In September of that year, the band released their first single "Sleeping Beauty", which reached 161 on the Oricon singles chart.
In 2010, the band released their third album, Dynamo, led by the single "Delight Slight Lightspeed," which debuted at #20 on Oricon's daily singles charts.
In 1988, they became the first male artists to have three albums reach number-one within one year on the Oricon charts.
The album debuted on the Oricon chart at #5 on the first day of release, eventually climbing to #3 the following day.
Following this single, the album MADE IN Hi-High took the sixth place in weekly Oricon chart, as obtained them a reputation.
Both were successful; Tsuru charted at #10 on the Oricon weekly chart, selling 13,323 copies in its first week, while Kame charted at #11, selling 12,158 copies in its first week.
In 2007, Oricon polled readers on which characters they would most like to see in their own series.
The single peaked at number 1 for two consecutive weeks on the Oricon charts selling more than 81,000 in its first week, and making this the first time Maximum the Hormone has ever topped a chart since their creation in 1998.
According to Oricon, Hana Yori Dango Final was the best-selling movie DVD for the first half of 2009 and the second best-selling DVD in the general DVD category.
"Let Me Cry" debuted at number 1 on Japan's Oricon single charts, selling 119,149 copies on its first week of release, making him the first non-Japanese act to have the debut single to debut at number 1 on the charts.
Their debut single Metronome hit number 1 on the indies Oricon chart and sold out the same day.
The new attention of the media made Matsudaira visible to a younger fanbase, and the song became a certified hit, staying on the Oricon Top 100 chart for over a year.
# Chart positions provided by the Oricon, and sources are from the archives on its official site (not available before 1988).
The promotions surrounding Strong World boosted the sales of the One Piece manga during the week of December 7 through 13, causing all 56 then published volumes to be listed in Oricon's Top 200 chart of weekly Japanese manga sales.
It was released on 20 March 2002 and peaked at #59 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.
"Snow Drop" is the fourteenth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on October 7, 1998 it debuted at number 1 on the Oricon chart.
Out of these three singles, Mermaid was the only one that charted on Oricon charts (peaking at No. 197).
The novel was ranked first in the first half of 2008 on the Oricon charts.
1 on the Oricon weekly single chart in 1998, and in 2003 were ranked number 81 on HMV Japan's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.
On 3 February 2010, they released their maxi-single titled "InnovationReIsm", which reached #189 on the Oricon singles chart.
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The album spawned four singles prior to its release—"Charge & Go! / Lights", "Sailing", "Still Love You", and "777 (We Can Sing a Song!)"—which all charted within the top five spots of the Oricon weekly singles chart.
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.
As part of a Kodomo no Hi report, the Oricon listed "Engine Sentai Go-onger" as the #1 tokusatsu hero karaoke request, ahead of songs such as AAA DEN-O form's "Climax Jump" for Kamen Rider Den-O and V6's "TAKE ME HIGHER" for Ultraman Tiga.
In January 2007, it was announced that they would perform the first ending theme to the anime Naruto: Shippūden entitled Nagareboshi Shooting Star which entered the Oricon charts at 10th place.
They have had several major hits in Japan, including "Sakura", which reached number two on the Oricon yearly chart for 2005 and was featured in the Japanese game Taiko no Tatsujin.
The song was included in their 2007 studio album 5296, which also topped the Oricon weekly charts.
Also, his and Kyoya Hibari's character CD entitled "Sakura addiction", peaked at seventh place on the Oricon charts.
Despite the success of his first album, Beyond the Sea, his single sales have been dropping after the 1 Litre of Tears heat died down, as a result, the album only made it to an average #25 on the Oricon Album Charts.
"Mysterious Eyes" was used as the seventh opening theme for Case Closed in Japan and had a direct impact on helping it score in the 20th position on the Oricon chart.
An eponymous single, performed by Morio Agata, was released on April 25, 1972 and peak ranked 7th in Oricon singles charts with more than 290,000 copies sold.
In July 2006 Makita took part in Watanabe Entertainment's 3rd D-BOYS open audition, winning the second place, after Grand Prix winner Tomo Yanagishita, as well as De-View Magazine's Oricon Entertainment award.
Hamasaki's first song to be composed by Do as Infinity composer DAI, "To Be" was unable to reach the top position on the Oricon, unlike its predecessor.
He has written and produced music for other artists, including You're My Only Shinin' Star by Miho Nakayama, which reached #1 on the Oricon weekly charts and stayed there for 18 weeks.
(NOTE: Overall Glay Ranking is how it is ranked against Glay's other albums according to the Oricon)
The first one, featuring the character Keigo Atobe (voiced by Junichi Suwabe) reached number 14 on the Oricon charts.