group had been announced on September 16th 1999, on a cruise in Waikiki sea( Hawaii).

the announcement was show on tv in Japan, Hawaii also in 10 cities of America, New York, Los Angeles....

first performance of arashi was November 2nd, 1999 at the World Cup Volleyball Tournament in Tokyo and Okoyama stadiums during the opening ceremony and used as the theme song. they debut first single on 3rd november 1999 , name A-RA-SHI c/w Ashita ni mukatte. they have shakehand event at tokyo on that day.their fans went to this event around 80,000! arashi debut single was no.1 on Oricon Daily Chart since the first day that on sale.They also have sheckhand event at osaka on 28th november 1999.


arashi's tv drama about volleyball is called 'V no Arashi' and they also had a tv program called "Arashi no V1'

Almost every single of arashi is no. 1 in Oricon Chart and other charts in japan and each of arashi also popular in japanese teenagers group.

Arashi 5th single edited vertion is plused a 'call card' for joining an activity with their fans in japan and asia country. a call card has a number and password for calling to arashi. the call card can use just once! somefan could talk to arashi some could hear arashi voice message from telephone record some couldn't connect to the line because it was very busy. there was only a day that arashi had sat on station to recieve the calls. so, that means other days, the fans could only hear their voice message from the record.

arashi 6th single, they also enclosed a card again but this time called a 'lotto card' this single has the first edition and normal edition. first edition will include 5 pin-ups and both editions will include the lotto cards (3 types, first edition 2 types and normal edition 1 type). in these lotto cards have numbers written. lucky 250 purchasers who win this lotto (or lottery) and get tickets for 2 to attend the special event in september