PROFILE

[Da-iCE ​]
Da-iCE is a five-member male artist group known for their two captivating four-octave vocalists.
The group consists of five members: vocalists Yudai Ohno and Sota Hanamura, and performers Taiki Kudo, Toru Iwaoka, and Hayate Wada.

Da-iCE was formed on January 17, 2011.
They started out in a small club in Shibuya and now hold over 100 performances a year.
They made their major debut on January 15, 2014 under the Universal Sigma label.
In 2015, they won the Best Five New Artist Award at the 29th JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD.
In January 2017, they performed successfully at Nippon Budokan, and in 2019, they released their first greatest hits album, "Da-iCE BEST."

In August 2020, they transferred labels to avex trax.
The first single after their transfer, "DREAMIN' ON," became the theme song for the TV anime series "ONE PIECE."
"CITRUS," released in November 2020, became the first song by a Japanese male dance and vocal group to reach 100 million plays on subscription services and won the 63rd Japan Record Award in 2021.

In 2022, their song "Star Mine" won the MTV Breakthrough Song Award at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2022. It also won the Excellent Work Award at the 64th Japan Record Award.


The group name "Da-iCE" is a combination of the words "DANCE" and "DICE," because "Da-iCE" is formed by the five members (five sides) plus the fans (the sixth side), and the "a-i" (Japanese for "love") in lower case expresses their desire to be an artist filled with love.