Japonism

 is the 14th studio album by ARASHI. It, in three editions: limited edition (CD+DVD, digital edition CD+Blu-ray), Yoitoko edition (2CD), and regular edition (2CD).

The album includes the theme song of the Tokyo Broadcasting System's drama Ouroboros starring Ikuta Toma and Oguri Shun, "Sakura", and the theme song of the Fuji Television's drama Yokoso Wagaya e starring Aiba Masaki, "Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari".

The limited edition comes with the music video and special making of the leading track, "Kokoro no Sora". The Yoitoko edition comes with the "Arajapo Talk" recorded for this album only and a bonus track of ARASHI covering the coupling song of the famous "Kamen Butokai" released by Shonentai in 1985, "Nihon Yoitoko Makafushigi". The regular edition comes with a total of 20 songs, including four bonus tracks counting the long-awaited "Furusato".

The album sold over 820,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon charts for two consecutive weeks. With more than 1,000,000 copies sold, the album was certified for Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). On December 23, 2015, the album was ranked as the best-selling album of 2015 in Japan by Oricon. On February 27, 2016, the album was awarded Album of the Year at the 30th Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Editions

 * Limited Edition [CD+DVD, Digital Edition CD+Blu-ray] (JACA-5480~1, ¥3,300)
 * Yoitoko Edition [2CD] (JACA-5482~3, ¥2,900)
 * Regular Edition [2CD] (JACA-5484~5, ¥3,300)

Credits

 * Written by: eltvo (track 1.01), Hotei Tomoyasu (track 1.02), SAKRA (track 1.07), Octobar (track 1.11), HYDRANT (track 1.13), Nomura Yoshio (track 3.01)
 * Lyrics by: wonder note (track 1.03-4, 1.10), Macoto56 (track 1.03, 1.05), paddy (track 1.04), AKJ (track 1.05), ASIL (track 1.05, 1.15), youth case (track 1.06, 1.08), s-Tnk (track 1.09-10, 1.15), Ogawa Takashi (track 1.12), AKIRA (track 1.14), MiNE (track 1.16), R.P.P. (track 1.16), SQUAREF (track 2.01), John World (track 2.01), 100+ (track 2.02), Inamura Sachiko (track 2.03), Koyama Kundo (track 2.04)
 * Rap by: Sakurai Sho (track 1.02-3, 1.11-12), Shigeo (track 1.08)
 * Music by: wonder note (track 1.03-4, 1.10), TAKAROT (track 1.04), AKJ & ASIL (track 1.05), A-bee (track 1.06), Ricky Hanley (track 1.08), Daniel Sherman (track 1.08), Mitome Kazumi (track 1.09), Gigi (track 1.10), Jeremy Hammond (track 1.12), Furukawa Takahiro (track 1.14), Fredrik "Figge" Boström (track 1.15), Susumu Kawaguchi (track 1.15), sk-etch (track 1.16, 2.03), MiNE (track 1.16), Pippi Svensson (track 2.01), Josef Melin (track 2.01), STEVEN LEE (track 2.02), Drew Ryan Scott (track 2.02), Andreas Öberg (track 2.02), Shu Kanematsu (track 2.03), BERT (track 2.03), ROLF (track 2.03), youth case (track 2.04)
 * Arrangement by: Sasaki Hirofumi (track 1.01, 2.01, 2.03), Ishizuka Tomoki (track 1.03-4), A.K.Janeway (track 1.05, 2.02), A-bee (track 1.06), Slice of Life (track 1.07), metropolitan digital clique (track 1.08, 1.10), Mitome Kazumi (track 1.09), pieni tonttu (track 1.11, 1.15), Jeremy Hammond (track 1.12), Funayama Motoki (track 1.13), Yoshioka Taku (track 1.14), ha-j (track 1.16), sk-etch (track 1.16), BJ Khan (track 2.01), Miyano Sachiko (track 2.04)
 * Performed by: ARASHI (track 1.01-3, 1.05-7, 1.10, 1.12-13, 1.15-16), Matsumoto Jun (track 1.04), Aiba Masaki (track 1.08), Ohno Satoshi (track 1.09), Sakurai Sho (track 1.11), Ninomiya Kazunari (track 1.14)

CD

 * 1) Sakura​
 * 2) Kokoro no Sora (心の空 Sky of the Heart)
 * 3) Kimi e no Omoi (君への想い My Feelings for You)
 * 4) Don't you love me?
 * 5) miyabi-night
 * 6) Mikazuki (三日月 Crescent Moon)
 * 7) Bolero!
 * 8) Mr. FUNK
 * 9) Akatsuki (暁 Dawn)
 * 10) Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari (青空の下、キミのとなり Under the Blue Sky, Next to You)
 * 11) Rolling days
 * 12) In the Room (イン・ザ・ルーム)
 * 13) Masquerade (マスカレード)
 * 14) MUSIC
 * 15) Tsutaetai Koto (伝えたいこと What I Want to Tell)
 * 16) Japonesque

Regular Edition

 * 1) Bokura ga Tsunaide Iku (僕らがつないでいく We're Being Connected Together)
 * 2) the Deep End
 * 3) Make a wish
 * 4) Furusato (ふるさと Hometown)

Yoitoko Edition

 * 1) Nihon Yoitoko Makafushigi (日本よいとこ摩訶不思議 Mystery of Japan)
 * 2) Original Talk Track "Arajapo Talk"

DVD/Blu-ray

 * 1) Kokoro no Sora (Music Video)
 * 2) Kokoro no Sora (Special Making)

Featured members

 * Aiba Masaki
 * Matsumoto Jun
 * Ninomiya Kazunari
 * Ohno Satoshi
 * Sakurai Sho