With SASA leaving JSB, a new vocalist was needed because the remaining members were all performers. Instead of one new singer, they ended up with two new vocalists joining the group:
· Shunsuke Kiyokiba (SHUN) had won a TV audition and was already signed up with the label AVEX. This way he ended up recording with HIRO’s group and becoming one of the newest members. The first song he recorded with them became EXILE’s first single.
· ATSUSHI had also participated in a TV audition show (Asayan) and EXILE decided to recruit him. In the Asayan TV show where he was discovered, ATSUSHI met for the first time with a later future member of the second generation of JSB (and nowadays member of EXILE): NESMITH.
From 2001 to 2006, the group was formed by HIRO, MATSU, USA, MAKIDAI, SHUN and ATSUSHI. They released a total amount of 20 singles and 4 studio albums.
Singles:
Your Eyes Only ~Aimai na Boku no Katachi~ - September 27th 2001
Style –December 12th 2001
Fly Away (versión del tema que SASA compuso para JSB) – February 20th 2002
Song For You – Abril 17th 2002
Cross ~never say die~ - August 7th 2002
EX – STYLE ~Kiss you~ - Novembre 13th 2002
We Will ~Ano basho de~ - February 5th 2003
Breezin’ ~Together~ - May 28th 2003
LET ME LUV U DOWN – July 9th 2003
Choo Choo Train (versión del éxito de ZOO) – November 6th 2003
Eternal… -November 12th 2003
Ki·zu·na – November 19th 2003
O’ver – November 27th 2003
Carry On/Unmei no HITO – May 12th 2004
Real World – June 30th 2004
HEART of GOLD – August 18th 2004
HERO – December 1st 2004
EXIT – August 24th 2005
Tada… Aitakute –December 14th 2005
YES! – March 1st 2006
Albums:
our style – March 6th 2002
Styles of Beyond – February 13th 2003
EXILE ENTERTSINMENT – December 3rd 2003
ASIA – March 29th 2006
During this period, EXILE’s style kept evolving following the changes that US’ Hip-Hop and R&B were going through back then (early 2000’s), without excluding the influences of their contemporary J-Pop. EXILE’s songs were always distinguished by their strong R&B/Soul vocal melodies and their harmonies between their two vocalists, something that set them apart from ZOO (female main vocalist, male and female sub-vocals) and the first JSB’s generation (single male vocal). Both ATSUSHI and SHUN as well as the remaining members had their side activities but this time we would like to highlight the group, RATHER UNIQUE, where USA and MAKIDAI danced and that we’ll see soon.
We would also put a special mention to their collaboration song with the Rock group Glay, Scream (July 2005), that would later inspire a new project for LDH. This particular song reached # 1 at the Oricon charts, selling more than 500.000 copies.
On March 29th 2006, after promoting their last single, YES!, SHUN left the group to go solo (and he also left LDH). He appeared one last time at the TV show Music Station (April 21st) for a last performance of their hits to bid him farewell.
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