Da-iCE

 (ダイス; pronounced "dice"), formerly known as BLACKOUT, is a five-member dance and vocal boy group that consists of four-octave twin vocalists: Ohno Yudai and Hanamura Sota as well as three performers: Kudo Taiki, Iwaoka Toru, and Wada Hayate. The group was formed in 2011 and made its major-label debut in 2014 with their first single "SHOUT IT OUT". They are managed by Avex Management and currently signed to its record label, avex trax.

The group's name is a coined word from "Dance" and "Dice". It means that Da-iCE is a group formed by its five members together with their fans as one, representing the six sides of a cube. The word "ai" in lowercase expresses their desire to be an artist with love. Their fans are often referred to as "Rokumen" (6面; The Sixth Sides).

Members

 * Kudo Taiki (工藤大輝) - Leader, performer
 * Iwaoka Toru (岩岡徹) - Performer
 * Ohno Yudai (大野雄大) - Vocalist
 * Hanamura Sota (花村想太) - Vocalist
 * Wada Hayate (和田颯) - Performer

2011-2013: Independent era
A group that consists of five members was formed on January 17, 2011, under the name BLACKOUT. They soon changed its name to Da-iCE. On April 11 of the same year, they initiated their group's activity by holding a live performance at a small club VUENOS in Shibuya, Tokyo. At that time, they had only two songs, "New day" and "To the last man".

On December 12, 2012, they released an independent mini album, Da-iCE. It managed to occupy the 15th position on the Oricon daily charts and topped the Recochoku daily ranking.

In January 2013, they held their first concert tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2013: PHASE 0. On June 5 of the same year, they released an independent single "I'll be back". It managed to occupy the 14th position on the Oricon weekly charts and 12th on its daily charts. During the final performance of their concert tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2013: PHASE 1, held at Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo, on July 11, they announced their major debut. On September 5, they revealed through the USTREAM program Da-iCE.TV that they would debuted under UNIVERSAL SIGMA.

2014: Major debut
On January 15, Da-iCE made their major-label debut under UNIVERSAL SIGMA by releasing their first single "SHOUT IT OUT". It managed to take the 4th position on the Oricon weekly charts. Soon, they established their official fan club a-i on April 2.

On April 9, they released their second single "TOKI", followed by their third single "Hush Hush" on August 27.

On October 15, they released their first studio album, FIGHT BACK, which includes new songs as well as songs they have been performed since independent's era. The album managed to top the Oricon daily charts. On the same day, they also released a DVD containing video footage from their concert tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2013: PHASE 2.

On November 3 to December 22, they held their concert tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2014 PHASE 3: FIGHT BACK.

2015: Best 5 New Artist award
On January 7, Da-iCE released their fourth single "Mou Ichido Dake". It managed to occupy the 2nd position on the Oricon weekly charts.

On March 2, they received the Best 5 New Artist Award at the 29th Japan Gold Disc Awards.

On April 15, they released their fifth single "BILLION DREAMS". On the same day, they also released a DVD containing video footage of the final performance from their concert tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR PHASE 3: FIGHT BACK, held last year.

On May 5 to July 30, they held a concert tour, Da-iCE Live House Tour 2015: PHASE 4.

On August 12, they released their sixth single "Everybody", followed by their seventh single "HELLO" on November 4.

2016: EVERY SEASON
On January 6, Da-iCE released their second studio album, EVERY SEASON. It managed to top the Oricon daily charts and occupy the 2nd place on its weekly charts.

On April 6, they released their eighth single "WATCH OUT" along with a DVD containing video footage from their concert tour, Da-iCE Live House Tour 2015-2016: PHASE 4 HELLO.

On July 15, they started their concert tour, Da-iCE HALL TOUR 2016: PHASE 5.

On July 20, they released their ninth single "Paradive", followed by their tenth single "Koigokoro" on November 2.

2017: Budokan's concert and NEXT PHASE
On January 17, Da-iCE held their long-awaited performance, Da-iCE PHASE 5 FINAL in Nippon Budokan, at Nippon Budokan. On January 25, their third studio album, NEXT PHASE, was released.

On June 14, they released their 11th single "Tonikaku HEY" along with DVD and Blu-ray containing video footage from their concert at Budokan.

On August 30, they released their 12th single "Kimiiro".

On November 18, they held their first arena live at Kobe World Memorial Hall, followed by two day performance at Makuhari Messe on December 15 to 16.

On December 31, they performed as a guest act for their senior group, AAA, on their new year's eve event, AAA NEW YEAR PARTY 2018, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. They performed a total of ten songs and have also done a collaboration with AAA for one night only.

2018: Fifth anniversary and BET
To commemorate their fifth anniversary, Da-iCE released their 13th single "TOKYO MERRY GO ROUND" on January 17. A collaboration cafe was also held in Osaka up to February 4.

On March 14, they released a complete video footage from their first arena tour, Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2017: NEXT PHASE.

On April 7, they held a fan club event, a-i contact VOL.5: FiGHT BaCK.

On May 30, they released their 14th single "FAKESHOW" as a part of their fifth anniversary commemoration.

On August 8, they released their fourth studio album, BET, followed by a concert tour, Da-iCE 5th Anniversary Tour: BET, held from September 24 to January 14, 2019.

As the final part of the anniversary, they released their 15th single "Kumo wo Nuketa Aozora" on November 21.

2019: Da-iCE BEST
On April 3, Ohno Yudai released his first album, Kono Michi no Saki ni, as a solo artist.

On April 24, Da-iCE released their 16th single "FAKE ME FAKE ME OUT", provided by Fujiwara Satoshi from Official HIGE DANdism.

On June 6, they released their first best album, Da-iCE BEST, along with DVD and Blu-ray containing video footage from their anniversary concert tour held last year. A tour to promote the album was initiated in Niigata on June 9.

On December 18, they released their 17th single "BACK TO BACK".

On December 30 to 31, they held a countdown live, Da-iCE COUNTDOWN LIVE 2019-2020, at the Osaka International Convention Center.

2020: FACE and transfer to avex trax
On January 3, the song "Phoenix" written by Kudo Taiki for TV Asahi's night drama, Hatenkou Phoenix, was released on digital streaming services.

On January 10 to 11, Da-iCE held their first live performance at Yoyogi National Stadium, Da-iCE BEST TOUR 2020: SPECIAL EDITION, followed by announcing their fifth studio album, FACE.

On February, Da-iCE was planning to hold a concert tour at Osaka Castle Hall but was canceled to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection.

On March 23, they officially established a mobile fan club Da-iCE MOBiLE.

On March 25, Da-iCE was featured in EXIT's double A-side single "EXSID".

On April 29, Da-iCE released their fifth studio album, FACE.

On May 4, their planned fan meeting, Da-iCE a-i contact TOUR 2020, was canceled to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

On June 17, they released the DVD and Blu-ray containing video footage from their live performance at Yoyogi National Stadium last year.

On June 27, Da-iCE was officially transferred from UNIVERSAL SIGMA to avex trax. They released their first single under the new record label which is their 18th single overall "DREAMIN' ON" on August 26, followed by their 19th single "amp" on September 30, their 20th single "image" on October 28, their 21st single "CITRUS" on November 25, and their 22nd single "EASY TASTY" on December 23. All of the singles were released consecutively under the theme of five senses.

2021: Winning 63rd Japan Record Awards
On December 30, it was announced the group had won the 63rd Japan Record Awards with their single "CITRUS".

Discography
Indies=

Mini album

 * 1) [2012.12.12] Da-iCE

Singles
Albums=
 * 1) [2013.06.05] I'll be back

Albums

 * 1) [2014.10.15] FIGHT BACK
 * 2) [2016.01.06] EVERY SEASON
 * 3) [2017.01.25] NEXT PHASE
 * 4) [2018.08.08] BET
 * 5) [2020.04.29] FACE
 * 6) [2021.01.20] SiX
 * 7) [2023.05.24] SCENE

Best Albums

 * 1) [2019.06.06] Da-iCE BEST

Compilation Albums
Singles=
 * 1) [2016.12.12] Da-iCE Indies Collection

Singles

 * 1) [2014.01.15] SHOUT IT OUT
 * 2) [2014.04.09] TOKI
 * 3) [2014.08.27] Hush Hush (ハッシュ ハッシュ)
 * 4) [2015.01.07] Mou Ichido Dake (もう一度だけ; Only Once Again)
 * 5) [2015.04.15] BILLION DREAMS
 * 6) [2015.08.12] Everybody (エビバディ)
 * 7) [2015.11.04] HELLO
 * 8) [2016.04.06] WATCH OUT
 * 9) [2016.07.20] Paradive (パラダイブ)
 * 10) [2016.11.02] Koigokoro (恋ごころ; Awakening of Love)
 * 11) [2017.06.14] Tonikaku HEY (トニカクHEY)
 * 12) [2017.08.30] Kimi Iro (君色; Your Color)
 * 13) [2018.01.17] TOKYO MERRY GO ROUND
 * 14) [2018.05.30] FAKESHOW
 * 15) [2018.11.21] Kumo wo Nuketa Aozora (雲を抜けた青空; Blue Sky through the Clouds)
 * 16) [2019.04.24] FAKE ME FAKE ME OUT
 * 17) [2019.12.18] BACK TO BACK
 * 18) [2020.08.26] DREAMIN' ON
 * 19) [2020.09.30] amp
 * 20) [2020.10.28] image
 * 21) [2020.11.25] CITRUS
 * 22) [2020.12.23] EASY TASTY
 * 23) [2021.12.17] Promise
 * 24) [2021.12.22] liveDevil

Collaboration Singles

 * [2023.03.08] Sparrows (スパロウズ) (With CHEMISTRY)

Digital Singles

 * 1) [2020.01.03] Phoenix
 * 2) [2021.03.27] Bubble Love
 * 3) [2021.06.28] Lights
 * 4) [2021.08.09] Kartell
 * 5) [2022.02.05] Donna Kimi mo (どんな君も)
 * 6) [2022.07.22] Dance Dance
 * 7) [2022.08.22] Ima (イマ)
 * 8) [2022.10.19] Answers
 * 9) [2023.04.13] Dandelion (ダンデライオン)

EP
Videos=
 * 1) [2022.02.16] REVERSi

Video Releases

 * 1) [2014.10.15] Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2014: PHASE 2
 * 2) [2015.04.15] Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2014 PHASE 3: FIGHT BACK
 * 3) [2016.04.06] Da-iCE Live House Tour 2015-2016: PHASE 4 HELLO
 * 4) [2017.06.14] Da-iCE HALL TOUR 2016: PHASE 5 FINAL in Nippon Budokan
 * 5) [2018.03.14] Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2017: NEXT PHASE
 * 6) [2019.06.06] Da-iCE 5th Anniversary Tour: BET
 * 7) [2020.06.17] Da-iCE BEST TOUR 2020: SPECIAL EDITION

Awards

 * 2015 29th Japan Gold Disc Awards - Best 5 New Artist Award
 * 2021 63rd Japan Record Awards - Grand Prix (CITRUS)

Concerts

 * Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2013: PHASE0 (2013)
 * Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2013: PHASE 1 (2013)
 * Da-iCE the SHOWCASE LIVE (2013)
 * Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2014: PHASE 2 (2014)
 * Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2014 PHASE 3: FIGHT BACK (2014)
 * Da-iCE Live House Tour 2015: PHASE 4 (2015)
 * Da-iCE Live House Tour 2015-2016: PHASE 4 HELLO (2015-2016)
 * Da-iCE HALL TOUR 2016: PHASE 5 (2016-2017)
 * Da-iCE LIVE TOUR 2017: NEXT PHASE (2017)
 * Da-iCE 5th Anniversary Tour: BET (2018-2019)
 * Da-iCE BEST TOUR 2019 (2019)
 * Da-iCE BEST TOUR 2020 -SPECIAL EDITION- (2020) (Cancelled)
 * Da-iCE a-i contact TOUR 2020 (2020) (Cancelled)
 * Da-iCE ARENA TOUR 2021 -SiX- (2021)

Official links

 * Website
 * UNIVERSAL SIGMA
 * Blog
 * Twitter
 * Instagram
 * TikTok
 * Facebook
 * LINE
 * VEVO
 * YouTube
 * LINE LIVE