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unusual facts about ''Arashi''



Aozora Pedal

"Aozora Pedal" was used as the theme song for the movie Honey and Clover starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai, Yū Aoi and Yūsuke Iseya.

Arashi discography

According to Oricon, Arashi Anniversary Tour 5x10 has the highest first week music DVD sales as of April 2010, overtaking the first week sales of Arashi's own 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009 DVD of 428,000 copies.

Arashi no Yoru ni

A small group of voice actors and sound engineers acquired permission from the original producers Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) to make a complete English Re-dub of the Arashi No Yoru Ni movie for YouTube.

Game Center Arashi

In 2004 Microsoft Tokyo used the character of Arashi as a mascot to boost Xbox sales and image.

Ikki Kajiwara Memorial Show

In the semi-main events, Team WAR (Genichiro Tenryu & Arashi) defeated Team Kitao Dojo (Koji Kitao & Maasaki Mochizuki) while PWFG's Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Super Tiger, NJPW's original Tiger Mask, fought to a no-contest with Antonio Inoki as the special guest referee.

Iza, Now!

"Kotoba yori Taisetsu na Mono" is the theme song of the drama Stand Up!! starring Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya, Anne Suzuki, NEWS member Tomohisa Yamashita, Shun Oguri and Hiroki Narimiya, while "Pikanchi Double" is the theme song of the movie Pikanchi: Life is Hard Dakara Happy, the sequel to Pikanchi: Life is Hard Dakedo Happy.

Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin

The Nisshin had departed from Kure with the Hagikaze and Arashi on July 10, on the 15th they were joined by the cruiser Mogami and the light cruisers Agano and Oyode and the destroyer Isokaze, steaming on for Rabaul where more troops were collected.

Neighborhood Story

She lives with her boyfriend Takeshi, a guitarist for a local band, and is Mikako’s biggest supporter as well as (later in the series) the mother of Arashi whose best friend is George from Paradise Kiss.

Summer Tour 2007 Final Time – Kotoba no Chikara

Footages of Arashi's "Fight Song" performance while bungee jumping for their concert at Yokohama Arena (July 13, 2007) were also included in Disc 2.

Truth/Kaze no Mukō e

"Truth" was used as the theme song for Arashi member Satoshi Ohno's 2008 drama Maō while "Kaze no Mukō e" was used as the theme song for the news coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics on NTV, featuring member Sho Sakurai as the main newscaster.

Yūko Kotegawa

Yūko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi and in 1979 appeared in Ah! Nomugi Toge.


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