Speed ​​(music group)

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speed
General information
Genre (s) Pop , RnB , dance , hip-hop
founding 1996, 2008
resolution 2003
Website Avex (Japanese)
Vision Factory (Japanese)
Founding members
singing
 Eriko Imai
singing
 Hiroko Shimabukuro
singing
 Hitoe Arakaki
singing
 Takako Uehara

Speed (spelling: SPEED) is a four-piece Japanese girl band from Okinawa , which was very popular throughout Asia , especially in the 1990s. All four members graduated from Okinawa Actors School , where popular artists such as Namie Amuro and MAX were trained.

They are also the most successful music group in Asia, as they have sold more than 20 million CDs in just three years and eight months.

Career

Speed ​​made her debut on August 5, 1996 with her first single, Body & Soul , in Japan. The single landed at number 4 on the Oricon charts and sold more than 600,000 times in Japan. Because of its success, the second single was released on November 18, 1996, under the name Steady . With Steady , the band also achieved a milestone in the Japanese music industry, as this single sold more than a million times in Japan alone. After another single Go! Go! Heaven , which was released in March 1997 and with which the group was able to reach the top of the Oricon charts for the first time, the band released their first studio album in May 1997. The studio album got the title Starting Over and finally landed at number 1 on the Oricon charts, where it stayed in the charts for up to 53 weeks and sold almost two million times.

Over time, Speed ​​released more and more albums and singles, but on March 31, 2000 the band members went their separate ways. The reasons for this were plans for solo careers and their studies. Her short comeback followed on August 27, 2003 with the release of the single Be My Love and although the single sold more than 120,000 times, the single could not build on the previous successes. After another single release, Walking in the Rain / Stars to Shine Again , which could sell up to 30,000 times, and the studio album Bridge , Speed took a break again.

An actual comeback followed on November 12, 2008 with the single Ashita no Sora ( あ し た の 空 ). The members of Speed ​​have decided not to take any time off for the time being.

Members

Eriko Imai

  • Birth name: Imai Eriko ( 今井 絵 理 子 )
  • Artist name: Imai Eriko, Elly
  • Date of birth: September 22, 1983 in Okinawa , Japan.
  • Other: Eriko has a son, Raimu Kinoshita .

Hiroko Shimabukuro

  • Birth name: Shimabukuro Hiroko ( 島 袋 寛 子 )
  • Artist name: Shimabukuro Hiroko, Hiro
  • Date of birth: April 7, 1984 in Okinawa, Japan.

Hitoe Arakaki

  • Birth name: Arakaki Hitoe ( 新 垣 仁 絵 )
  • Artist name: Arakaki Hitoe, Koshifuri-man
  • Date of birth: April 7, 1981 in Okinawa, Japan.

Takako Uehara

  • Birth name: Uehara Takako ( 上原 多 香 子 )
  • Artist name: Uehara Takako, Obaachan
  • Date of birth: January 14, 1983 in Okinawa, Japan.

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
May 21, 1997 Starting over 1 1,766,000 1st studio album
April 29, 1998 Rise 1 2,048,000 2nd studio album
December 16, 1998 moment 1 2,319,000 1st compilation
December 22, 1999 Carry On My Way 1 885,000 3rd studio album
March 29, 2000 Dear Friends 1 4th 506,000 2nd compilation
Dear Friends 2 3 522,000 3. Compilation
December 19, 2001 Speed: Memorial Live
One More Dream + Remix !!!
 7th 84,000 1. Live album
November 27, 2003 bridge 9 98,000 4th studio album
February 25, 2004 Best Hits Live:
Save the Children Speed ​​Live 2003
 15th 19,000 2. Live album
0August 5, 2009 Speedland: The Premium Best Re Tracks 2 107,000 1. Cover album
November 14, 2012 4 colors 16 11,000 5th studio album
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Singles

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
05th August 1996 Body & Soul 4th 638,000 1. Single
November 18, 1996 Steady 2 1,279,000 2nd single
March 26, 1997 Go! Go! Heaven 1 665,000 3. Single
0August 6, 1997 Wake me up! 2 671,000 4. Single
October 15, 1997 White love 1 1,845,000 5. Single
February 18, 1998 My graduation 1 1,475,000 6. Single
0July 1, 1998 Alive 1 965,000 7. Single
October 28, 1998 All My True Love 1 1,013,000 8. Single
February 17, 1999 Precious Time 2 623,000 9. Single
May 19, 1999 Breakin 'Out to the Morning 2 582,000 10. Single
0November 3, 1999 Long Way Home 2 481,000 11. Single
December 12, 2001 One more dream 5 136,000 12. Single
August 27, 2003 Be my love 25th 126,000 13. Single
November 27, 2003 Walking in the Rain / Stars to Shine Again 13 29,000 14. Single
November 12, 2008 Ashita no Sora
あ し た の 空
 3 75,000 15. Single
May 27, 2009 SPD 8th 29,000 16. Single
April 21, 2010 Himawari: Growing Sunflower
ヒ マ ワ リ ~ Growing Sunflower ~
 9 21,000 17. Single
0September 1, 2010 Yubiwa
指環
 10 15,000 18. Single
November 10, 2010 Let's heat up! 15th 14,000 19. Single
August 10, 2011 Little dancer 18th 10,000 20th single
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Video publications

publication title Chart position Sales annotation
November 19, 1997
+ September 18, 2003
 Speed ​​First Live:
Starting Over from Odaiba
 77 (DVD) - 1st concert - DVD and VHS
March 18, 1998
+ October 22, 2003
 Speed ​​spirits 80 (DVD) - 1. Video compilation - DVD and VHS
January 20, 1999
+ September 18, 2003
 Speed ​​Tour Rise in Tokyo Dome 67 (DVD) - 2. Concert - DVD and VHS
0March 1, 2000
+ September 18, 2003
 Speed ​​Final Dome Tour Real Life 45 (DVD) - 3. Concert - DVD and VHS
0March 1, 2000
+ October 22, 2003
 Speed ​​Spirits II 79 (DVD) - 2. Video compilation - DVD and VHS
December 20, 2000 Speed ​​Video Clips
Speed ​​Spirits Complete
 7th - 3. Video compilation - DVD
December 25, 2003
+ March 24, 2005
 Save the Children
Speed ​​Live 2003
 17th - 4th concert - DVD
December 30, 2009 Welcome to Speedland
Speed ​​Live @ Nippon Budokan
 11 - 5th concert - DVD
November 24th 2010
+12. December 2012
 Glowing Sunflower
Speed ​​Live 2010 @ Osaka Jo Hall
 16 - 6. Concert - DVD and Blu-ray
April 27, 2011 Bible: Speed ​​Best Clips 22nd - 4. Video compilation - DVD
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only.
"-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Metropolis Speed: The comeback queens are all grown up. Accessed August 10, 2012
  2. ↑ Variety Top Japanese girl group Speed ​​coming to a halt (English) ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2012 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. Retrieved August 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  3. ↑ Generasia Body & Soul (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  4. ↑ Generasia Steady (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  5. ↑ Generasia Starting Over (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  6. ↑ Tokyograph SPEED gets back together (English) Retrieved on August 10, 2012
  7. ↑ Generasia Be My Love (English). Retrieved August 10, 2012
  8. ↑ Generasia Walking in the Rain / Stars to Shine Again (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  9. ↑ Generasia Ashita no Sora (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  10. ↑ a b c d Generasia Imai Eriko (English) Retrieved on August 10, 2012
  11. ↑ a b c Generasia Shimabukuro Hiroko (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  12. ↑ a b c Generasia Arakaki Hitoe (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  13. ↑ a b c Generasia Uehara Takako (English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  14. ↑ Oricon CD Ranking Albums - Speed ​​(Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2012
  15. ↑ a b c Generasia Speed ​​(English) Retrieved August 10, 2012
  16. ↑ Oricon CD Ranking Singles - Speed ​​(Japanese). Accessed August 10
  17. ↑ Oricon Video Ranking - Speed ​​(Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2012