嵐 Arashi

Well, here I go again with my random ramblings because I'm bored. Well, this time it's about Arashi(嵐) They're a band that works for the same company as NEWS but they debuted before them. By a lot actually because they debuted in 1999 and NEWS was n 2003.
Anyway, the band consists of Ohno Staoshi, Aiba Masaki, Sakurai Sho, Ninomiya Kazunari, and Matsumoto Jun. Their first single was called A-RA-SH-I and their following single was Sunrise Nippon/Horizon. Their sales started to decline in the years of 2002 - 2005. Then their sales increased like crazy by 2007. That's all thanks to Hana Yori Dango. (Thank you Hana Yori Dango!) They sang the theme songs for the drama ,which Matsumoto was starring in, called Wish, Love so sweet, and for the movie One Love. Around this time,which i think is funny, Nino started to loose his confidence. so, he wanted to go to Hollywood to become a professional actor. By the way, he didn't succeed but he starred in a Hollywood movie so close enough. Anyway, they started lots of show such as VS arashi, Himitsu no Arashichan, and my favorite Arashi ni Shiyagare. The reason why I like it is because they aren't told anything about who's going to come on the show so they're always so clueless. It makes me laugh when they see the guest and they have they're mouths wide open. They hosted the yearly 24 hour television twice and got ten Japanese golden disc awards; practically Japanese Grammy awards. The thing that caught my eye about them during the summer was they rented Tokyo Disney Sea for one night just for one concert! When I first heard about it, I thought they were the craziest people ever because they were giving out the tickets by selling curry. Something like the golden ticket in Charlie and the chocolate factory. My mom added that arashi fans would have to eat curry for months. lol
Anyway, they are at thier peak right know and are really known. They were even used for the commercial of the New Super Mario Bros. (since they always have someone playing it as a demonstration. when Nino played, since he is a game otaku, he looked like he was having the most fun.
Anyway, I'm going to do the same thing as I did with NEWS and put lyrics to a song they sing. But it's a little too long so it's going to be a whole different post.