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Imagine the clock being rewound and Ashita no kioku's music box melody playing in the background, and they said...

Jun: In 2009, we Arashi welcome our tenth anniversary. In these ten long years, we truly have been granted the opportunity to experience many different things.
Ohno: Year 1999. We received the group name “Arashi” and debuted. We still remember clearly the press conference that we held at Hawaii. It was from this point that our journey started.
Jun: April, 2000. The first ever Arashi concert. The audience who was present at the venue of that time, I wonder if they are also watching us today?
Aiba: Spring 2001. Arashi’s first national tour. Assembly hall, arena, we got to feel the wonder of each venue. It was indeed a great concert tour.
In the field of television, this was the time when Arashi’s first regular show started.
Sho: Year 2002. In the middle of the “HERE WE GO!” tour, we gathered everyday to discuss the question of “what exactly is Arashi?”
MatsuJun and I each were given the chance to play the lead role in a drama.
Nino: Year 2003. We got to hold concerts in both Spring and Summer. Furthermore, we were able to take part in many solo activities. All of those experiences would eventually become a great power for us.
Aiba: Year 2004. I became a regular on the variety show “Tensai Shimura Doubutsuen”. There started my days of challenging the limits.
Then, we united our feelings to act as the main personality for “24 hour TV”. We, along with everyone else, took on each of our challenges while aiming for our dreams. For the first time, I wrote a letter to all the members.
Jun: Year 2005. Introduction of the Moving Stage. It was an idea that brought much joy to everyone, and has since then become a fundamental part of Arashi’s concerts.
This year, I acted in “Hana Yori Dango”. I am happy to learn that, through this production, Arashi’s songs were able to reach many more people.
Sho: Year 2006. Our first Asia tour, in which we experienced the sensation of a second debut concert.
It was also in this year that Nino acted in the Hollywood movie “Letters from Iwo Jima”, and I took my first step as a newscaster.
Nino: Year 2007. Thanks to everyone’s support, we were able to hold our first Dome concert.
Moreover, there were the movie that featured all five of us, and the drama that Shou kun and I acted in together. It was a year that left us with a true sense of accomplishment.
Ohno: Year 2008. Regarding individual activities, I was able to hold my one-man exhibition and play the lead role of a drama for the first time.
As a group, the five of us worked for our second “24 hour TV”, then went on a second Asia tour.
Sho: And then, 2009, it has been a year when our sense of fulfillment comes from many aspects – all started to unfold from our single “Believe”. As the five of us continue to be supported by so many people, today, we have come to stand here. Here, at this moment, little by little, let us try to look back at our ten long years together.

emm..speechless~
red eye..flood's coming!!

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