Nov 07 2008

Arashi

Published by celestia

From left to right- Aiba, Ohno, Sakurai, Ninomiya, Matsumoto

Members

  • Aiba Masaki
  • Matsumoto Jun
  • Ninomiya Kazunari
  • Ohno Satoshi
  • Sakurai Sho

Background

Arashi (嵐) debuted in 1999 aboard a cruise ship in Hawaii (making 2009 their 10th anniversary year). The youngest members were only 14 at the time. They have been quite successful throughout their career, but have bloomed to new heights of popularity in the last couple years, both in Japan and abroad. Several Arashi members are very active in television dramas and movies, most notably Matsumoto Jun. Ninomiya Kazunari has also made a name for himself in acting by playing a lead role in “Letters From IwoJima”. As a group, Arashi has had a variety of their own TV shows over the years, 17 in total. Currently they host 3 shows: “Arashi no Shukudai-kun”, a talk show, “Himitsu no Arashi-chan” an informative variety show, and “VS Arashi” a game show. As evidenced by all of their work on TV, Arashi is very much a group whose appeal is built on the personalities of the members. The members are also known for all being very close friends. A bit too close if you ask some people. =p

Their music style usually centers around happy pop songs. While Arashi has songs of other genres in their catalog, “feel good” music makes up the majority of their repitour. For most of their songs, Ohno Satoshi sings lead vocals, and Sakurai Sho provides rap sections. As of “Beautiful Days”, Arashi has 20 singles and 7 albums ranking in at #1 weekly. Arashi also had both the highest and second highest selling single of 2008.

Discography

Singles

  • A.Ra.Shi, 11/3/1999
  • Sunrise Nippon, 4/5/2000
  • Typhoon Generation, 7/12/2000
  • Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi, 11/8/2000
  • Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru, 4/18/2001
  • Jidai, 8/1/2001
  • A Day in Our Life, 2/6/2002
  • Nice na Kokoroiki, 4/17/2002
  • Pika*Nchi, 10/17/2002
  • Tomadoi Nagara, 2/13/2003
  • Hadashi no Mirai/Kotoba Yori Taisetsuna Mono, 9/3/2003
  • Pika**nchi Double, 2/18/2004
  • Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy/Hero, 8/18/2004
  • Sakura Sake, 3/23/2005
  • WISH, 11/16/2005
  • Kitto Daijoubu, 5/17/2006
  • Aozora Pedal, 8/1/2006
  • Love so Sweet, 2/21/2007
  • We Can Make It, 5/2/2007
  • Happiness, 9/5/2007
  • Step and Go, 2/20/2008
  • One Love, 6/25/2008
  • Truth/ Kaze no Mukou e, 8/20/2008
  • Beautiful Days, 11/5/2008

Albums

  • Arashi no.1 ~Arashi wa Arashi wo Yobu~, 1/24/2001
  • Arashi Single Collection 1999-2001, 5/16/2002
  • Here we go!, 7/17/2002
  • How’s it going?, 7/9/2003
  • Iza, Now, 7/21/2004
  • 5X5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004, 11/10/2004
  • One, 8/3/2005
  • Arashic, 7/5/2006
  • Time, 7/11/2007
  • Dream ‘A’ Live, 4/23/2008

Downloads

A.Ra.Shi- Debut single, anthem, calling card, and most popular single to date. We! Are! COOL!!

Love so Sweet- The theme to the second season of Matsumoto Jun’s hit drama series, “Hana Yori Dango”. Very typical Arashi: fun, happy, and catchy. Also very very popular.

Truth- One of their most recent singles. The theme to Ohno’s drama “Maou”. This song is much darker than Arashi’s usual fare.

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