is an Okinawan band which performs Japanese-language pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 music. D-51 is group consisting of two men, Yu and Yasu. They are signed under Pony Canyon

Pony Canyon

is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...

 label. According to its members, the name D-51 came from Japanese National Railways

Japanese National Railways

, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...

' D51 steam locomotive

D51 steam locomotive

The is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways and various manufacturers from 1936 to 1951...

 class.

In 2005, they had their first big hit with the single No More Cry, which peaked at no. 5 on Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts and became the 13th best selling single of the year, selling 402,034 copies.

Members

• Yu : born Yū Uezato (上里優 Uezato Yū) on November 9, 1983 in Ginowan
  Ginowan, Okinawa
  is a city located in Okinawa, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 88,318 and the density of 4,526.81 persons per km². The total area is 19.51 km². The city borders Chatan to the west, Okinawa City to the North, Urasoe to the south and Nishihara to the East.- Politics and...
  
  , Okinawa Prefecture
  Okinawa Prefecture
  is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
  
  , Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  .
• Yasu : born Yasuhide Yoshida (吉田安英 Yoshida Yasuhide) on April 6, 1982 in Naha
  Naha, Okinawa
  is the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.Naha is a coastal city located on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands...
  
  , Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Singles

Original

1. LET's TRY (August 30, 2003)

Independent release

1. Street Breeze (February 14, 2004)

Major Label

1. Top of the Summer (July 7, 2004)
2. Dreamin' on (November 24, 2004)
3. NO MORE CRY (February 2, 2005) (theme song for the Japanese television drama
   Japanese television drama
   , also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
   
    Gokusen 2)
4. Hibiscus (ハイビスカス Haibisukasu) (July 6, 2005)
5. Always (October 26, 2005) (theme song for the movie Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
   Always Sanchome no Yuhi
   is a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:...
   
   )
6. Brand New World (July 26, 2006) (sixth theme song for the anime
   Anime
   is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
   
    series One Piece
   One Piece
   is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
   
   )
7. Hajimaru (始まる Start) (November 29, 2006)
8. Forever Friends (February 7, 2007)
9. Stand Up ! (August 29, 2007)
10. Sepia (February 6, 2008)(fourth ending theme song for the anime
    Anime
    is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
    
     series Blue Dragon)
11. Travelers Of Life (July 30, 2008)
12. Road (February 4, 2009)
13. Lady Don't Cry (October 28, 2009)
14. Familia (May 26, 2010) (used as fifteenth ending song for the anime
    Anime
    is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
    
     series Reborn!
    Reborn!
    Reborn!, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The plot revolves around the life of a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, who finds out that he is next in line to become the boss of the most powerful Mafia organization called Vongola, the Vongola Family...
    
    )

Albums

Mini album

• Street Breeze (February 14, 2004)

1. Let's Try
2. Lonely Saturday Night
3. Crazy Love
4. Dancin' in the Street
5. Futari
6. Let's Try (original karaoke
   Karaoke
   is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
   
   )

Studio albums

• Oneness (March 16, 2005)

1. Top of the Summer
2. No More Cry (Smile Power Mix)
3. My favorite island (message)
4. Kaze no Melody (風のメロディー Melody of the Wind)
5. Million Night
6. Born singer×2 (message)
7. Kibō Clap (希望クラップ Clap for Hope)
8. Kōsotori (コウノトリ Stork)
9. Life is music (message)
10. Believer
11. Another Day
12. Harmony
13. We are ready! (message)
14. Let's Try (street band version)

• 2gether (March 15, 2006)

1. Shall We Nori Nori? (SHALL　WE　ノリノリ? Shall We Get Wild?)
2. Dance Around
3. Hibiscus (ハイビスカス Haibisukasu)
4. Missing You
5. Donna ni (どんなに How)
6. Ore Tomo (オレトモ With Me)
7. Survivor (サヴァイバー Savaibaa) (Beat Patrol Mix)
8. Bacchanale
   Bacchanale
   A bacchanale is a dramatic musical composition, often depicting a drunken revel or bacchanal.Well-known examples are the bacchanales in Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila and the Overture and Bacchanale of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser. John Cage wrote a Bacchanale for prepared piano...
   
    Time (バッカナル TIME Bakkanaru Taimu)
9. Anata e ~ A Song for You (あなたへ ～ A SONG FOR YOU To You ~ A Song for You)
10. Hopeful Days
11. Always

• Mitsu Yoko Ichi Mura (三横一村 Three Sides, One Village) (February 28, 2007)

1. Ohanami Shite~na (お花見して～な I wanna do Hanami
   Hanami
   is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms or ume blossoms. From the end of March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan, and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa...
   
   ...)
2. 3rd Time's Luck
3. Hajimaru (はじまる Start)
4. Forever Friends (album mix)
5. Ganbare (願晴れ Wish for Sun)
6. Hadaka no Ōsama (裸の王様 The Naked King)
7. No Work, No Holiday
8. Last Scene (ラストシーン Rasuto Shiin) (album mix)
9. Brand New World
10. Stay with me (acoustic live recording)
11. Hopeful Days (acoustic live recording)

• Daisy (March 4, 2009)

1. Daisy
2. The life is dramatic
3. Road (ロード)
4. Manon (マノン)
5. and i love you
6. Hitori ja nai (ひとりじゃない)
7. Love
8. Another sky
9. Play on!
10. Travelers Of Life
11. Fight (ファイト)
12. Kiseki wa deai mata sore he (奇跡は出会いまたそれへ)
13. LOVE SONG
14. Tokyo (東京)

• STAR (December 1, 2010)

1. GOLDEN TIME
2. BEAT
3. Lady Don't Cry
4. Step & Go
5. Hitorikiri no Christmas (ひとりきりのクリスマス)
6. Midnight Train
7. Akogare (あこがれ)
8. fall in love
9. Perfect World (FUJIMINO MIX)
10. Tabidachi no Kaze (旅立ちの風)
11. Familia (ファミリア)
12. STAR

Compilation album

• Best of D-51 (February 6, 2008)

1. Top of Summer
2. Dreamin' on
3. No More Cry
4. Hibiscus (ハイビスカス Haibisukasu)
5. Always
6. Brand New World
7. Hajimaru (はじまる Start)
8. Forever Friends
9. Stand Up !
10. Sepia (セピア)
11. Great Man (Yasu solo)
12. Sayonara to Namida (さよならと涙 Goodbye and Tears) (Yu solo)
13. Lonely Saturday Night
14. Hikō Shōnen-ki (飛行少年紀 Flying Youth)
15. Life

External links

• D-51 Official Website
• D-51 Official Blog