From left: Aiba Masaki, Sakurai Sho, Matsumoto Jun, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ohno Satoshi
And indeed they did. Their latest album ‘All the Best’ sold over 1 million copies in Japan. They might not be the boyband with the best vocals, best dance, best looks, best acting, best songs, but they definitely are the best at entertaining people, at least, in my opinion. How many bands can you name me that are:
1) Able to sing and dance over a colourful rainbow background.
Yes, they look gay, but they can make gay-ness and cheesiness look fun.
2) Retarded and not afraid to demonstrate it on national TV to entertain their audience.
They are not afraid to wear ‘nipple shirts’, wear stockings over their heads, draw big nostrils and many other dumb stuffs, all on national TV.
3) Eager to learn other languages but totally fail at them.
Ohno’s answer pawns everything!
4) Sing, dance, act, host, compose, write lyrics, cast news, draw, fish, play the piano, make clay figurines, do professional magic tricks, etc etc.
Sho is a news caster for News Zero
Ohno opened his own art exhibition in 2008
Nino acted in Hollywood film ‘Letters from Iwojima’
Aiba went to zoos all around the world to interact with lions/tigers/kangeroos/crocodiles/rhinos/etc
Matsu Jun acted in various number-one hit dramas like Gokusen, Hana Yori Dango, etc.
Seriously, they entertain me to no end. Their songs are usually very up beat and filled with motivational lyrics (if you can get pass the few cheesy bubblegum-pop songs). That doesn’t mean they can’t do other genres though. To introduce a few of my personal favourites:
1) Debut song: A.Ra.Shi
This song never gets old. They still sing it in their concerts and other random moments in variety programmes.
2) The typical pop-ish love song: Love So Sweet
3) The motivational, high spirited song: Fight Song
4) The emo, dark song: Truth
This is one of my all-time favourite
5) The laid back, summer-ish song: Boku ga boku no subete
I’ll do an individual post for members next time when i have the time. 
