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Johnny & Associates announced the group's debut on September 15, 1999, through a press conference aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. [12] Then-president Johnny Kitagawa chose five trainees from the Johnny's Jr. division of the agency to become the members of Arashi, the Japanese word for Storm, and to represent the agency's thrust of "creating a storm throughout the world".
Johnny & Associates, Inc. [a] [1] [3] was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as Johnny's. [ b ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s. [ 6 ]
On September 23, 2009, Arashi member Satoshi Ohno confirmed on his radio show Arashi Discovery that Arashi would release the DVD on October 28, 2009. [2] Release as two-disc DVD, it included not only the thirty-one music videos of the group's singles but also special commentary for most of the music videos, the "Lucky Man" music video from 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004, the full-length ...
Despite already having an established career with Arashi by the time he graduated from high school, Sakurai went on to attend Keio University, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics degree in March 2004. [16] In fact, he was a pioneer among all Johnny's, being the first to graduate from University, inspiring others to pursue higher education.
Starto Entertainment (Japanese: スタートエンターテイメント, Hepburn: Stāto entāteimento) is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services established on October 17, 2023. [1]
"A-ra-shi: Reborn" is a song by Japanese boy band Arashi, released as a single via J Storm on December 20, 2019, as announced on their official social media accounts. [1] The song was later included in the Arashi Reborn Vol.1 extended play, released on February 28, 2020, together with "A Day in Our Life: Reborn", and "One Love: Reborn".
Snow Man is a Japanese idol boy band formed by Starto Entertainment (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2012. [1] The group was previously a sub-unit of Smile-Up pre-debut trainee group, Junior.
5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 is Arashi's fifth greatest hits album, following Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001 (2002), 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 (2004), All the Best! 1999–2009 (2009), and Ura Ara Mania (2012). It contains all 56 singles released by the band between 1999 and 2018, plus a new song, "5x20".