Arashi For Dream

Singers, dancers, actors, TV hosts, Radio DJs

Johnny's Entertainment

Pika☆nchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy, Yellow Tears - Kiiroi Namida, V no Arashi, Yoiko no Mikata, Tekkon Kinkreet as Kuro (NINO), Letters from Iwo Jima (NINO), Ao no Honoo /The Blue Light (NINO), Hana Yori Dango Final (JUN), Kakushi Toride no San Akunin (JUN), Boku wa Imôto ni Koi wo Suru (JUN), Tokyo Tower (JUN)

ALBUMS: Arashi No. 1, Single Collection, Here We Go!, How's It Going, Iza Now, One, Arashic, Time, Dream "A" Live

Golden Rush Arashi, Arashi no Shukudai-kun, Mago Mago Arashi, Odoroki no Arashi SP 3, Odoroki no Arashi SP 2, Odoroki no Arashi SP 1, G no Arashi, D no Arashi, C no Arashi, Arashi no Waza-ari, yonaka no Arashi, Nama Arashi, Himitsu No Arashi-chan, G No Arashi, VS Arashi, MATSUJUN: Gokusen 1, Hana Yori Dango, Kimi Wa Petto, Bambino, Kindaichi, NINO: Yamada Taro Monogatari, Stand Up!, Yasashii Jikan, Haikei Chichiue-sama, Minami-kun no Koibito, Ryuusei no Kizuna, OHNO: Maou, Tensei Kunpu, AIBA: PPOI, Shimura Doubutsuen, Kuruu ga Mama, SHO: YTM, Yoiko no Mikata, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, News Zero

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Arashi is a five-member Japanese boy band under Johnny & Associates. They made their debut in September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The group was signed to the Pony Canyon record label from 1999 to 2001 before transitioning to Johnny's Associates-powered J Storm record label in 2002, producing their future singles and albums.

Arashi 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.

Arashi is composed of:



Satoshi Ohno, the oldest member of Arashi, is the reluctant "leader" of the group after winning against Sho Sakurai in a round of rock-paper-scissors with the other members on a Japanese variety show. The exact same pattern of him unwillingly 'winning' against Sho has been seen repeating many times ever since. He is the oldest person in the group and Ohno sings the lead vocals. Although he has stated that he wanted to avoid becoming the leader the most, Arashi members have once stated in an interview that Ohno is a new-age idol, who leads his group by not leading at all. Aside from leading the vocal work, he is known to be the best dancer and has the greatest control when it comes to singing in Arashi.




Jun Matsumoto is the youngest member of Arashi. Matsumoto is known for his starring roles in dramas such as Bambino, Hana Yori Dango, Hana Yori Dango 2, Kimi wa Petto, and Gokusen. He is the first Japanese male to grace the cover of Marie Claire Japan. Ohno has labeled him the "concert master" because of his take-charge attitude and attention to detail during their live performances.




Masaki Aiba is the tallest member of the group, with a distinctive breathy voice. Aiba interacts with various wild animals as a co-host of the TV show, Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen. He also excels in sports, especially basketball. He has been known to have considerably short attention span and often jumps between topics during talks and interviews, thus earning himself his reputation as the endearing, flaky member of Arashi.




Kazunari Ninomiya is the first member of the group to crossover to American films as he starred in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Japanese language film, Letters from Iwo Jima. Along with bandmate Jun Matsumoto, he is one of Japan's leading young actors and have been said to be able to "act with his eyes". Ninomiya stated that he is left-handed but has been forced to write with his right hand by his parents when he was a child. He plays the guitar, piano, composes songs and write lyrics.




Sho Sakurai sings most of the rap parts (known to fans as "Sakurap"), the lyrics of which he also writes. Sakurai was the first in the group to perform in a solo concert, The Show, on January 14, 2006. Sakurai is arguably the best-educated member of the group, having graduated from Keio University, the Japanese equivalent of an Ivy League school.