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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0Exile is a Japanese band that comprises 19 members. The band started as a group from the J Soul Brothers when the current leader, Hiro changed the group name into Exile in 1999 upon his split from the pop group Zoo. Exile made a hit single named "Choo Choo Train" that became a popular single for the group's album called "Exile Entertainment.

This album was sold for more than a million copies. In December 2005, the group released the single "Tada Aitakute and in March 2006 "yes". In February 2007, the band released "Michi" a single which became the group's first hit single in Oricon charts. As of the current year at the time of this writing (2019), Atsushi became the longest-serving member of the band while there are retired members and new generations that succeeded the former members. 

Photo by Norio Nakayama

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