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Arashi is a Contemporary R&B and J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Toma Ikuta, Kenshi Yonezu, My Girl, Rami Yacoub and Tsuyoshi Domoto. Those roots explain a lot about how Arashi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hey! Say! JUMP, V6, Kis-My-Ft2, Da-iCE and Mr.Children, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kazuya Kamenashi, Superfly, KinKi Kids, DREAMS COME TRUE and Map of the Soul: Persona, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Arashi, reaching back through Toma Ikuta and forward to Kazuya Kamenashi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Arashi connections
Arashi grew out of Toma Ikuta, Kenshi Yonezu, My Girl and Rami Yacoub, shares an orbit with Hey! Say! JUMP, V6, Kis-My-Ft2 and Da-iCE, went on to shape Kazuya Kamenashi, Superfly, KinKi Kids and DREAMS COME TRUE. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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