| Brave | |
| Cover: | Arashi - Brave.png |
| Caption: | Regular edition cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Arashi |
| Album: | This Is Arashi |
| Label: | J Storm |
| Prev Title: | Kimi no Uta |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | Turning Up |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Brave" is a song by Japanese boy band Arashi, released as a single through J Storm on September 11, 2019. It serves as the theme song for Nippon TV's coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[1] It is the band's first release to be available in an edition including a Blu-ray.[2]
The single debuted atop the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, selling 667,615 copies in its first week.[3]
The song was announced in October 2018, and was performed live for the first time the following month.[4]
The song features a self-composed rap by Sho Sakurai,[1] who called it "an unusual single for Arashi. It is a rough and manly piece of music...I wrote the song while thinking about all the players who will be fighting hard, like when they're in a scrum".[4]
The song sold 667,615 copies in the first week, reaching number one on the Oricon weekly albums chart. It is also Arashi's first number-one single on the combined singles chart, which was established in 2019.
| Chart (2019) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (Japan Hot 100)[5] | 2 | |
| Japan (Oricon) | 1 | |
| South Korean Albums (Gaon)[6] | 55 |