Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo

2009 video by Arashi

Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo

Video by

Arashi

Released| March 25, 2009 (2009-03-25)
Recorded| September 6, 2008
Genre| Pop, rock, hip hop
Length| 3 hours, 30 minutes
Label| J Storm
Arashi chronology
| Summer Tour 2007 Final Time: Kotoba no Chikara
(2008)  | Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
(2009)  | 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009
(2009)

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Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo is a DVD release of the Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on March 25, 2009 by their record label J Storm. Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo documented the second day (September 6, 2008) of Arashi's first concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo.[1]

## Concert tour

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Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008Tour by Arashi

Start date| September 5, 2008
End date| November 16, 2008
Legs| 4[2]
No. of shows| 8[2]
Arashi concert chronology

*   * Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live
(2008)
*   * Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008
(2008)
*   * Arashi Anniversary Tour 5x10
(2009—2010)

### Tour information

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During the group's performance in Tokyo Dome on June 15, 2008, it was announced that they would hold their second Asia Tour by the end of the year. Titled Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008, the tour began at the National Stadium in Tokyo, where the group became the third musical act after SMAP and Dreams Come True to hold concerts there. The tour then continued to Seoul, Taipei and Shanghai, a Johnny & Associates first.[2][3][4]

### Tour dates

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* September 5: Tokyo, Japan
* September 6: Tokyo, Japan
* October 11: Taipei, Taiwan[4]
* October 12: Taipei, Taiwan[4]
* November 1: Seoul, Korea[4]
* November 2: Seoul, Korea[4]
* November 15: Shanghai, China[2]

## Set list

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Special Footage

1. Arashi's Fight in Kokuritsu

Set list

1. "Overture"
2. "Love So Sweet"
3. "Oh Yeah!"
4. "Kitto Daijōbu"
5. "La Tormenta 2004"
6. "Happiness"
7. "Hadashi no Mirai"
8. "Aozora Pedal"
9. "Hello Goodbye" (Masaki Aiba solo)
10. "Subarashiki Sekai"
11. "Tomadoi Nagara"
12. "Still..."
13. "Lucky Man"
14. "Take Me Faraway" (Satoshi Ohno solo)
15. "Niji" (Kazunari Ninomiya solo)
16. "Smile"
17. "Wave"
18. "Carnival Night Part 2"
19. MC
20. "Kaze no Mukō e"
21. "Re(mark)able"
22. "Truth"
23. "Step and Go"
24. "A Day in Our Life"
25. "Tell Me What You Wanna Be?" (Jun Matsumoto solo)
26. "Ichioku No Hoshi"
27. "Sirius"
28. "Hip Pop Boogie" (Sho Sakurai solo)
29. "Arashi"
30. "Pikanchi Double"
31. "Asu Ni Mukatte Hoeru"
32. "One Love"

Encore 1

1. "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi"
2. "Fight Song"
3. "Kaze"
4. "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono"

Encore 2

1. "Sakura Sake"
2. "Wish"
3. "Gori Muchu"

## Chart performance

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The DVD sold 230,000 copies in its first week and held the record for highest first week sales of 2009[5] until the release of the group's music video collection DVD 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009 on October 28, 2009.[6] It is also the fourth in history for first week sales among music DVDs to date (behind their own 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009 of 428,000, KAT-TUN's Real Face Film of 374,000 and SMAP's Live MIJ of 281,000),[5][6] the first DVD to top the comprehensive sales category for three consecutive weeks,[7] and the first music DVD in history to hold the number one spot in the first half of the year in Japan.[8][9]

By the end of 2009, Oricon announced that the DVD was the second best-selling music DVD of the year in Japan, right after 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009.[10]

In 2010, Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo sold another 85,453 copies, making it the thirty-eighth best-selling DVD overall for 2010 in Japan.[11]

## Charts and certifications

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### Charts

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| Chart (2009)  | Peak
position

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Japan Oricon Weekly Music DVD Chart[7][12] | 1
Japan Oricon Yearly Music DVD Chart[13] | 2
Japan Oricon Yearly Comprehensive DVD Chart[13] | 3
Chart (2010)  | Peak
position
Japan Oricon Yearly Comprehensive DVD Chart[11] | 38

### Sales and certifications

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| Country  | Provider  | Sales  | Certification

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Japan  | RIAJ | 428,256[13] | Platinum[14]

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Format  | Distributor

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Japan  | March 25, 2009 (2009-03-25)[15] | DVD (JABA-5046)[15] | J Storm
South Korea  | April 8, 2009 (2009-04-08)[16] | DVD (SMDVD031)[16] | SM Entertainment
Taiwan  | April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)[17] | DVD (JAJDV57018/9)[17] | Avex Taiwan
Hong Kong  | April 29, 2009 (2009-04-29)[18] | DVD[18] | Avex Asia

## Awards

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### Japan Gold Disc Awards

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Year  | Nominee / work  | Award  | Result

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2010  | Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo | The Best Music Videos  | Won[19]

## References

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1. ^ "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo" (in Japanese). J Storm. Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
2. ^ a b c d "Arashi announces Asia concert tour". Tokyograph. 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
3. ^ "Othello's Matsushima to Wed Marsas Sound Machine Singer". Japan Zone. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
4. ^ a b c d e "Johnny's group Arashi to tour Asia from September". Japan Today. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
5. ^ a b "New Arashi DVD ranks 3rd ever in first week sales". Tokyograph. 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
6. ^ a b "嵐、音楽DVD史上初の40万枚超え 3年半ぶり歴代記録更新" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-11-03. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
7. ^ a b "嵐がDVDで新記録樹立！ 3週連続の総合首位は史上初" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-04-15. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
8. ^ "上半期DVDランキング総合1位は嵐、映画DVD部門でも松潤出演作"花男"が1位に" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-06-17. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
9. ^ "EXILE tops sales ranking for first half '09". Tokyograph. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
10. ^ "嵐、史上初の"CD、DVD4 冠"達成～シングルTOP3独占は光GENJI以来21年ぶり" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
11. ^ a b "年間ランキング特集 DVD" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
12. ^ "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
13. ^ a b c "2009 Oricon Yearly DVD Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
14. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
15. ^ a b "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo". CDJapan. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
16. ^ a b "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo" (in Korean). SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
17. ^ a b "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo" (in Chinese). Avex Taiwan. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
18. ^ a b "Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo (Hong Kong Version)" (in Chinese). YesAsia. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
19. ^ "The 24th Japan Gold Disc Award 2010". RIAJ. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.

## External links

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* Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo at J Storm
* Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo at Oricon

* v
* t
* e

Arashi

* Masaki Aiba
* Jun Matsumoto
* Kazunari Ninomiya
* Satoshi Ohno
* Sho Sakurai

Albums|

| Studio|

* Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
* Here We Go!
* How's It Going?
* Iza, Now!
* One
* Arashic
* Time
* Dream "A"live
* Boku no Miteiru Fūkei
* Beautiful World
* Popcorn
* Love
* The Digitalian
* Japonism
* Are You Happy?
* Untitled
* This Is Arashi

|

Compilation|

* Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001
* 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
* All the Best! 1999–2009
* 5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019

EPs|

* Arashi Reborn Vol.1

Singles|

* "Arashi"
* "Sunrise Nippon / Horizon"
* "Typhoon Generation"
* "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi"
* "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru"
* "Jidai"
* "A Day in Our Life"
* "Nice na Kokoroiki"
* "Pikanchi"
* "Tomadoi Nagara"
* "Hadashi no Mirai / Kotoba yori Taisetsu na Mono"
* "Pikanchi Double"
* "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy / Hero"
* "Sakura Sake"
* "Wish"
* "Kitto Daijōbu"
* "Aozora Pedal"
* "Love So Sweet"
* "We Can Make It!"
* "Happiness"
* "Step and Go"
* "One Love"
* "Truth / Kaze no Mukō e"
* "Beautiful Days"
* "Believe / Kumorinochi, Kaisei"
* "Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)"
* "Everything"
* "My Girl"
* "Troublemaker"
* "Monster"
* "To Be Free"
* "Love Rainbow"
* "Dear Snow"
* "Hatenai Sora"
* "Lotus"
* "Meikyū Love Song"
* "Wild at Heart"
* "Face Down"
* "Your Eyes"
* "Calling / Breathless"
* "Endless Game"
* "Bittersweet"
* "Guts!"
* "Daremo Shiranai"
* "Sakura"
* "Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari"
* "Ai o Sakebe"
* "Fukkatsu Love"
* "I Seek / Daylight"
* "Power of the Paradise"
* "I'll Be There"
* "Tsunagu"
* "Doors (Yūki no Kiseki)"
* "Find the Answer"
* "Natsu Hayate"
* "Kimi no Uta"
* "Brave"
* "Turning Up"
* "A-ra-shi: Reborn"
* "Love So Sweet: Reborn"
* "Kite"
* "Whenever You Call"
* "Party Starters"

Videos|

* 2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!!
* Summer Tour 2007 Final Time – Kotoba no Chikara
* Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
* 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009

* Full discography
* Filmography
* Johnny & Associates
* J Storm

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