D-51 Explained

D-51
ディー・ゴー・イチ
Origin:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Genre:Japanese Pop
Years Active:2003 - present
Label:Pony Canyon
Website:D-51 Official Website
Current Members:Yū Uezato
Yasuhide Yoshida

is a Japanese pop music band. D-51 is group consisting of two men, Yu and Yasu. They are signed under Pony Canyon label. According to its members, the name D-51 came from Japanese National Railways' D51 steam locomotive class.

In 2005, they had their first big hit with the single No More Cry, which peaked at no. 5 on Oricon charts and became the 13th best selling single of the year, selling 402,034 copies. In 2006, their single "Brand New World" was used as the sixth opening theme for the One Piece anime

Members

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
YearTitle[1] Oricon[2] [3] <-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLESales[4] -->Album
Peak
position
Weeks
charted
"Let's Try" -  -
"Top of the Summer" -  -
"Dreamin' On" -  -
"No more cry"228
"Hibiscus"
(ハイビスカス Haibisukasu)
 -  -
"Always"238
"Brand New World"1511
"Hajimaru"
(はじまる)
881
"Forever Friends"672
"Stand Up"1101
"Sepia"
(セピア)
1351
"Travelers of Life"852
"Road"
(ロード)
1721
"Lady Don't Cry"1101
"Familia"
(ファミリア)
503

(めぐり逢い)
1481

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
YearTitle[5] Catalogue
Number
(Japan)
Oricon[6] Notes<-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLESales-->
Peak
position
Weeks
charted
Street BreezeFLHO-101[7]  -  - Mini-album
Track listing:
  1. Let's Try
  2. Lonely Saturday Night
  3. Crazy Love
  4. Dancin' in the Street
  5. Futari
  6. Let's Try (original karaoke)
align=left OnenessPCCA-02251 -  - Track listing:
  1. Top of the Summer
  2. No More Cry (Smile Power Mix)
  3. My favorite island (message)
  4. Kaze no Melody (風のメロディー Melody of the Wind)
  5. Million Night
  6. Born singer×2 (message)
  7. Kibō Clap (希望クラップ Clap for Hope)
  8. Kōsotori (コウノトリ Stork)
  9. Life is music (message)
  10. Believer
  11. Another Day
  12. Harmony
  13. We are ready! (message)
  14. Let's Try (street band version)
2getherPCCA-02551393Track listing:
  1. Shall We Nori Nori? (SHALL WE ノリノリ? Shall We Get Wild?)
  2. Dance Around
  3. Hibiscus (ハイビスカス Haibisukasu)
  4. Missing You
  5. Donna ni (どんなに How)
  6. Ore Tomo (オレトモ With Me)
  7. Survivor (サヴァイバー Savaibaa) (Beat Patrol Mix)
  8. Bacchanale Time (バッカナル TIME Bakkanaru Taimu)
  9. Anata e ~ A Song for You (あなたへ ~ A SONG FOR YOU To You ~ A Song for You)
  10. Hopeful Days
  11. Always
Mitsu Yoko Ichi Mura
(三横一村 Three Sides, One Village)
PCCA-02951[8] 1082Track listing:
  1. Ohanami Shite~na (お花見して~な I wanna do Hanami...)
  2. 3rd Time's Luck
  3. Hajimaru (はじまる Start)
  4. Forever Friends (album mix)
  5. Ganbare (願晴れ Wish for Sun)
  6. Hadaka no Ōsama (裸の王様 The Naked King)
  7. No Work, No Holiday
  8. Last Scene (ラストシーン Rasuto Shiin) (album mix)
  9. Brand New World
  10. Stay with me (acoustic live recording)
  11. Hopeful Days (acoustic live recording)
align=left DaisyPCCA-03351[9] 2961Track listing:
  1. Daisy
  2. The life is dramatic
  3. Road (ロード)
  4. Manon (マノン)
  5. and i love you
  6. Hitori ja nai (ひとりじゃない)
  7. Love
  8. Another sky
  9. Play on!
  10. Travelers Of Life
  11. Fight (ファイト)
  12. Kiseki wa deai mata sore he (奇跡は出会いまたそれへ)
  13. LOVE SONG
  14. Tokyo (東京)
StarPCCA-03651[10] 2711Track listing:
  1. GOLDEN TIME
  2. BEAT
  3. Lady Don't Cry
  4. Step & Go
  5. Hitorikiri no Christmas (ひとりきりのクリスマス)
  6. Midnight Train
  7. Akogare (あこがれ)
  8. fall in love
  9. Perfect World (FUJIMINO MIX)
  10. Tabidachi no Kaze (旅立ちの風)
  11. Familia (ファミリア)
  12. STAR
Best of D-51PCCA-03251[11] 503Compilation albumTrack listing:
  1. Top of Summer
  2. Dreamin' on
  3. No More Cry
  4. Hibiscus (ハイビスカス Haibisukasu)
  5. Always
  6. Brand New World
  7. Hajimaru (はじまる Start)
  8. Forever Friends
  9. Stand Up !
  10. Sepia (セピア)
  11. Great Man (Yasu solo)
  12. Sayonara to Namida (さよならと涙 Goodbye and Tears) (Yu solo)
  13. Lonely Saturday Night
  14. Hikō Shōnen-ki (飛行少年紀 Flying Youth)
  15. Life
Yet The Earth Does MoveFLHO-106  Mini-album

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D-51 - ディスコグラフィー. d-51.jp. 15 April 2015.
  2. Web site: ja:D-51のシングル売上ランキング . D-51 Single Rankings . http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/rank/single/ . Japanese . . April 15, 2015.
  3. Web site: D-51のシングル売上ランキング 2ページ目.
  4. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' . Japanese . . yes . May 21, 2014.
  5. Web site: D-51 - ディスコグラフィー. d-51.jp. 15 April 2015.
  6. Web site: ja:D-51のアルバム売上ランキング . D-51 Album Rankings . http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/rank/album/ . Japanese . . April 15, 2015.
  7. Web site: STREET BREEZE. ORICON STYLE. 15 April 2015.
  8. Web site: 三横一村 | D-51.
  9. Web site: Daisy | D-51.
  10. Web site: Star | D-51.
  11. Web site: Best of D-51 | D-51.