27 Facts About Arashi

In 2010, all six of Arashi's singles ranked within the top ten of the Oricon singles yearly chart, and their million-selling studio album Boku no Miteiru Fukei was named the best-selling album of the year in Japan.

Since then, Arashi has continued to release chart-topping singles and albums, perform in sold-out concert tours, host a number of variety shows, and remain an influential figure in Japanese media.

Arashi began 2002 by releasing their first single under J Storm.

Sakurai, who is the designated rapper of Arashi, has since written all the incorporated rap lyrics of the group's releases.

Arashi attended the 60th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve, making it not only the group's first time performing on the show but the first time in twenty-one years another group from Johnny's other than SMAP and Tokio, the two traditional participants, performed at Kohaku.

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On January 5, it was announced that Arashi would provide the song "Yurase, Ima o" as the theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics news coverage on NTV.

Arashi provided the theme song "Dear Snow" for the live-action movie adaptation of the award-winning Ooku: The Inner Chambers manga starring Ninomiya and Kou Shibasaki.

In December 2011, it was announced that Arashi topped four categories in the 2011 Oricon yearly rankings.

Later in March, Arashi revealed their second single for 2012 and 38th in total, "Face Down".

Arashi hosted the 63rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve for their third consecutive year with actress Maki Horikita.

Arashi hosted the 64th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve for their 4th consecutive year with actress Haruka Ayase.

Still to celebrate their anniversary, all five members of Arashi starred in a spin-off movie of the Pikanchi series, 10 years after the previous release.

Arashi released their thirteenth studio album, The Digitalian, in October 2014.

Arashi hosted the 65th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve for their fifth consecutive year with actress Yuriko Yoshitaka.

Arashi released their first single of 2017, "I'll Be There", on April 19, which served as the theme song for the drama Kizoku Tantei starring Masaki Aiba.

In November 2018, Arashi began their 20th Anniversary tour, the Arashi Anniversary Tour 5x20.

Apart from Ohno who wishes to be absent from public appearances, the remaining Arashi members are continuing activities but as individuals, whether through variety shows, acting or on YouTube.

Since 2001, Arashi has hosted their own variety shows, starting with Mayonaka no Arashi on NTV.

Since 2008, Arashi has been appearing in au by KDDI's exclusive mobile phone commercials.

In 2010, Arashi began to endorse for Nintendo by appearing in all of the Wii Party commercials to promote the game.

Arashi appeared in commercials, which aired in East Asia, to encourage people from overseas to visit Japan.

In December 2019, Arashi was appointed goodwill ambassador to China, to help promote cultural and sports exchanges with them, before the Olympics, from January 2020 until the end of the year.

In 2008, Arashi was the main personality supporters for the telethon.

In 2012, Arashi was chosen to host the annual telethon, making it their third time being appointed as the main personality for the program.

In 2013, Arashi was chosen as the main personalities of the telethon, making them the first to take this role for two consecutive years and their fourth overall.

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In 2009, Oricon declared Arashi the best-selling artist of the year and awarded them the "Artist Top Sales" award with 14.

In 2010, Arashi became Japan's top-selling artist for the second year in a row, with more than 17.