, is a Japanese boy band. The group consists of five members: Yudai Ohno, Toru Iwaoka, Taiki Kudo, Sota Hanamura, and Hayate Wada. They were formerly signed to Universal Sigma until they transferred to Avex Trax in June 2020. They are currently managed by Avex Management Inc.
Name Despite the hyphen in the group's name, it is pronounced as "dice". Five sides of a die represent the members, while the last side represents the fans. The "a-i" in the name is intentionally spelt in lowercase, as "ai" means love in the Japanese language.
History
2011–2014: Formation and early years In January 2011, Yudai Ohno, Toru Iwaoka, Taiki Kudo, Sota Hanamura, and Hayate Wada were gathered and formed into a group by their current manager. The group, initially named Blackout, soon decided to change the name because "blackout" meant a power outage. In April, they held their first concert in Shibuya Vuenos.
From May to September 2012, Da-ice performed as the opening act for their agency mates AAA in "AAA Tour 2012 -777- Triple Seven". This significantly widened their exposure to the public, and by the end of the tour their Twitter followers had grown from about 2,000 to over 10,000. On 12 December 2012, the group released their self-titled debut indie mini-album. It ranked 1st on the Recochoku ringtone daily chart, and reached a peak of number 15 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart.
Following the release of the album, Da-ice held their first tour in January 2013. In May of the same year, they held their second tour. In June 2013, they released their first indie single, "I'll Be Back". The single ranked number 14 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, and achieved number one on the Recochoku ringtone daily chart. In July, they announced they would be making their debut in 2014, and in October, it was announced that a nationwide online vote would determine their debut single. At the end of 2013, the group transferred to Universal Music Japan's subsidiary, Universal Sigma.
In January 2014, the group released their debut single, "Shout It Out", which ranked second place on the Oricon Daily Chart and fourth place on the Oricon Weekly Charts. The single was chosen by their fans from three possible songs.
In March, they held their third tour. Following the release of two subsequent singles, Da-ice released their first full album, Fight Back, as well as a DVD of their third tour, on 15 October. On 8 November 2015, the group announced that they would be releasing their second full-length album Every Season. All four singles from 2015 will be included in this album.
2016–present: Every Season Officially released on 6 January 2016, Every Season ranked first place on the Oricon Daily Ranking on 5 January, a day prior to its official release. Their album sales had reached more than 30,000 copies sold. Every Season includes four singles from 2015 and a collaboration with SKY-HI from their senior group, AAA. On 1 February 2016, it was announced that Da-iCE would perform their first Hall Tour across Japan starting in July, with its final stop at Tokyo Nippon Budokan on 1 January 2017. This would be the first time the group had performed at an Arena as a solo act. On 8 February, they wrapped up their third tour with a surprise announcement of their single "Watch Out", and their third concert live DVD Da-ice Live House Tour 2015–2016: Phase 4 Hello, released simultaneously on 6 April 2016. The single "Watch Out" was released in 3 versions and individual member versions. The third live DVD featured the semi-final performance in Tokyo at the Toyosu PIT on 31 January 2016, and included a limited edition one hour recording called "the Road to Nippon Budokan".
On 22 December 2021, the group released their single "liveDevil", which serves as the opening theme song for the 32nd entry of the Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Revice. The song featured additional vocals from Subaru Kimura, who also voiced one of Revice'''s main characters. The side B of the single featured "Promise", the ending song for the movie "Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations". On 30 December, their single "Citrus" won the Grand Prix at the 63rd Japan Record Awards.
The group is featured as the fictional boy band 4*Town in the Japanese dub of the 2022 Pixar film Turning Red''. They performed Japanese version of the song "Nobody Like U", titled "どんな君" (Donna Kimi Mo) and released on 25 February 2022, as a single on major platforms including YouTube and Spotify; most of its lines are sung by Sota and Yudai.
Members – leader, performer – performer – vocalist – vocalist – performer
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Type Album details Peak positions Sales (JPN)JPN Da-ice EPReleased: 12 December 2012 Label: Octave Formats: CD, digital download 33 5,000 Fight Back StudioReleased: 15 December 2014 Label: Universal Sigma Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download 3 15,000+ Every Season StudioReleased: 6 January 2016 Label: Universal Sigma Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download 1 53,000+ Next Phase StudioReleased: 25 January 2017 Label: Universal Sigma Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download 2 50,000+ Bet StudioReleased: 8 August 2018 Label: Universal Sigma Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download3TBA Da-ice Best CompilationReleased: 6 June 2019 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download 2 35,000 Face StudioReleased: 29 April 2020 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+DVD, digital download 2 ? Six StudioReleased: 20 January 2021 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD+DVD, digital download 4 ? Reversi EPReleased: 16 February 2022 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD 2 12,791 Scene StudioReleased: 24 May 2023 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD 10 10,275 Musi-am StudioReleased: 2 October 2024 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD 2 15,458 Terminal StudioReleased: 14 January 2026 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, CD 5 16,113
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions No. Title Year Peak chart positions Album Sales (JPN)Oricon Singles ChartsBillboard Japan Hot 100 Indie singles 1 "I'll Be Back" 2013 14 - 6,000 Major singles Universal Sigma 1 "Shout It Out"2014 4 19Fight Back 14,000 2 "Toki" 5 19 15,000 3 8 38 23,000 4 2015 2 8Every Season 22,000 5 "Billion Dreams" 4 13 26,000 6 "Everybody" 3 3 38,000 7 "Hello" 3 4 40,0008 "Watch Out"2016 3 3Next Phase35,000 9 "Paradive" (パラダイブ)3447,00010"Koigokoro" (恋ごころ; Love)35 30,00011"Tonikaku Hey" (トニカクHey; Anyway, Hey)201722Bet38,00012"Kimi Iro" (君色; Your Color)4631,00013 "Tokyo Merry Go Round"20182548,00014 "Fakeshow"3644,70015 "Kumo O Nuketa Aozora" (雲を抜けた青空; Cloudless Blue Sky)59 Da-ice BestTBA16 "Fake Me Fake Me Out"20193817 "Back to Back"27Face Avex Trax18 "Dreamin' On"2020635Six19 "Amp"12 -20 "Image"8 -21 "Citrus"13722 "Easy Tasty"17 -23 "Bubble Love"2021Digital release24 "Lights"25 "Kartell" Reversi26 "liveDevil" 825
Video releases + List of albums, with selected chart positionsNo. Title Album details Peak positionsJPN1 Da-ice Live Tour 2014: Phase 2Released: 15 October 2014 Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD 92 Da-ice Live Tour Phase 3: Fight BackReleased: 15 April 2015 Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD 123 Da-ice Live House Tour 2015–2016: Phase 4 HelloReleased: 6 April 2016 (JPN) Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD 54 Da-iCE HALL TOUR 2016 -PHASE 5- FINAL in Nippon BudōkanReleased: 14 June 2017 (JPN) Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD/Blu-ray 45 Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2017 -NEXT PHASE-Released: 14 March 2018 (JPN) Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD/Blu-ray 56 Da-iCE 5th Anniversary Tour -BET-Released: 6 June 2019 (JPN) Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD/Blu-ray 77 Da-iCE BEST TOUR 2020 -SPECIAL EDITION-Released: 17 June 2020 (JPN) Label: Universal Sigma Format: DVD/Blu-ray 18 Da-iCE COUNTDOWN LIVE 2020-2021Released: 20 September 2021 (JPN) Label: Avex Trax Format: DVD/Blu-ray —9 Da-iCE ARENA TOUR 2021 -SiX-Released: 16 March 2022 (JPN) Label: Avex Trax Format: DVD/Blu-ray —
Collaborative works YearSongNotes Release title 2013"My Generation" (Vimclip) Featuring vocals from Yudai Ohno and Sota Hanamura I2016"Play 17" Collaboration with AAA and TRF, song features Yudai and Sota. Hayate features in music video.TRF×AAA×Da-iCE - Play 17
Photobooks TitleRelease dateDa-iCE First Photo Book2015-03-13
Achievements 2015 The Japan Gold Disc Award 2015 - Best 5 New Artist 2021 63rd Japan Record Awards Grand Prix winners
References
External links
Da-iCE Universal sigma profile