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Mai82Go 24th February 2014 11:02 PM

[AAA] Gold Symphony - The 5th Triple A Thread
 

Gold Symphony
The 5th Triple A Thread



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NEWS
Who?

AAA aka Triple A (トリプルエー). Fans call them Tori E. AAA originally stands for Attack All Around. They are a seven member J-Pop Group under the avex trax label with male and female members. Started in 2005 they celebrated their 8th anniversary in September 2013 and they are one of the few groups who managed to increase their sales over the last years. They tour every year and until recently performed in smaller venues around Japan, but their first Arena Tour ever called Gold Symphony was just announced for 2014. If they follow their usual pattern, their next album will also be called Gold Symphony and probably will be released in the middle to later months of this year. The official fanclub is called AAA Party.
Official Website
Official Facebook
Offical Youtube AAA Channel - You should check this out, it is a goldmine!


And who are these people exactly?

AAA are a "super performance unit". They dance and sing. Wow! The members are:


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Naoya Urata - 浦田直也 DOB 82/11/10, age 31
Oldest member and leader of the group. His soulful voice is heard on almost every AAA track as he is one of their lead singers. Started at avex as a background dancer for some j-pop singer called Ayumi Hamasaki. Did two collaborations in 2010 & 2011 with the woman who this forum is dedicated to. Also released a solo album TURN OVER in 2009. Occasionally holds solo gigs. Naoya is a funny guy and friends with almost every japanese person. :D He also released collaborations with May J and Mao Denda. Naoya released another solo album UNchanged in 2013.
twitter account
UN - Naoya Urata Official Homepage
Naoya Urata's Blog

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Takahiro Nishijima - 西島 隆弘 DOB 86/09/30, age 27
Probably the most famous member, Nishijima is called "Nishi/Nissy" by fans and friends alike. Nishi is not only the voice of AAA, he is also a well-known actor. You can see him in stage plays, dramas and movies. Known to the western audiences because of his awesome acting in a movie called Ai no Mukidashi (Love Exposure). Nishi loves One Piece and is bad with computers. That's why the only time you hear from Nishi is when he hijacks the other members twitter accounts or posts at AAA's official blog. Nishi is known for his perverted antics and Ayu called him "funny" when she visited AAA in one of her tweets. Also models and has several photobooks released.

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Mitsuhiro Hidaka - 日高光啓 DOB 86/12/12, age 27
AAAs very own rapper, also known as SKY-Hi. Mitsuhiro is a ladies man who mainly raps on AAA tracks. But his voice is also suited for singing. He often joins the harmonies. While AAA's tracks are mostly written by other people, you can be sure that Mitsu writes his own rap lyrics. He is also a solo artist and often collaborates with other artists. His solo album TRICKSTER was released in 2014. Is VERY active on twitter and was in Johnnys a very short time before joining avex.
twitter account
Mitsuhiro Hidaka's Blog


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Shinjiro Atae - 與真司郎 DOB 88/11/26, age 25
Shinjiro, also called Ouji (Prince) or Shin-chan, is the good looking youngest member of the group. Has a deep voice and also acts in dramas and movies. Loves the english language and often practices it on twitter with his fans. Has his own photobook Shinking which had been shot by famous photographer Mika Ninagawa. Models and was also pictured in an exhibition by Leslie Kee. Other than that he is very shy and not really outspoken. His laughing face is rare (think Namie Amuro).
twitter account

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Shuuta Sueyoshi – 末吉秀太 DOB 86/12/11, age 27
Shuuta, aka Shuuty to his fans, is a member who was certainly overlooked in the past. The best dancer in the band has an amazing voice, which is getting more recognition by the minute. Although he is pretty small, (just 167 cm) his cute boyish looks are getting his fans into a frenzy. A few years ago he was often seen with a moustache, but he looks so much younger without it. :D
twitter account

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Misako Uno - 宇野実彩子 DOB 86/07/16, age 27
When you listen to AAA for the first time, this woman's voice is important. If you don't like it, you probably won't like AAA because Misako is the female lead. Originally Uno-chan was to be the only female member. Misako is an actress who acts in stage plays, movies and dramas. She is also a model and released two photobooks, the latest being UNO-BON. She is friends with some AKB48 members and loves broccoli, for some strange reason.
twitter account

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Chiaki Itou - 伊藤千晃 DOB 87/01/10, age 27
Chiaki-chan is the cute, fashionable female member. She released her first photobook Chercher this year. Her fans love her style and she is often seen in fashion magazines, and was cover girl for the Nails magazine NAIL MAX. Chiaki loves her dog Kiki and will release her very own stylebook soon. She has her own blog which she updates almost daily.
twitter account
Chiaki Itou's blog

But what about the music? Well?
It's not that simple. Because AAA tracks are basically j-pop, but they vary so much. AAA are produced by Masato max Matsuura. Their genre variety is legendary - their music is electronic, dance, eurobeat, techno, club, pop, rock, or even jazz. Their album Buzz Communication (2011) was arranged by Tetsuya Komuro, who is also friends with the members. If you're interested and don't know where to start, they released a best of album in 2011 #AAABest which should give you an overview. Especially on album tracks AAA sometimes split up in smaller groups. Often the female members have their own song, as do the male members. The boys released an album without the girls in 2008 called CHOICE IS YOURS.

Discography
Spoiler:


Studio Albums
[2006.01.01] ATTACK
[2007.01.01] ALL
[2007.09.19] AROUND
[2009.02.11] depArture
[2010.02.17] HEARTFUL
[2011.02.16] Buzz Communication
[2012.08.22] 777 ~TRIPLE SEVEN~
[2013.09.18] Eighth Wonder

Mini-Albums
[2006.01.01] ATTACK
[2006.09.13] ALL/2
[2007.03.21] alohAAA! (collaboration with Town & Country)
[2008.06.18] CHOICE IS YOURS
[2011.01.12] 6TH ALBUM "Buzz Communication" Pre-Release Special Mini Album

Best Albums
[2008.03.05] ATTACK ALL AROUND
[2011.09.14] #AAABEST
[2012.03.21] Another side of #AAABEST (b-side best)
[2013.03.13] Ballad Collection (Winter Concept and Self-Cover album)

Remix Albums
[2006.03.23] REMIX ATTACK
[2009.03.04] AAA REMIX ~non-stop all singles~

Cover Albums
[2007.02.07] CCC -CHALLENGE COVER COLLECTION-

Singles
[2005.09.14] BLOOD on FIRE
[2005.10.05] Friday Party
[2005.11.16] Kirei na Sora (きれいな空; Beautiful Sky)
[2005.12.07] DRAGON FIRE
[2006.02.15] Hallelujah (ハレルヤ)
[2006.03.23] Shalala Kibou no Uta (Shalala キボウの歌; Shalala Song of Hope)
[2006.05.31] Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari (ハリケーン・リリ、ボストン・マリ)
[2006.07.12] Soul Edge Boy / Kimono Jet Girl (ソウルエッジボーイ / キモノジェットガール)
[2006.08.30] Let it beat!
[2006.09.06] "Q"
[2006.11.15] Chewing Gum (チューインガム)
[2006.12.06] Black & White
[2007.04.18] Get Chu! / SHE no Jijitsu (Get チュー! / SHEの事実; Get Chu! / The Truth About SHE)
[2007.05.16] Kuchibiru Kara Romantica / That's Right (唇からロマンチカ; Romantica From My Lips)
[2007.07.18] Natsumono (夏もの; Summer Things)
[2007.09.19] Red Soul
[2008.01.09] MIRAGE
[2008.05.28] BEYOND ~ Karada no Kanata (BEYOND~カラダノカナタ; BEYOND ~ The Other Side of the Body)
[2008.08.27] MUSIC!!! / ZERØ
[2009.01.14] Tabidachi no Uta (旅ダチノウタ; Journey's Song)
[2009.07.29] Break Down / Break your name / Summer Revolution
[2009.10.21] Hide-away / Hide & Seek / Find you
[2010.01.27] Heart and Soul
[2010.05.05] Aitai Riyuu / Dream After Dream ~Yume Kara Sameta Yume~ (逢いたい理由 / Dream After Dream ~夢から醒めた夢~; To Meet with a Reason / Dream After Dream ~Waking from a Dream Right Into Another Dream~)
[2010.08.18] Makenai Kokoro (負けない心; Undefeated Heart)
[2010.11.17] PARADISE / Endless Fighters
[2011.02.16] Daiji na Koto (ダイジナコト; Important Things)
[2011.06.22] No cry No more
[2011.08.31] CALL / I4U
[2011.11.16] Charge ▶ Go! / Lights
[2012.02.22] SAILING
[2012.05.16] Still Love You
[2012.07.25] 777 ~We can sing a song!~
[2012.10.31] Niji (虹; Rainbow)
[2013.01.23] Miss You / Hohoemi no Saku Basho (ほほえみの咲く場所; Smile's Blooming Place)
[2013.03.13] PARTY IT UP
[2013.06.26] Love Is In The Air
[2013.09.04] Koi Oto to Amazora (恋音と雨空; Love Sound and Rainy Sky)
[2014.02.26] Love
[2014.03.26] SHOWTIME (Limited Single for AAA Party Members)
[2014.07.02] Wake up!
[2014.08.27] Untitled

Digital Singles
[2007.11.28] Otoko Dakeda to, ...Kou Narimashita! (男だけだと、・・・こうなりました!)
[2011.03.16] Thank you
[2011.07.27] Charge ▶ Go!
[2011.12.14] Lights ~Winter Version~

Special Singles
[2007.03.21] Climax Jump (AAA DEN-O form)
[2007.03.21] Izayuke Wakataka Gundan 2007 (いざゆけ若鷹軍団2007) (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with AAA)
[2008.10.01] Ijan! Ijan! Sugejan?! (いーじゃん! いーじゃん! スゲーじゃん?!)

DVDs
[2006.03.23] 1st ATTACK at SHIBUYA-AX
[2006.09.13] 2nd ATTACK at Zepp Tokyo on 29th of June 2006
[2007.01.01] 1st Anniversary Live -3rd ATTACK 060913- at Nippon Budokan
[2007.03.21] Channel@×AAA
[2007.06.20] Theater of AAA ~Bokura no Te~ (~ボクラノテ~; Our Hands)
[2007.07.18] AAA TOUR 2007 4th ATTACK at SHIBUYA-AX on 4th of April
[2008.01.09] AAA 2nd Anniversary Live -5th ATTACK 070922- Nippon Budokan
[2008.08.27] AAA TOUR 2008 -ATTACK ALL AROUND- at NHK HALL on 4th of April
[2009.01.14] 3rd Anniversary Live 080922-080923 NIPPON BUDOKAN
[2009.03.04] Channel@×AAA Vol.2
[2009.08.12] AAA TOUR 2009 -A depArture pArty-
[2010.03.03] AAA 4th Anniversary LIVE 090922 at Yokohama Arena
[2010.06.23] Nihikime no Dojou Vol.1
[2010.07.14] Nihikime no Dojou Vol.2
[2010.08.04] Nihikime no Dojou Vol.3
[2010.09.29] AAA Heart to ♥ TOUR 2010
[2011.03.16] AAA 5th Anniversary LIVE 100912 at Yokohama Arena
[2011.11.16] AAA BUZZ COMMUNICATION TOUR 2011 DELUXE EDITION
[2012.02.22] AAA 6th Anniversary Tour
[2013.02.13] AAA TOUR 2012 -777- TRIPLE SEVEN
[2014.01.22] AAA TOUR 2013 Eighth Wonder


from here:D


adantatu2 24th February 2014 11:43 PM

Love isn't out yet, and we already have another single, nice :)

Bigtop 25th February 2014 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mai82Go (Post 3063916)

Where is this picture from?

Mai82Go 25th February 2014 11:39 AM

Niji era. I had a pretty neat first post in the last thread, but it is now locked so I cannot copy & paste. :( Atm, I'm too busy to recreate the first post or even make a new one. Maybe later.

brener 26th February 2014 05:57 AM

^

I was working on a good first post.. If you want I'll mail it to you and you can paste it there, would you do it? I was just busy working on my final college paper and so I didn't do it, sorry :(


and omg :o another single? they really wanna take advantage of this peak caused by Koi oto to Amazora, I think they're gonna release their newest album late in July and 5 singles released before that (between march and june).

Mai82Go 4th March 2014 01:59 PM

Hey, no worries, I recreated the old post and added new info. If you see something amiss you can tell me and I'll add it.

SHOWTIME profile pics and Covers are out. The second song is called CIRCLE.

brener 4th March 2014 02:14 PM

wow nice covers :heart now i can expect a great EDM track like PARTY UP or Eighth Wonder :love

by the way "Love" debuted at #4 position on Oricon selling 25,486 copies, a good number, the competition was tough this week

NintendoHTF1242 4th March 2014 03:31 PM

Damn. They're old lol but Shinjiro Atae is a babe. I remember listening to their song MUSIC!!! a few years back...I liked it lol maybe I'll give #AAABest a shot.

brener 4th March 2014 04:41 PM

I started my love with them back at 2005-06 with Friday Party :heart I just forgot them a little around HEARTFUL singles (their worst album in my opinion) and got back on tracks when they released Buzz Communication (one of their best albums) :love

Mai82Go 4th March 2014 06:07 PM

Imho, they all look good. And they can sing! :heart HEARTFUL is my favourite album, but I also love Buzz Communication. And 777. I was a little disappointed in Eighth Wonder because almost nothing new on there. Probably because I got really interested in them around that time, I still like HEARTFUL the best, and Heart to Heart Tour was awesome! I adore Still love you and Party it up, so I hope that SHOWTIME will be like those two tracks. The Covers and the release date make me believe so. ;)

Anyway, here is the PV for TRICKSTER. Man, I really enjoy Hidakas solo and I'm no rap fan. The PV is cool.


brener 5th March 2014 12:24 AM

To tell you the truth what I don't like about Eighth Wonder are those album tracks, it only has five new songs and just two of them are quite good (Memory Lane and Believe)..

and omg, Hidaka was great :heart

Mai82Go 5th March 2014 04:53 PM

Yes, Eighth Wonder Singles are all amazing. It was just so meh, when you get an album where you know most of the songs already. They are kind of stuck inside this weird pattern now where they release singles, announce a tour name and then when the tour is over they release an album which is called after the tour. And they already performed the album tracks on tour by then. It's a bit frustrating for the foreign fan or when you don't have the chance to go to a concert.


Gosh, I'm really addicted to that TRICKSTER song. :innocent

Mai82Go 14th March 2014 11:10 AM

Commercial for AAAParty and short SHOWTIME PV:



I like the PV Song is ok, but I don't love it, yet.

SEOHYUN 14th March 2014 01:04 PM

Well the song is nice and the PV is giving me "Red Soul" feelings <3

brener 14th March 2014 10:12 PM

I loved both PV and song! Their EDM is only getting better and better, this reminds me when PARTY UP was released, I went crazy!

And omg Shuuta is banging with those sunglasses :heart
Nishi is rocking hard too!!

Mai82Go 2nd July 2014 09:35 AM



風に薫る夏の記憶 PV. A real summer ballad. Well done.

SEOHYUN 2nd July 2014 12:58 PM

↑ how can you watch it? GEMA blocks everything for me.
I heard the song before and loved it at first listen. I'm curious about the PV.

Mai82Go 2nd July 2014 01:42 PM

What browser are you on? If you have firefox there are a bunch of add-ons you can install that work wonders. :D

The PV is beautiful. Romantic and very summerish. I adore Kaze ni kaoru natsu no kioku, it is so much better than Wake up!, imho.

brener 2nd July 2014 02:44 PM

Wake up! ~Sales~

http://i.imgur.com/cYBcGDEs.jpg

1st Week

1st Day

Position: #3
Sales: 22,965

It nearly outsold Love's debut week numbers (25,486) in one day. I hope it can debut with 40k =) And if there's one thing AAA is really good at is making summer ballads, loved the video :heart

chikocchi 2nd July 2014 03:41 PM

Meh not impressed by the song - its rather generic
And the video was blah too

Although Misako really looked lovely
And Nishi always does it for me (lock me in a room with him for an hour - ;3)
But eyah the video itself was rather boring


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