)	17,000	2nd single
August 27, 2014	Hush Hush ハ ッ シ ュ ハ ッ シ ュ	8 (2 weeks)	24,000	3. Single
0January 7, 2015	Mō Ichido Dake も う 一度 だ け Again only	2 (3 weeks)	22,000	4. Single
April 15, 2015	Billion Dreams	4 (3 weeks)	26,000	5. Single
August 12, 2015	Everybody エ ビ バ デ ィ	3 (1 week)	38,000	6. Single
04th November 2015	Hello	3 (1 week)	35,000	7. Single
0April 6, 2016	Watch out	3 (3 weeks)	36,000	8. Single
20th July 2016	Paradive パ ラ ダ イ ブ	3 (2 weeks)	48,000	9. Single
0November 2, 2016	Koigokoro 恋 ご こ ろ	3 (3 weeks)	30,000	10. Single
June 14, 2017	Tonikaku Hey ト ニ カ ク HEY	2 (3 weeks)	36,000	11. Single
August 30, 2017	Kimi Iro 君 色	4 (3 weeks)	32,000	12. Single
17th January 2018	Tokyo Merry Go Round	2 (3 weeks)	50,000	13. Single
May 30, 2018	Fake show	3 (1 week)	45,000	14. Single
November 21, 2018	Kumo wo Nuketa Aozora 雲 を 抜 け た 青 空 The blue sky through which clouds float	- (... where.)	-	15. Single
April 24, 2019	Fake Me, Fake Me Out	3 (3 weeks)	39,000	16. Single
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only. "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Download singles

1. Hush Hush (with Dance Part) (released August 20, 2014)
2. Merry Christmas to You (released November 2, 2016)
3. Ōsaka Lover ( 大阪 ) (released June 12, 2017)
4. Shin Ōsaka ( 新 大阪 ) (released March 20, 2019)

Video publications

publication	title	Chart position	Sales	annotation
15th October 2014	Da-Ice Live Tour: Phase 2	9 (4 weeks)	3,000	1st concert - DVD
April 15, 2015	Da-Ice Live Tour Phase 3: Fight Back	12 (5 weeks)	3,000	2nd concert - DVD
0April 6, 2016	Da-Ice Live House Tour 2015-2016: Phase 4 Hello	3 (2 weeks)	5,000	3rd concert - DVD
June 14, 2017	Da-Ice Live House Tour 2015-2016: Phase 5 Final in Nippon Budōkan Da-iCE HALL TOUR 2016 -PHASE 5- FINAL in 日本 武 道 館	4 (8 weeks)	-	4th concert - DVD
March 14, 2018	Da-Ice Live Tour 2017: Next Phase	5 (DVD) (2 weeks) 6 (BD) (1 week)	11,000	5th concert - Blu-ray , DVD
0June 6, 2019	Da-Ice 5th Anniversary Tour: Bet	- (DVD) (... weeks) - (BD) (... weeks)	-	6th concert - Blu-ray , DVD
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only. "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Songs

Ordered by publication

1. New Day
2. Splash
3. Umbrella
4. Five
5. was standing
6. I'll be back
7. Setsunakute ( せ つ な く て )
8. Shout it out
9. What you say
10. Toki
11. Sign
12. Hush Hush ( ハ ッ シ ュ ハ ッ シ ュ )
13. Startin 'Up
14. You & I
15. Fight back
16. Bomb
17. Noise
18. Did you know?
19. Stay
20. I still love you
21. Lost love
22. Mō Ichido Dake ( も う 一度 だ け )
23. Kono Kyoku no Sei ( こ の 曲 の せ い )
24. Boku no Kiseki ( ぼ く の キ セ キ )
25. Billion Dreams
26. Fashionable
27. Namida no Yōryō ( ナ ミ ダ の 容量 )
28. Eternally
29. Everybody ( エ ビ バ デ ィ )
30. Bamby Ride
31. Be your man
32. My Dearest
33. Hello
34. Up to the stars
35. Cynical Life
36. I got your back
37. Kirenai Mama no Kōto ( 着 れ な い ま ま の コ ー ト )
38. Back to the future
39. Every season
40. Watch out
41. Sora ( 空 )
42. Paradive ( パ ラ ダ イ ブ )
43. Date
44. 366 Nichi ( 366 日 )
45. Ketsui no Asa ni ( 決意 の 朝 に )
46. Koigokoro ( 恋 ご こ ろ )
47. Yes or No
48. Desperado
49. 100 Kai no Kiss ( 100 回 の )
50. Merry Christmas to You
51. Next phase
52. Step Back!
53. Chocolate Sympathy
54. Free falling
55. Fantasy
56. Reason
57. Bond
58. Two as one
59. Ōsaka lover ( 大阪 )
60. Tonikaku Hey ( ト ニ カ ク )
61. Sugar high
62. Sunadokei ( 砂 時 計 )
63. Kimi Iro ( 君 色 )
64. Fly higher
65. Itsuka Mata Aeru Nara ( い つ か ま た 会 え る な ら )
66. Love letter
67. Tokyo Merry Go Round
68. Waru Guchi ( わ る ぐ ち )
69. Melancholy ( メ ラ ン コ リ ー )
70. Hitofuyu
71. Fake show
72. Limits
73. Bet
74. It's not over
75. Flash back
76. Live Goes On
77. Regret ( リ グ レ ッ ト )
78. Blackjack
79. Bodyguard
80. Itsuka ... ( い つ か ...)
81. Shin Ōsaka ( 新 大阪 )
82. Fake Me, Fake Me Out
83. Welcome!
84. Isshō no Onegai ( 一生 の お 願 い )

• Cover:

1. Freedom (original from Globe )
2. A Whole New World (original by Brad Caleb Kane and Lea Salonga )
3. Into You (original by Ariana Grande )

• Collaborations:

1. Fly Away (with Stevie Hoang )
2. Super Fiction (with Sky-Hi )

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oricon I'll be back (初 回 限定 盤 A) In Oricon (Japanese), accessed February 2, 2015
2. ↑ Generasia Shout It Out (Da-iCE) In generasia (English), accessed on February 2, 2015
3. ↑ Generasia Hush Hush In Generasia , accessed February 2, 2015
4. ↑ Generasia Everybody (Da-iCE) In generasia (English), accessed on October 18, 2015