Arashi
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Arashi (嵐 in Japanese meaning Storm) is a five-member Japanese boy band under the company Johnny & Associates. They made their debut in September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The band covers a wide range of music, including R&B, hip hop and various forms of pop music. Aside from being a popular idol group in Japan, the group is widely known across Asia and to J-pop fans all over the world.
To date, Arashi has released nine albums and twenty singles. By 2006, the group's singles and albums were being released outside Japan. Their album, Arashic, was released not only in Japan, but in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand as well. On July 31, 2006, the group embarked on their Jet Storm Tour, which aimed to promote the album. The one-day tour covered Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea, countries which later became part of their Asia tour.
On November of 2005 the group released "Wish" the popular theme song for the TV Drama Hana Yori Dango. Two years later, on February 2007, their released the single "Love so sweet", this way for the second season, Hana Yori Dango 2 which peaked at the number one spot on Oricon's daily and weekly charts. The group's latest single is "Happiness", which was used as the theme song for the drama "Yamada Taro Monogatari". This is Arashi's 9th straight number one release and its 17th number one overall. The year proved to be a fruitful, as all three of their released singles made it to the Top 30 of annual Oricon Rankings, with Love so sweet ranking as the 4th overall single of the year.
