Arashi's beginning

Arashi (嵐 literally Storm) is
a popular Japanese idol group
consisting of five members
formed under the Japanese
talent agency. The group was
officially formed on September
15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii
and made their CD debut on
November 3, 1999.

The group was initially signed to Pony Canyon and released one
studio album and six singles—
beginning with their 1999
eponymous debut single
before moving to the Johnny's
subsidiary label J Storm in
2001, which was initially set
up for their succeeding
releases. While their debut
single debuted atop the
Oricon weekly chart selling a
little over half a million copy,
the group subsequently faced
slowly declining sales.