The Unofficial Arashi International Fan Club

PROFILE

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arashi:

Arashi (嵐, Storm) is a five-member Japanese boy band under Johnny & Associates. They made their debut in September 1999 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. 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 future albums until today.

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.
In 1999, on the day of their first single's release, more than 80,000 fans showed up to attend the group's debut event. The single, "A-Ra-Shi", went on to become a major hit, selling almost a million copies. Since their debut, the group has released eight albums and eighteen singles. Many of the group's releases debut at the top of the Oricon rankings.
On July 31, 2006, the group embarked on their Jet Storm Tour, which aimed to promote their newest album, Arashic. The one-day tour covered Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea, countries which later became part of their Asia tour (The Thailand concert, Thai-J Pop Concert, was cancelled due to a military coup). The concert in Korea was decided due to the fact that about 1,500 Korean fans gathered at the Incheon International Airport during the group's Jet Storm press conference. The concert, held on November 2006, made Arashi became the first group from Johnny's Entertainment to perform an individual concert in South Korea,The group proved popular to Korean fans when concert tickets were sold out in an hour, as some 150,000 people rushed to book tickets online. Aside from their concert performances, the group represented Japan in the 2006 Asia Song Festival, also held in South Korea.On February 21, 2007, Arashi's released a new single called "Love so sweet". The song was also used as the theme song for the TV Drama "Hana Yori Dango 2". Love so sweet charted at #1 on Oricon's daily and weekly charts.
The group recently released their latest single "We Can Make It!" on May 2, 2007. Oricon reports that "We Can Make It!" is #1 on it's daily chart and is likely to take the number 1 spot on the weekly charts.