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Exile (stylized as EXILE) is a 19-member Japanese boy band. The leader of the group is Hiro, who debuted as a member of Zoo under For Life Music, but Exile has released their singles and albums under Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone. Hiro and Avex's president Max Matsuura came from the same high school.
In total, they have sold over 20 million records in Japan alone.
History:
The current leader, Hiro, was originally in the pop group Zoo before they split up in 1995. In 1999, he started a new group called J Soul Brothers, which later changed its name to Exile in 2001. (But the name of J Soul Brothers was later revived by Hiro again in 2007 when he helped to form another 7-member group under the new J Soul Brothers moniker.)
Atsushi and Shun became the lead vocalists of the group. Atsushi is a fan of American R&B group Boyz II Men. In November 2003, Exile remade Zoo's hit single "Choo Choo Train", which became a strong promotional single for their third studio album Exile Entertainment. The album sold over a million copies. They took part in the NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen of the year, singing "Choo Choo Train". At first, their music style was influenced by R&B, but their style later became more pop-oriented form. Their 2004 single "Real World" became their first number-one single on Oricon weekly charts. They released the collaboration "Scream" with Japanese rock band Glay in July 2005, peaking at No. 1 and selling over 500,000 copies on Oricon charts.
The group released "Tada...Aitakute" in December 2005 and "Yes!" in March 2006. Both singles topped the Oricon weekly charts. However, Shun left the group in March 2006 and became a solo singer. After the group sought a new vocalist from the public, Takahiro joined the group in September 2006. Takahiro originally tried to become a hairdresser in his school days, but eventually joined the group as a vocalist.
On February 14, 2007, the group released the single "Michi", which became their first number-one single on the Oricon charts since Takahiro joined the group. Their 2007 studio album, Exile Love, became the highest selling album of Japan in 2008, selling nearly 1.5 million copies on Oricon charts. Their compilation album Exile Ballad Best sold nearly 1 million copies in its first week on Oricon charts, making it the highest first week sales for an album of Japan in 2008. The song, "Ti Amo", was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for 1,000,000 full-track ringtone digital music downloads (Chaku Uta Full). They also won the Grand Prix Award at the 50th edition of Japan Record Awards for "Ti Amo".
In 2009, Exile's song "The Next Door" was featured as the theme of the Japanese edition of Street Fighter IV. The song was released at the iTunes Store on February 22, 2009. The English version "The Next Door -Indestructible-" was used for the international edition of the game. The English version was released as the third track of their single "The Hurricane (Fireworks)" on July 22, 2009, featuring American rapper Flo Rida.
On March 1, 2009, Exile and J Soul Brothers announced that they would merge to become a 14-member group. They released their first studio album with 14 members, Aisubeki Mirai e, on December 2, 2009. They won the Grand Prix Award for the song, "Someday", at the 51st Japan Record Awards.
On May 19, 2010, Avex released the CD maxi of the suite "Taiyō no Kuni" (太陽の国), or "The Country of the Sun," written by Yasushi Akimoto and sung by Exile, for the 20th anniversary of the accedence of the Emperor of Japan Akihito. However, the CD was not reflected on the Oricon charts. For the 52nd Japan Record Awards, the group earned their third consecutive win with the song "I Wish For You".
Members:
Performers:
Stage name
Birth name
Birthday
Hiro
Hiroyuki Igarashi
(1969-06-01) June 1, 1969 (age 45)
Makidai
Daisuke Maki
(1975-10-27) October 27, 1975 (age 39)
Matsu
Toshio Matsumoto
(1975-05-27) May 27, 1975 (age 39)
Usa
Yoshihiro Usami
(1977-02-02) February 2, 1977 (age 37)
Akira
Ryōhei Kurosawa
(1981-08-23) August 23, 1981 (age 33)
Kenchi
Kenichirō Teratsuji
(1979-09-28) September 28, 1979 (age 35)
Keiji
Keiji Kuroki
(1980-01-21) January 21, 1980 (age 34)
Tetsuya
Tetsuya Tsuchida
(1981-02-18) February 18, 1981 (age 33)
Naoto
Naoto Kataoka
(1983-08-30) August 30, 1983 (age 31)
Naoki
Naoki Kobayashi
(1984-11-10) November 10, 1984 (age 30)
Takanori Iwata
Takanori Iwata
(1989-03-06) March 6, 1989 (age 25)
Alan Shirahama
Alan Shirahama
(1993-08-04) August 4, 1993 (age 21)
Mandy Sekiguchi
Mandy Sekiguchi
(1991-01-25) January 25, 1991 (age 23)
Sekai Yamamoto
Sekai Yamamoto
(1991-02-21) February 21, 1991 (age 23)
Taiki Sato
Taiki Sato
(1995-01-25) January 25, 1995 (age 19)
Vocalists:
Stage name
Birth name
Birthday
Atsushi
Atsushi Satō
(1980-04-30) April 30, 1980 (age 34)
Takahiro
Takahiro Tasaki
(1984-12-08) December 8, 1984 (age 29)
Vocalists & performers:
Stage name
Birth name
Birthday
Nesmith
Ryuta Karim Nesmith
(1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 31)
Shokichi
Shokichi Yagi
(1985-10-03) October 3, 1985 (age 29)
Former member:
Stage name
Birth name
Birthday
Shun
Shunsuke Kiyokiba
(1980-01-11) January 11, 1980 (age 34)
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