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ARASHI <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Arashi.jpg </td></tr>

Background information <tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Japan</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Pop R&B bubblegum music</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1999 - Present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Pony Canyon (1999 -2001)" "J-Storm (2002 - Present)</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">http://www.j-storm.co.jp</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Masaki Aiba Jun Matsumoto Kazunari Ninomiya Satoshi Ohno Sho Sakurai</td></tr>

Arashi (嵐, Japanese word for storm), is a Japanese five-member boy band under Johnny & Associates. They made their debut in September 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The group was signed to the Pony Canyon record label from 1999 to 2001, (which released their first singles (A-RA-SHI to Jidai) and their first album, ARASHI ICHIGOU: Arashi wa Arashi wo Yobu) before they transitioned forward to Johnny's Associates-powered J-STORM record label in 2002, producing their future singles and future albums until today.

Contents 1 Group members 2 Musical career 3 Albums 4 Singles 5 Trivia

[edit] Group members

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

[edit] Musical career

This group is widely known for the members' good looks and smartly executed, powerful dances. On the day of their first single "A・RA・SHI"'s release, more than 80,000 fans showed up to attend their debut event. Since their debut, the group has released 17 singles, including "Hadashi No Mirai (The Barefooted Future)" and "Jidai (Generation)" and 8 albums. Their first four singles, "ARASHI (Storm)", "Sunrise Nippon (Sunrise Japan)/HORIZON", "Typhoon Generation", and "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi" attracted many people because they all centered around nature. The affordable cost of 500 yen also attracted people to buy their seventh, eighth, and ninth singles. Arashi releases a wide range of music, including hip hop. They are also known to play musical instruments during concerts.

In November 2006, Arashi became the first group from Johnny's Entertainment to perform an individual concert in South Korea [1]. The concert was decided due to the fact that about 1500 Korean fans gathered at the Incheon International Airport [2] during Arashi's Jet Storm press conference tour.

The Jet Storm Tour which aimed to promote their newest album, Arashic, covered Taiwan, Thailand, and South Korea, all in one day on July 31, 2006 [3].

[edit] Albums

• ARASHI No.1(Ichigou)~Arashi wa Arashi wo Yobu~ (ARASHI No.1 (Ichigou)~嵐は嵐を呼ぶ~{January 24, 2001}
• Single Collection 1999-2001 {May 16, 2002}
• HERE WE GO! {July 17, 2002}
• How's It Going? {July 9, 2003}
• Iza, Now (いざッ、Now){July 21, 2004}
• 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004 {November 10, 2004}
• One {August 3, 2005}
• ARASHIC {July 5, 2006}

[edit] Singles

• A・RA・SHI (1999)
• SUNRISE Nippon/HORIZON (SUNRISE日本/HORIZON) (2000)[4]
• Typhoon Generation (台風ジェネレーション-Typhoon Generation-) (2000)
• Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi (感謝カンゲキ雨嵐)(2000)
• Kimi no Tame ni Boku Ga Iru (君のために僕がいる）(2001)
• Jidai (時代) (2001)
• A Day in Our Life (2002)
• Nice Na Kokoroiki (ナイスな心意気) (2002)
• PIKA☆NCHI (2002)
• Tomadoinagara (とまどいながら) (2003)
• Hadashi No Mirai / Kotoba Yori Taisetsuna Mono (ハダシの未来/言葉より大切なもの) (2003)
• PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE (2004)
• Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy/Hero (瞳の中のGalaxy/Hero)(2004)
• Sakura Sake (サクラ咲ケ) (2005)
• WISH (2005)
• Kitto Daijoubu (きっと大丈夫) (2006)
• Aozora Pedal (2006)

[edit] Trivia

• Arashi's concert tickets in South Korea was sold out in one hour [5].
• Ohno Satoshi is the leader of the group.
• In the group, Jun and Aiba are bestfriends.
• Jun is the famous in the group because of his J-doramas. the people got close to arashi because of him, and this situation was known as Jun- bait.de:Arashi

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