I. Introduction
ARASHI (嵐, English: "Storm") is a Japanese boy group consisting of five members: Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto.
II. Career
They formed on the 15th of September 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. They signed to the Pony Canyon label in 1999, with ARASHI serving as their debut single which was released on the 3rd of November 1999. In 2001, they left Pony Canyon and joined the J Storm label in 2002.
III. Members
Name: Satoshi Ohno Born Ōno Satoshi (大野 智) Date of Birth: November 26th, 1980 Place of Birth: Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan Position in the group: Leader, Lead Vocalist | |
Name: Sho Sakurai Born Sakurai Shō (櫻井 翔) Date of Birth: January 25th, 1982 Place of Birth: Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Position in the group: Rapper | |
Name: Masaki Aiba Born Aiba Masaki (相葉 雅紀) Date of Birth: December 24th, 1982 Place of Birth: Hanamigawa, Chiba, Japan Position in the group: Vocalist | |
Name: Kazunari Ninomiya Born Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮 和也) Date of Birth: June 17th, 1983 Place of Birth: Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan Position in the group: Vocalist, Composer | |
Name: Jun Matsumoto Born Matsumoto Jun (松本 潤) Date of Birth: August 30th, 1983 Place of Birth: Toshima, Tokyo, Japan Position in the group: Vocalist |
IV. Discography
Title: Arashi Reborn Vol. 1 | Type: Extended Play | Date of Release: February 28th, 2020 | |
Title: Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu! | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: January 24th, 2001 | |
Title: Here We Go! | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 17th, 2002 | |
Title: How's It Going? | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 9th, 2003 | |
Title: Iza, Now! | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 21st, 2004 | |
Title: One | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: August 3rd, 2005 | |
Title: Arashic | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 5th, 2006 | |
Title: Time | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 11th, 2007 | |
Title: Dream "A" Live | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: April 23rd, 2008 | |
Title: Boku no Miteiru Fūkei | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: August 4th, 2010 | |
Title: Beautiful World | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: July 6th, 2011 | |
Title: Popcorn | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 31st, 2012 | |
Title: Love | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 23rd, 2013 | |
Title: The Digitalian | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 22nd, 2014 | |
Title: Japonism | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 21st, 2015 | |
Title: Are You Happy? | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 26th, 2016 | |
Title: Untitled | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: October 18th, 2017 | |
Title: This Is Arashi (Japanese: This Is 嵐) | Type: Studio Album | Date of Release: November 3rd, 2020 |
V. Trivia
-Satoshi Ohno's image color is blue.
-Sho Sakurai likes to read.
-Masaki Aiba's favorite season is summer.
-Kazunari Ninomiya easily forgets things.
-Jun Matsumoto is the youngest member in his family.