The Insane! Japanese Boy Band Arashi Quiz

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Five boys from Japan made up the band Arashi, which was formally founded in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 15, 1999. The boys are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi are very successful in Japan and have appeared in Japanese dramas, movies, and live action. From 2001 until 2020, the band has released seventeen studio albums and sold millions of albums in the process. In 2021, the band told their fans that they were going on hiatus until further notice. Details of the alums listed are as follows:.

"How's It Going?" was released in Japan on July 9, 2003. This was the third album from the boys.

"Iza, Now!" was released on July 21, 2004, and was the boys' fourth album. The album reached number one on the Oricon Albums Chart. The Oricon Albums Chart is a Japanese music chart like the US Billboard and the UK Albums Chart.

"One" was the next album from the band. Two editions of the album, a regular CD version and a limited CD+DVD version, were released in Japan on August 3, 2005.

"Time" was the next album to be recorded by the band. The boys' record label released the album in Japan on July 11, 2007. Singles "Aozora Pedal," "Love So Sweet" (the theme song for the Japanese television series "Hana Yori Dango 2"), and "We Can Make It!" (the theme song for the drama "Bambino") are included on the album. The album hit the top slot on the Japanese Albums Chart.

"Beautiful World" was the tenth studio album from the band. Another number-one hit for the boys on the Oricon Albums Chart. "Beautiful World" outsold all the albums released in Japan in 2011. A single from the album "Tooku Made" served as the theme music for a Japan Airlines promotion.

On October 31, 2012, the band released their eleventh studio album, "Popcorn." In 2012, the band also decided to have a live tour in support of their album. The tour was known as "Arashi LIVE TOUR Popcorn." The band played at some of the biggest venues in Japan, the Osaka Dome, Sapporo Dome, Fukuoka Dome, Tokyo Dome, and Nagoya Dome on January 11, 2013.

"Love" was made available in Japan in 2013. The album was a massive hit for the band, as they sold over 670,00 copies in the first week. It continued to sell with the help of their tour. On the band's official website through their agency, a video demonstrating the dancing moves to their latest single, "FUNKY," was posted. In order for everyone to dance together at the performance, Arashi urged fans to memorise the moves.

The next album to be released was "Japonism,", recorded from 2014-2015 and made available on October 21, 2015. Another massive hit for the boys. In its first week of release, the album sold over 820,000 copies, and it topped the Oricon charts for two weeks in a row. From 2020 on, you could buy the digital version.

Album number fifteen was called "Are You Happy?". Released on October 26, 2016. The band launched the "ARASHI Are You Happy?" campaign on November 9th to celebrate the publication of the album and the beginning of their dome tour. The project is a collaboration between the album and five dome tours.

"Untitled" is number sixteen on the list of albums by the band, another number one for the band on the Japan Oricon Albums Chart. A first press/limited edition and a normal edition were the two available editions. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) certified the album triple platinum after more than 750,000 copies were sold.

"This Is Arashi" was the band's last album after they said they were taking a break. On November 3, 2020, the day of the album's release, an online concert at Tokyo's Japan National Stadium that was pre-recorded without an audience was webcast. The COVID-19 outbreak forced the concert, dubbed AraFes (short for Arashi Festival), to be rescheduled until May 2020.

The album "Art of Life" was recorded by the Japanese heavy metal band X Japan. The album was made available on August 25, 1993. The band was formed in Chiba in 1982. Yoshiki and Toshi are two of the original members of the band.

Scandal is an all-girl group formed in Osaka in 2006. The girls' names are Haruna, Mami, Tomomi, and Rina. After meeting in the vocal and dance school Caless, the girls became friends and soon began singing together every weekend at Shiroten in Osaka Castle Park. They soon began receiving offers from Kyoto and Osaka clubs to perform in their clubs. "Baby Action" was the third studio album from the band, released on August 10, 2011. The album spent 11 weeks on the charts, peaking at number four on the Oricon Chart.

"Puzzle" is the third album from the boy band Kanjani Eight. The album reached the number one spot on the Oricon General Album Top Ten. The band was formed in 2002, is signed to Infinity Records, and is managed by Johnny & Associates, a multi-media talent agency. In 2024, the band was renamed "Super Eight" following the 2023 eruption of the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal.

"Touch" is an album from the Japanese band NEWS. Both the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and the Oricon Daily Album Chart had the album in the number one position. "Touch" was the band's first album, released in 2005. NEWS was formed in 2003 in Tokyo, Japan. Originally, the band was a nine-piece band, but since 2020, it only has three members. The band now consists of Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda, and Shigeaki Kato.

Released: November 14, 2012, "One Sexy Zone" was recorded by the Japanese boy band Sexy Zone, who in 2024 changed their name to Timelesz due to the Johnny Kitagawa scandal. The album "One Sexy Zone" was the band's debut studio album on the Pony Canyon label. Chart-wise, the album debuted at number one on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, selling over 86,000 copies in its first week.