Arashi (嵐)

Arashi (嵐 ,lit. Storm) is a Japanese boy band consiting of five-members: Satoshi Ohno, (大野 智 , born November 26, 1980 in Mitaka, Tokyo) Sho Sakurai, (櫻井 翔 , born on January 25, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and musician) Masaki Aiba, (相葉 雅紀 , born December 24, 1982 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and musician. Kazunari Ninomiya, (二宮 和也 , born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, seiyū and radio host.

Arashi (嵐 ,lit. Storm) is a Japanese boy band consiting of five-members: Satoshi Ohno, (大野 智 , born November 26, 1980 in Mitaka, Tokyo) Sho Sakurai, (櫻井 翔 , born on January 25, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and musician) Masaki Aiba, (相葉 雅紀 , born December 24, 1982 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and musician. Kazunari Ninomiya, (二宮 和也 , born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, seiyū and radio host. and Jun Matsumoto (松本 潤 , born August 30, 1983), often called MatsuJun, is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, television personality and radio host. He is best known for being the youngest member of Arashi. Arashi debuted in 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii under the label Pony Canyon. In 2001, after releasing one studio album, one greatest hits, and six singles; five of which debuted atop the Oricon, the group left the label and moved to J Storm in 2002. 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. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..