generasia:Featured article for 2016 week 23
AAA
AAA (pronounced Triple A), standing for ATTACK ALL AROUND, is a seven member group created in 2005 under the avex trax label. Their debut single, "BLOOD on FIRE", was used in the Initial D live action movie. Their first full-length album and first mini-album, both titled ATTACK, were released on January 1st, 2006.
Along with being a singer and dancer, each member has expanded their fields into various other outlets, such as TV hosts, modeling, and acting in Hollywood movies, TV dramas, and theatrical plays. Uno Misako appeared in the Hollywood film The Grudge 2, for example. Nishijima Takahiro played the lead role in Japanese film Ai no Mukidashi (directed by Shion Sono) released in 2008. In 2009, he was the lead role along with Fukuda Saki in a drama Ghost Friends. Ito Chiaki played the lead character in the Taiwanese drama Honey and Clover. In 2009, Urata Naoya went solo with an album entitled TURN OVER.
Their 51st single, "NEW", is released this week on June 8th.
